Genomics & the Million Veterans Project

Katie and Shawn are pleased to welcome Dr. Sumitra Muralidhar the Executive Director of the Million Veteran Program (MVP). Over ten years old now, MVP is truly history in the making. MVP is a national research program to learn how genes, lifestyle, and military exposures affect health and illness. Since launching in 2011, over 870,000 Veteran partners have joined one of the world's largest programs on genetics and health. Dr. Muralidhar oversees the policy and infrastructure development for the collection and use of samples and genetic, clinical, lifestyle and military exposure data from one million Veterans.