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Million Veterans Program

The Million Veterans Program (MVP) is a longitudinal health cohort study organized by the US Department of Veterans Affairs, which enrolled its one-millionth participant in 20231.

MVP participants are significantly more ethnically diverse than participants in other studies of a similar scale.

The MVP investigators have run a large number of GWAS using genetic and phenotypic data collected from participants, and have publicly released summary statistics from these studies.

Interview with Dr. Mike Gaziano, one of the Principal Investigators leading the Million Veterans Program

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