The Genetics Podcast

EP 148: Advancing veteran health through the Million Veteran Program with Dr. Mike Gaziano, professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School

0:00 Intro

2:00 Mike’s career prior to the Million Veteran Program (MVP), how Mike got to work on MVP, and important milestones in the project's evolution

8:30 Future goals for the Million Veteran Program in expanding and diversifying the research cohort

11:00 The roles of various omics in advancing the project's development

14:30 The most meaningful outcomes of the Million Veteran Program for Mike since its launch in 2011

19:00 Scaling opportunities after the MVP celebrated enrolling its millionth participant in November 2023

25:00 How to approach securing new funding sources as the MVP expands, while maintaining the trust of veterans in safeguarding their data

27:00 Veterans’ motivation for participating in the project: A New Way to Serve

31:00 How research directly informs patient care in the MVP

39:00 Closing remarks

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