US EditionA Million Veterans Gave DNA to Aid Health Research. Scientists Worry the Data Will Be Wasted
UNITED STATES, JUL 15 – The Department of Veterans Affairs faces contract cancellations and hiring freezes that threaten ongoing genetic research involving over one million veterans' DNA samples, officials said.
- New leaders at the Department of Veterans Affairs instituted a hiring freeze that disrupted research involving veterans' health data this fiscal year.
- This hiring freeze, combined with about 4,000 workers on expiring term-limited contracts and canceled contracts, led to concerns about sustaining the Million Veteran Program.
- The Million Veteran Program holds one of the world's largest genetic databases with DNA from over a million retired service members, enabling research on anxiety, peripheral artery disease, and more.
- VA Secretary Doug Collins disclosed in April that agreements for using supercomputers for genomics analysis remain unsigned and may expire in September, causing fears the program is in limbo.
- Researchers warn the freeze and contract cancellations have caused incremental damage, risking loss of expertise and delaying discoveries that could benefit veterans and the broader public.
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