Cardiovascular Disease

MRC British Genetics of Hypertension (BRIGHT) Study
Prof M Caulfield & Dr P Munroe.
Candidate gene screening and dense SNP mapping of loci highlighted in the largest screen for hypertension related genes to date.
See www.brightstudy.ac.uk.

Genetics of  Pre-eclampsia Consortium (GOPEC)
1000 Parent offspring trios for high throughput candidate gene screening (co-ordinated by Nottingham University with Prof M.Caulfield as local Principal Investigator).
See www.gopec.org

EURNETGEN
Dominiczak (Glasgow leads with Caulfield as Principal Investigator).
An EU fifth framework Programme combining recruitment efforts for hypertensive parent offspring trios across Europe.