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Million Veteran Program: A mega-biobank to study genetic influences on health and disease
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology · 2015 · Vol. 70 · pp. 214–223
John Michael Gaziano(Harvard University)John Concato✉(Yale University)Mary T. Brophy(Boston University)Louis D. Fiore(Boston University)Saiju Pyarajan(VA Boston Healthcare System)James L. Breeling(VA Boston Healthcare System)Stacey B. Whitbourne(VA Boston Healthcare System)Jennifer E. Deen(VA Boston Healthcare System)Colleen Shannon(VA Boston Healthcare System)Donald E. Humphries(VA Boston Healthcare System)Peter Guarino(Yale University)Mihaela Aslan(Yale University)Daniel R. Anderson(VA Connecticut Healthcare System)Rene LaFleur(VA Connecticut Healthcare System)Timothy G. Hammond(Veterans Health Administration)Kendra L. Schaa(Veterans Health Administration)Jennifer Moser(Veterans Health Administration)Grant D. Huang(Veterans Health Administration)Sumitra Muralidhar(Veterans Health Administration)Ronald M. Przygodzki(Veterans Health Administration)Timothy J. O’Leary(Veterans Health Administration)
Abstract
By helping to promote the future integration of genetic testing in health care delivery, including clinical decision making, the MVP is designed to contribute to the development of precision medicine.
BRCA gene mutations in cancerHealth, Environment, Cognitive AgingGenetic Associations and EpidemiologyBiobankVeterans AffairsMedicineFamily medicineHealth careObservational studyGerontologyCohortPathologyBioinformatics
MeSH terms
Data CollectionFemaleGenotypeHumansLongitudinal StudiesMaleSurveys and QuestionnairesResearch DesignUnited StatesVeteransSequence AnalysisBiological Specimen BanksGenomicsElectronic Health Records
Funding
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
- Kaiser Permanente
- Office of Research and Development
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