Achievements and Performance < Biobank < Research Interests < VHS Medical Center(Veterans Medical Research Institute)

Number of Human Resource Donors
Category	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Number of Donors	5,477	7,432	8,224	9,216	9,909

Human Resource Extraction Performance
Category	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Plasma	23,164	28,717	31,082	33,595	34,976
Serum	12,723	18,126	19,575	20,696	20,956
DNA	22,832	28,770	32,463	34,916	36,308
Total	58,719	75,613	83,120	89,207	92,240

2024

Number of Cohorts Established

(Unit: People)

Number of Cohorts Established
Research Year	Project Title	Number of Donors
2024	Epigenetic Study on Cognitive Decline in Older Adults (2024)	561

2023

Number of Cohorts Established

(Unit: People)

Number of Cohorts Established
Research Year	Project Title	Number of Donors
2023	Cardiovascular Projects (2023)	65
2023	Firefighter Biomonitoring Project (Cycle 3)	143
2023	Epigenetic Study on Cognitive Decline in Older Adults (2023)	369
2023	Chronic Kidney Disease Patient Cohort 2	62
2023	Bone Marrow Banking for Hematologic Disease Research (2023)	100

2022

Number of Cohorts Established

(Unit: People)

Number of Cohorts Established
Research Year	Project Title	Number of Donors
2022	Firefighter Biomonitoring Project (Cycle 2)	206
2022	Anticoagulant Drug Response & Metabolic Gene Cohort	100
2022	Prospective Dementia Cohort (Cycle 2)	620
2022	Tumor Disease Blood Biomarker Project	46
2022	Veterans Medical Research Institute Biobank (2022)	126
2022	Bone Marrow Banking for Hematologic Disease Research (2022)	18

2021

Number of Cohorts Established

(Unit: People)

Number of Cohorts Established
Research Year	Project Title	Number of Donors
2021	Cardiovascular Disease Projects	840
2021	Firefighter Biomonitoring Project (Cycle 1)	361
2021	Veterans Medical Research Institute Dementia Cohort	298

2020

Number of Cohorts Established

(Unit: People)

Number of Cohorts Established
Research Year	Project Title	Number of Donors
2020	Chronic Kidney Disease Cohort	680
2020	Operating Room Project	317
2020	Bone Marrow Banking for Hematologic Disease Research	262
2020	Infectious Disease – Serologic Epidemiology Study	22
2020	Biobank for Rheumatology Research	14
2020	Biomarker of Degenerative Brain Diseases (Neurology)	43
2020	Cerebrovascular Disease Cohort	591
2020	Gastrointestinal Disease Cohort	315
2020	Sarcopenia Cohort (Endocrinology)	456
2020	Colorectal Cancer Patient Cohort	10
2020	Firefighter Fire Suppression Project	31
2020	Blood Study for Parkinson’s Diagnosis	88
2020	Veterans Medical Research Institute Biobank (2020)	232

2019

Number of Cohorts Established

(Unit: People)

Number of Cohorts Established
Research Year	Project Title	Number of Donors
2019	Veterans Medical Research Institute Biobank for Chronic Disease Research (2019)	1,593
2019	Veterans Medical Research Institute Biobank 2 (Serum, Plasma, and DNA)	946
2019	Human-Derived Material Research for Diabetes	174

2018

Number of Cohorts Established

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