Million Veteran Program Archive — Page 2 of 2

July 18, 2019

Genetic characteristics of peripheral artery disease studied

New study explores why some people with peripheral artery disease present with problems with their legs, some with their heart and some with strokes.

By Matt Batcheldor
April 4, 2019

Harvard’s Gaziano set for April 11 clinical pharmacology lecture

J. Michael Gaziano, MD, MPH, an internationally recognized chronic disease epidemiologist, will deliver the 15th annual Grant R. Wilkinson Distinguished Lectureship in Clinical Pharmacology on Thursday, April 11.

By Leigh MacMillan
Five adults pose together indoors, with three seated in front and two standing behind.
December 31, 2018

Hundreds of new blood pressure gene variations discovered

By Bill Snyder
kidney x-ray
August 13, 2015

Million Veteran Program data spurs research in pharmacogenomics of kidney disease

A team of Vanderbilt and Nashville VA researchers, led by Adriana Hung, M.D., MPH, has been awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to use the Million Veteran Program (MVP) data to conduct diabetes research.

By Kathy Whitney