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(06/10/2026) Philadelphia VA researchers were part of an international team that created a new genetic risk calculation for diabetes that has greater accuracy for Veterans of European, African, mixed American, South Asian, and East Asian ancestries. While there are multiple genetic risk scores for type 2 diabetes, roughly 70% of them only used genetic data from people of European ancestry. The researchers used the genetic data of 2.2 million people from three different datasets, including VA’s Million Veteran Program, to create a new risk prediction score that was more accurate than single-ancestry scores. This genetic risk score, which the researchers have made freely available, could improve diabetes risk prediction for people across the world and improve diabetes prevention strategies. (Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, Apr. 27, 2026)