Center for Data & Computational Science (C-DACS)

Mission & Goals

Our mission is to facilitate the performance and translation of VA-approved research in the field of personalized medicine.

About C-DACS

C-DACS was established in 2016 by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Research and Development (VA ORD) to provide long-term support to genomic medicine research programs. C-DACS supports VA national programs and cross-agency initiatives, including the Million Veterans Program (MVP), Cooperative Studies Program (CSP) clinical trials and VA Science and Health Initiative to Combat Infectious and Emerging Life-Threatening Diseases (VA SHIELD).

Who We Are

C-DACS is a diverse team of clinical informaticians, geneticists, computational biologists, data scientists, software engineers, bioinformaticians, and project managers. Using their respective expertise, C-DACS team members work together to build data systems and platforms which facilitate VA-approved research in the field of omics and precision medicine.

What We Do

The C-DACS team cleans, curates, maintains, and integrates omics and clinical health data. Additionally, C-DACS builds and maintains the data systems and infrastructure that is necessary to perform translational research and manage national VA genomic medicine resources.

The C-DACS team’s enterprise software systems support big data science, genomics analysis, and machine learning (ML)/ natural language processing (NLP)/ artificial intelligence (AI). C-DACS services include and extend to approved working groups from all national VA sites. Core offerings of the team are systems and platforms, scientific research services, and collaborative research.

Contact the C-DACS Team

Email: GenisisSupport@va.gov