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October 16th 2012: DO-HEALTH received Ethical and Swiss Medic Approval for the Zurich University Recruitment Site

Central training

DO-HEALTH Central Training and Certification: All staff members (MDs, Nurses, Physiotherapists, Project Managers) who will examine DO-HEALTH participants at the 7 recruitments sites need to attend central training and undergo certification at the Coordinating Centre. This will ensure high quality assessment of all endpoints in DO-HEALTH. Training events took place …

Kick-off

On January 25th 2012, the partners and advisors kicked off DO-HEALTH at the Coordinating Centre at the University of Zurich. The meeting was hosted at the FORUM of the Waid City Hospital.  First, the DO-HEALTH partners and advisors were welcomed by Prof. Klaus Grätz, Dean Faculty of Medicine at the …

Boston DO-HEALTH

In December 2011, the Coordinator (Heike Bischoff-Ferrari) travelled to Boston to discuss the final protocol with 3 key advisors/collaborators of DO-HEALTH (Prof. Bess Dawson-Hughes, Prof. Walter Willett, Prof. JoAnn Manson) and the DO-HEALTH head biostatistican (Prof. E. John Orav — see Coordinating Team). Prof. Bess Dawson-Hughes, MD  Director, Bone and …