{"id":49197,"date":"2021-06-25T15:37:38","date_gmt":"2021-06-25T15:37:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/06\/25\/vas-million-veteran-program-wants-thousands-of-more-women-to-sign-up-for-genetic-study\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T07:51:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T07:51:32","slug":"vas-million-veteran-program-wants-thousands-of-more-women-to-sign-up-for-genetic-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/veterans\/2021\/06\/25\/vas-million-veteran-program-wants-thousands-of-more-women-to-sign-up-for-genetic-study\/","title":{"rendered":"VA\u2019s Million Veteran Program wants thousands of more women to sign up for genetic study"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Veterans Affairs <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mvp.va.gov\/webapp\/mvp-web-participant\/\" target=\"_blank\">Million Veteran Program <\/a>has reached almost one million veterans, but it needs more women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The project, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/veterans\/2016\/02\/25\/va-program-part-of-broader-precision-medicine-effort\/\" target=\"_blank\">launched in 2011,<\/a> is one of the world\u2019s largest research efforts on genetics and health. More than 840,000 veterans have participated, forming a massive database that\u2019s the backbone of 65 scientific studies already and at least 30 more pending.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But only about 75,000 of those participants thus far are women, a small fraction of the more than 2 million women veterans in the United States today. Program officials for the last few months have been working to boost that number in the hopes of providing new medical breakthroughs to aid not just women veterans, but all Americans.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/veterans\/2021\/01\/05\/women-veterans-students-would-see-expanded-services-and-benefits-under-new-law\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2982710.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Women veterans, students would see expanded services and benefits under new law<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The sweeping veterans policy measure was passed in mid-December but wasn&#039;t signed into law until Tuesday.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c[Our research projects] represent a large number of disease areas that are highly prevalent in veterans, like post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, and Gulf War illness,\u201d said Sumitra Muralidhar, director of the Million Veteran Program. \u201cAnd then we have other chronic conditions, cancer, heart disease, diabetes, chronic kidney disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cGenetics is only part of the risk for most diseases \u2026 so in order to tease out the genetic contribution, you really need very large numbers of specimens.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The participation rate among women and men veterans in the program is roughly equal, and the percentage of women veterans nearly matches the percentage in the veterans population as a whole.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the total numbers are what matter in genetics research, and Muralidhar said doubling or tripling the number of women veterans in the program would allow for better investigation into gender-specific health issues, a priority of both the department and lawmakers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Women make up about 10 percent of the country\u2019s veterans population today, up from about 4 percent in 2000. In another 20 years, that figure is expected to top 18 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That has led to advocates and department officials working to shift VA operations from a male-only approach to health care to more balanced offerings. But Muralidhar said the benefits of more thorough research aren\u2019t just for women vets, but instead for anyone who may benefit from new treatments or therapies related to specific illnesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/education-transition\/2021\/03\/12\/wounded-women-veterans-face-higher-levels-of-loneliness-isolation-report\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/3282514.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Wounded women veterans face higher levels of loneliness, isolation: report<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Officials say the new survey from Wounded Warrior Project shows a need for more transition programs focused on women.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMany of the veterans who participate, they are so altruistic and aren\u2019t really even looking for a direct benefit to them,\u201d she said. \u201cWhat we learn from this program is going to benefit veterans and beyond veterans for a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Veterans who participate in the program are asked to complete a 30-minute health survey and donate a blood sample for genetic analysis. 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