Quality Assessment of Stroke Event Registration Data in the WHO MONICA Project

Annex. Sites and key personnel of contributing MONICA Centres

China

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

Denmark

Centre of Preventive Medicine (The Glostrup Population Studies) Copenhagen University: M Schroll¹,  H Kirkby, S Henriksen, D Jeppesen, G Vincents, P Thorvaldsen

Finland

National Public Health Institute, Helsinki: J Tuomilehto¹, P Puska², P Immonen-Räihä, E Kaarsalo, EV Narva, K Salmi, V Salomaa, C Sarti, J Sivenius, J Torppa

Germany

Centre for Epidemiology & Health Research, Berlin: W Barth¹, L Heinemann¹, D Eisenblätter, E Claßen

Hungary

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

Medical University of Pecs, Institute of Public Health, Pécs: I Ember, J Tényi, I Szilard

Italy

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

Lithuania

Kaunas Medical Academy, Institute of Cardiology: J Bluzhas¹, D Rastenyte

Poland

National Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Department of Cardiovascular Epidemiology and Prevention: S Rywik¹, M Polakowska, G Broda⁵, B Jasinski, A Pytlak, H Wagrowska

Russian Federation

National Research Centre for Preventive Medicine, Moscow: T Varlamova¹

Institute of Internal Medicine, Novosibirsk: Yu P Nikitin¹, V Feigin, S Malyutina, T Vinogradova, A Tarasov

Sweden

Ostra Hospital Preventive Cardiology Unit, Göteborg: L Wilhelmsen¹, P Harmsen, K Romanus, G Lappas

Department of Internal Medicine, Kalix Lasarett, Kalix: F Huhtasaari¹, V Lundberg

Umeå University Hospital, Department of Medicine: K Asplund¹, B Stegmayr, M Peltonen, G Rönnberg

Yugoslavia

Novi Sad Health Centre: M Planojevic ¹, Z.Solak, M Zikic

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, E Ruokokoski, H Tolonen, A-M Rajakangas, M Mähönen, J Torppa

MONICA Quality Control Centre for Event Registration. University of
Dundee, Scotland: H Tunstall-Pedoe⁷, K Barrett, C Brown

MONICA Stroke Advisory Group: K Asplund, R Bonita, D Eisenblätter, S Hatano, M Schroll, PO Wester, Wu Zhaosu, H Tunstall-Pedoe, J Tuomilehto.

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