Genetic Architecture of 2,068 Traits in the VA Million Veteran Program
The Department of Veterans Affairs’ Million Veteran Program (MVP), in collaboration with the Department of Energy (DoE), has made available an unprecedented release of summary data. Together, MVP and DoE generated the largest Genome-wide Association Study x Phenome-wide Association Study (gwPheWAS) in the world.
CIPHER: CENTRALIZED INTERACTIVE PHENOMICS RESOURCE
Developed by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), CIPHER is an online knowledge-sharing platform that aims to optimize electronic health records (EHR) data for use in research and clinical operations. The CIPHER knowledgebase contains:
- EHR-based phenotype definitions
- Data mappings
- Programming code
- Tools for visualizing data and generating phenotypes
What is a phenotype?
Get an overview of phenotypes, their utility, and examples of how phenotypes are used in research, healthcare operations, and clinical care.