The Unit
Nick Wareham – Unit Director
Contact Details
MRC Epidemiology Unit
Institute of Metabolic Science
Box 285
Addenbrooke's Hospital
Hills Road
Cambridge
CB2 0QQ
Tel: +44 (0)1223 330315
Fax: +44 (01223) 330316
email: nick.wareham@mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk
Biography
Nick Wareham is the Director of the MRC Epidemiology Unit and co-Director of the Institute of Metabolic Science. His principal research interests are the aetiology and prevention of obesity and diabetes. He also leads the Aetiology of Diabetes Programme.
Nick qualified from St Thomas’ Hospital Medical School, London, and trained in epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London. He then worked at Harvard University, Boston, USA before joining the University of Cambridge where he became a Wellcome Trust Senior Fellow in Clinical Science. Now he is a Professor and an Honorary Consultant at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge. He is also the Clinical Lead for the Eastern England Diabetes Local Research Network.
