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Principal Investigators |
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| Professor Simon Griffin
MBBS MSc DM FRCGP Simon is Professor of General Practice in the University of Cambridge Primary Care Unit and the Assistant Director of the MRC Epidemiology Unit and is group leader for the Prevention Programme. His research contributes to efforts aimed at preventing the growing burden of diabetes, obesity and related metabolic disorders by translating epidemiological knowledge into preventive action, and evaluating the effectiveness of different preventive approaches. Simon qualified from the London Hospital Medical College and trained in Clinical Epidemiology and Public Health at the University of Southampton and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. He joined the MRC Epidemiology Unit in 2005. In addition to his roles in the MRC Epidemiology Unit, Simon is also Deputy Director of CEDAR (UKCRC Centre of Excellence for Diet and Activity Research), an Honorary Consultant at Addenbrooke’s Hospital and Cambridgeshire Primary Care Trust, Primary Care Lead for the Eastern Region Diabetes Research Network and an Assistant General Practitioner at Lensfield Medical Practice. Simon is the Chief Investigator on the Get Moving Study. |
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| Prof. Stephen Sutton
BA, MSc, PhD, MSc, C Psychol Stephen Sutton is Professor of Behavioural Science in the Institute of Public Health, University of Cambridge, and Director of Research and Head of the Behavioural Science Group in the General Practice & Primary Care Research Unit. He is also Visiting Professor of Psychology at the University of Bergen, Norway, and Visiting Professor of Social/Health Psychology at University College London.He studied social psychology at the London School of Economics and computer science at City University. He received his PhD from the University of London in 1981 for research on the effects of fear appeals. Before moving to Cambridge in 2001, he held posts at the Institute of Psychiatry and University College London. His research programme focuses on risk communication and behaviour change. He has a particular interest in the methodological issues surrounding the specification and testing of theories of health behaviour and the development and evaluation of theory-based behaviour change interventions. |
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| Dr Soren Brage
Søren Brage is an Investigator Scientist and the programme leader of the physical activity epidemiology group. He is responsible for developing and evaluating assessment methods for physical activity and fitness in the Unit. His secondary research interests include characterisation of the relationship between physical activity and metabolic disease, and how this relationship may be modified by genetic factors. |
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| Dr Esther Van Sluijs
Investigator Scientist, MRC Epidemiology Unit |
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