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C.1 Annex: Description <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> study centers<br />

Description <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> institution responsible for establishing and operating <strong>the</strong> study<br />

center<br />

The Institute <strong>of</strong> Epidemiology and Social Medicine is part <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> medical faculty <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> University<br />

<strong>of</strong> Muenster and located on <strong>the</strong> campus <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> niversity hospital. It has been a WHO<br />

Collaborating Center for epidemiology and prevention <strong>of</strong> cardiovascular and o<strong>the</strong>r chronic<br />

diseases since 2000. A wide range <strong>of</strong> both population based and patient register based<br />

epidemiologic studies has been successfully performed by <strong>the</strong> institute. Experienced staff<br />

trained in data collection (interviews, examination, and medical information), and recruitment<br />

procedures (documentaries) is available. A close collaboration (in person) has been<br />

established with <strong>the</strong> Cancer Registry <strong>of</strong> North Rhine-Westfalia. Several ongoing epidemiologic<br />

studies are being led by members <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> institute, in <strong>the</strong> fields <strong>of</strong> neurologic and psychiatric<br />

epidemiology, aging, cardiovascular epidemiology, and cancer. The institute will run<br />

<strong>the</strong> study center Muenster, coordinated by K. Berger and H.W. Hense.<br />

Description <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> study center Muenster<br />

The Muenster area (county) includes a population <strong>of</strong> 2.6 million, <strong>of</strong> which 259,000 inhabitants<br />

live in <strong>the</strong> city <strong>of</strong> Muenster. The sampling frame will be <strong>the</strong> city and surrounding communities,<br />

which includes both urban and rural areas. At this site 10,000 participants will be<br />

recruited. The study center will be located in <strong>the</strong> city <strong>of</strong> Muenster with good accessibility for<br />

<strong>the</strong> study participants <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> region. It will comprise rooms for investigation, interviews, and<br />

preanalytical preparation and interim storage <strong>of</strong> biosamples.<br />

Table 1: Overview <strong>of</strong> participating institutions and investigators/scientists<br />

Study center Duesseldorf<br />

Table 11: Overview <strong>of</strong> participating institutions and investigators/scientists<br />

Institution<br />

Town<br />

Principal investigator<br />

Institute/department/division<br />

e-mail<br />

Institution<br />

Town<br />

Co-principal investigator<br />

Institute/department/division<br />

e-mail<br />

Institution<br />

Town<br />

Associated scientist<br />

Institute/department/division<br />

e-mail<br />

German Diabetes Center (DDZ)<br />

40225 Duesseldorf<br />

Pr<strong>of</strong>. Dr. Guido Giani<br />

Institute <strong>of</strong> Biometrics and Epidemiology<br />

giani@ddz.uni-duesseldorf.de<br />

IUF - Leibniz Research Institute for Environmental Medicine<br />

40225 Duesseldorf<br />

Pr<strong>of</strong>. Dr. Ursula Krämer<br />

Division <strong>of</strong> Epidemiology<br />

kraemeru@uni-duesseldorf.de<br />

German Diabetes Center (DDZ)<br />

40225 Duesseldorf<br />

Pr<strong>of</strong>. Dr. med. Michael Roden<br />

Institute <strong>of</strong> Clinical Diabetology<br />

michael.roden@ddz.uni-duesseldorf.de<br />

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