Coordinator & partners

The IDEFICS study was coordinated by Professor Dr Wolfgang Ahrens at the Bremen Institute for Prevention Research and Social Medicine, back then a central research unit of the University of Bremen, Germany, now the Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology - BIPS. 23 research groups and small/medium enterprises from eleven countries participated in the IDEFICS study.

Participating countries (green: countries of the cohort centres)

Research institutions in the IDEFICS consortium and their Principal Investigator (PI)

To view the profile of the Principal Investigators in IDEFICS, please click on the links:

Institutions (alphabetically)	Address	Website
Copenhagen Business School (CBS), Department of Intercultural Communication and Management - DEN - Consumer Science PI: Professor Lucia Reisch	Porcelaenshaven 18a 2000 Fredeiksberg Denmark	www.cbs.dk
Ghent University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (UGENT), Department of Public Health/ Department of Movement and Sport Sciences PI: Professor Stefaan De Henauw	Watersportlaan 2 9000 Ghent Berlgium	www.ugent.be
Goteborg University (UGOT), Queen Silvia Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics PI: Dr Staffan Mårild	Box 454 405 30 Goteborg Sweden	www.gu.se/english/
Lancaster University, Department of Philosophy (ULANC) PI: Dr Garrath Williams	Lancaster LA1 4YG Great Britain	www.lancaster.ac.uk
Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology - BIPS PI: Professor Iris Pigeot	Achterstrasse 30, 28359 Bremen, Germany	www.leibniz-bips.de
National Cancer Institute (INT), Nutritional Epidemiology Unit PI: Dr Vittorio Krogh	Via Venezian 1 20133 Milan Italy	www.cancerworld.org/ebcs
National Institute for Health Development (NIHD), Tervise Arengu Instituut PI: Dr Toomas Veidebaum	Hiiu 42 11619 Tallinn Estonia	www.tai.ee
National Research Council, Institute of Food Sciences (ISA-CNR), Unit of Epidemiology and Population Genetics PI: Dr Alfonso Siani	Via Roma, 52 A/C 83100 Avellino Italy	www.isa.cnr.it
Research and Education Institute of Child Health (REF) PI: Dr Michael Tornaritis	138, Limassol ave, #205 2015 Strovolos Cyprus	www.childhealth.ac.cy
Technologie-Transfer-Zentrum Bremerhaven (TTZ), Sensory Laboratory PI: Dr Kirsten Buchecker	Lengstr. 3 27572 Bremerhaven Germany	www.ttz-bremerhaven.de
University Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (UCSC), Centre for High Technology Research and Education in Biomedical Sciences PI: Professor Licia Iacoviello	Località Tappino 86100 Campobasso Italy	www.rm.unicatt.it
University Illes Balears (UIB), Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Nutrition and Biotechnology PI: Professor Andreu Palou	Carretera de Valldemossa Km 7,5 07122 Palma de Mallorca Spain	www.uib.es
University Joseph Fourier (UJF), Laboratory of Nutrition, Ageing and Cardiovascular Diseases PI: Dr Michel de Lorgeril	Domaine de la Merci 38056 La Tronche France	www.ujf-grenoble.fr
University of Bremen (UNIHB), Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science PI: Professor Wolfgang Ahrens	Bibliothekstasse 1 28359 Bremen Germany	www.leibniz-bips.de
University of Glasgow (UGLW), Faculty of Biomedical and Life Sciences PI: Professor Yannis Pitsiladis	West Medical Building Glasgow, G12 8QQ Great Britain	www.gla.ac.uk/
University of Milan (UNIMI), Department of Pharmacological Sciences PI: Professor Claudio Galli	Via Balzaretti, 9 20133 Milan Italy	www.unimi.it
University of Pecs, Medical Faculty, Department of Paediatrics (UPE) PI: Professor Dénes Molnár	Jozsef A.u.7 1062 Budapest Hungary	www.pte.hu
University of Zaragoza (UZAZ) PI: Professor Luis Moreno	Domingo Miral s/n 50009 Zaragoza Spain	www.unizar.es

Small and medium enterprises (SME)

Institutions (alphabetically)	Address	Website
The European Food Information Council (EUFIC) PI: Laura Fernández	Rue Paul-Emile Janson 6 1000 Brussels Belgium	www.eufic.org
Laboratoriumsmedizin Dortmund, Eberhard and Partner (EBERH) PI: Dr Arno Fraterman	Brauhausstrade 4 44137 Dortmund Germany	www.labmed.de
BioTel Ltd (BT) PI: Dr Mark Rayson	23 Richmond Hill Bristol BS8 1BA Great Britain	www.biotel.co.uk
Agora Med srl (AMED) PI: Fernando Giacco	Centro Direzionale Is. E7 80143 Napoli Italy	www.agora.it
Gockel Design (GD) PI: Ralf Gockel	Kaiser-Wilhelm-Allee 4542117 Wuppertal Germany	www.gockel-design.de