Quality Assessment of Demographic Data in the WHO MONICA Project

Annex. Sites and key personnel of contributing MONICA Centres

Australia

University of Western Australia, Nedlands: MST Hobbs¹, K Jamrozik ⁵

University of Newcastle, Newcastle: A Dobson¹, S Leeder²

Belgium

Ghent State University, Ghent: G De Backer¹

Free University of Brussels, Brussels: M Kornitzer¹, L Berghmans, L Bara, P de Smet

Interuniversity Association for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases, Brussels: M Jeanjean¹

Canada

Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia: HK Wolf¹, RD Gregor⁵

China

Beijing Heart, Lung and Blood Vessel Research Institute, Beijing: Wu Zhaosu¹, Wu Yingkai²

Czech Republic

Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague: Z Škodová¹, Z Pisa, Z Hejl, L Berka, Z Cicha, R Emrova, M Hoke, J Pikhartova, P Vojtisek, E Wiesner

Denmark

Centre of Preventive Medicine (The Glostrup Population Studies) Copenhagen University: M Schroll¹

Finland

National Public Health Institute, Helsinki: Jaakko Tuomilehto¹, Jorma Torppa, E Vartiainen, H Korhonen, A Nissinen, P Jousilahti, V Salomaa

France

National Institute of Health and Medical Research ( INSERM U258) Paris: P Ducimetiere³, DJ Richard⁴, A Bingham, T Lang

National Institute of Health and Medical Research, Toulouse: J Ferrieres¹, JP Cambou²

Department of Epidemiology and Public Health - Faculty of Medicine, Strasbourg: D Arveiler¹, P Schaffer¹

Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, INSERM U508, Pasteur Institute, Lille: P Amouyel¹, M Montaye-Faivre¹, J-L Salomez², M-C Nuttens²

Germany

Bremen Institute for Prevention Research and Social Medicine, Bremen: E Greiser¹, B Herman⁵

Department of Clinical and Social Medicine of the University Medical Clinic, Heidelberg: E Nüssel¹, E Ostör-Lamm⁵

GSF-Institute for Epidemiology, Munich and Institute for Epidemiology and Social Medicine, University of Münster: U Keil¹

Centre for Epidemiology & Health Research, Berlin: W Barth¹, L Heinemann¹

Hungary

National Institute of Cardiology, Budapest: J Duba¹, I Gyarfas²

Medical University of Pecs, Institute of Public Health, Pécs:

Iceland

Heart Preventive Clinic, Reykjavik: N Sigfusson¹

Israel

Tel Aviv University, Holon: D Brunner¹

Italy

National Institute of Health, Rome: A Menotti³

S. M. Goretti Hospital, Latina: G. Righetti¹

Institute of Cardiology, Regional Hospital, Udine: D Vanuzzo¹, GA Feruglio², M Palmieri, M Spanghero, M Scarpa, L Pilotto, GB Cignacco, R Marini, G Zilio

Research Centre on Chronic Degenerative Diseases of the University of Milan: GC Cesana¹, M Ferrario¹

Lithuania

Kaunas Medical Academy, Institute of Cardiology: J Bluzhas¹

Malta

Department of Health, Valetta: Chief Government Medical Officer¹, J Cacciottolo²

New Zealand

University of Auckland: R Beaglehole¹

Poland

Institute of Public Health, Collegium Medicum, Jagiellonian University, Kraków: A Pajak¹, J Sznajd ²

Department of CVD Epidemiology and Prevention, Stefan Cardinala Wyszyñski National Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw: S Rywik¹, G Broda⁵ , B Jasiñski, P Kurjata.

Romania

Medical Institute, Fundeni Hospital, Bucharest: C Carp¹, I Orha¹

Russian Federation

National Research Centre for Preventive Medicine, Moscow: T Varlamova¹

Institute of Internal Medicine, Novosibirsk: Yu P Nikitin¹, S Malyutina, G Simonova

Spain

Institute of Health Studies, Department of Health and Social Security, Barcelona: S Sans¹,  I Balaguer-Vintró², G Paluzie, the Catalan Institut of Statistics

Sweden

Ostra Hospital Preventive Cardiology Unit, Göteborg: L Wilhelmsen¹

Department of Medicine, Kalix Lasarett, Kalix: T Messner¹, F Huhtasaari², V Lundberg, E Jägare-Westerberg

Umeå University Hospital, Department of Medicine: K Asplund¹, PO Wester²

Switzerland

University Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, Lausanne: F Gutzwiller¹(Zürich)

United Kingdom

The Queen's University of Belfast, Northern Ireland: AE Evans¹

University of Dundee, Scotland: H Tunstall-Pedoe¹, WCS Smith⁶

Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, Scotland: C Morrison⁵, G Watt⁶

USA

Stanford Center for Research in Disease Prevention, Stanford, California: A Varady, SP Fortmann¹

Yugoslavia

Novi Sad Health Centre: M Planojevic ¹, D Jakovljevic ² 

MONICA Management Centre - World Health Organization, Geneva: I Martin⁷, I Gyarfas⁸, Z Pisa⁸, SRA Dodu⁸, S Böthig⁸, MJ Watson, M Hill

MONICA Data Centre - National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland: K Kuulasmaa⁷, J Tuomilehto⁸, V Moltchanov, J Torppa

MONICA Steering Committee: M Hobbs (Chair), M Ferrario (Publications Co-ordinator), K Asplund, A Evans, H Tunstall-Pedoe (Rapporteur), I Martin (MMC) K Kuulasmaa (MDC), A Shatchkute, (WHO, Copenhagen). Consultant: A Dobson
Previous Steering Committee Members: R Beaglehole , SP Fortmann, F Gutzwiller, U Keil, A Menotti, P Puska, SL Rywik, S Sans, and former Chiefs of CVD/HQ, Geneva (listed above), V Zaitsev (WHO, Copenhagen) J Tuomilehto.
Former Consultants: MJ Karvonen (Helsinki, Finland), RJ Prineas (Minneapolis, USA), M Feinleib (Bethesda, USA), FH Epstein (Zürich, Switzerland), Z Pisa (Prague, Czech Republic), OD Williams (Birmingham, Alabama, USA)

¹ Principal Investigator
² Former Principal Investigator
³ Country Co-ordinator
⁴ Former Country Co-odinator
⁵ Co-Principal Investigator
⁶ Former Co-Principal Investigator
⁷ Responsible Officer
⁸ Former Responsible Officer