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How Veterans Affairs is leading with big data

25-Oct-2017

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Blood samples of an estimated half million veterans gathered.

Million Veteran Program launched 2012.

Aim is to build one of the world's largest databases of genetic and other health information

Seeking collaborations with other mega cohorts to conduct large-scale genomic studies.

Partnership with IBM Watson to send tumor samples and data.

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Jennifer Lee

Stanford Medicine faculty and Chief Medical Officer, Veterans Affairs CSP Coordinating Center at Palo Alto.

Veterans Affairs

Federal Cabinet-level agency that provides near-comprehensive healthcare services to eligible military veterans.

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