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Fenland Study celebrates its 5,000th volunteer
20th November 2009
The MRC Epidemiology Unit celebrated the recruitment of its 5,000th volunteer to the Fenland Study on Friday 20th November. The Unit’s director, Professor Nick Wareham, presented the 5,000th volunteer, Susan Fenton, with a bunch of flowers, a shopping voucher and a certificate to mark her involvement in the study.
"The Fenland Study is an important study for the Unit’s work as it provides the opportunity to study the detail of how lifestyle factors and genetics operate together to lead to obesity, diabetes and related metabolic disorders. Without the generosity and altruism of volunteers like Susan we would have no study. It is therefore great that we get to celebrate this landmark with her and the members of the Unit who have worked on the study."
Professor Wareham, Director of the MRC Epidemiology Unit, Cambridge.
Planning for the Fenland Study began in 2002 and it has taken over 2,023 testing days to take 5,000 volunteers through the study protocol. The protocol involves a series detailed body and clinical measurements, including DEXA and ultrasound scans, as well as an exercise test. With so much data being collected there is a huge amount of data for the Unit to analyse to answer many scientific questions about obesity and diabetes.
For more information about the Fenland Study click here.
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5,000th volunteer to the Fenland Study, Susan Fenton (second from left) pictured with Janine Gavin (Study Coordinator), Chrissy May-Hall (Research Nurse) and Unit Director Professor Nick Wareham. |
