The INTERACT Project - Primary Care Unit

Title:	The InterAct Project
Project Description:	Investigating how our genes and lifestyle interact to lead to diabetes The InterAct project started in 2006 and is an EU funded large scale collaboration between nine European Countries and India, designed to: discover how genetic and lifestyle behavioral factors, particularly diet and physical activity, interact in their influence on the risk of developing type 2 diabetes investigate how these discoveries may help to prevent the development of diabetes.
Project organisation
Start date:	1st July 2006
End date:	1st June 2010
Contact person:	Professor Simon Griffin
Contact Details:	Primary Care Unit Institute of Public Health University Forvie Site, Robinson Way Cambridge Cambs CB2 0SR UK Telephone: (01223) 330307 Fax: 01223 762515 E-mail: sjg49@medschl.cam.ac.uk
Collaborative:	Lead Applicant in UK: Professor Nick Wareham Scientific leader: Nick Wareham (MRC) Group members: Claudia Langenberg (MRC), Simon Griffin, Ulf Ekelund (MRC), Stephen Sharp (MRC), Nita Forouhi (MRC)
Funding information
Funding Organisation:	EU 6th Framework Programme
Funding Reference:	LSHM-CT-2006-037197
Funding Amount:	£6,949,065

Further Information, References and Publications
collaboration with nine other countries (see website) see also EPIC pages – EPIC cohort: http://epic.iarc.fr/ InterAct (LSHM-CT-2006-037197) is a European-Community funded project under Framework Programme 6 LEAD APPLICANT: Nick Wareham CoAPPLICANT: Simon Griffin and others Website : http://www.inter-act.eu/welcome-to-interact.html