Establishment of the Veterans Affairs SeqFORCE (Sequencing for Research Clinical and Epidemiology) program for SARS-CoV-2 whole-genome sequencing
Establishment of VA SeqFORCE enabled national population analysis for use in epidemiologic response and population health policy as well as expanded SARS-CoV-2 sequencing capacity to meet the demand for clinical and public health sequencing. The program consolidated operations using standardized procedures, test setup, analysis, reporting, and tracking. It also improved oversight and governance of VA contributions to global databases, mitigated system inefficiencies, and prepared VHA for future genomic challenges.
Authors
- Nicholas Barasch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3475-0726)
- Christina Trevino
- Fady K. Baddoura
- Gary Stack (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6501-7255)
- Christopher L. Wade
- Anosh Mostaghimi
- Joel Mewton
- Vafa Bayat (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1524-0520)
- James Stacey Klutts (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3788-1940)
- Mark Holodniy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6655-7982)
- Patrick A. Adegboyega
- Jessica Wang‐Rodriguez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7233-8105)
- Ying Pei (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3314-7020)
- Yashpal Agrawal
- Carmen Kletecka
Institutions
- Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (US)
- VA Connecticut Healthcare System (US)
- Boise VA Medical Center (US)
- St. Louis VA Medical Center (US)
- Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center (US)
- Orlando VA Medical Center (US)
- VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System (US)
- VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System (US)
- Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis (US)
- Stanford University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- American Journal of Clinical Pathology
- Published
- 2025-05-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcp/aqaf064
- Primary Topic
- SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00