Diabetes and cardiovascular risk and function

Diabetes and cardiovascular risk and function

The majority of diabetes and cardiovascular disease is caused by risk factors that can be controlled, treated or modified, such as overweight/obesity, poor diet, hypertension, cholesterol, lack of physical activity and ageing.

Principal Investigators:

• Dr Nimesh Mody (obesity, insulin resistance, hyperglycemia, diabetes)
• Dr Mirela Delibegovic (obesity, insulin resistance, hyperglycemia, diabetes)
• Dr Mary MacLeod (hypertension and stroke)
• Dr Arimantas Lionikas (genome-wide association study approach in a search for genes contributing to muscle mass variability in humans and in the mouse models)