Baker IDI Research Activities
The Baker IDI's activities range from research at the laboratory bench to clinical trials in patients, and patient care.The major areas of basic and clinical research are:
- Prevention of diabetes, heart disease and stroke
- Risk factors for diabetes,heart disease and stroke
- Diabetes, coronary disease, heart attack and sudden coronary death
- Heart failure
- Diabetes complications
These problems are approached at various levels:
- Molecular and Cellular
- Experimental models
- Clinical laboratory research
- Within the community through the Diabetes Clinics, Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Unit and Risk Reduction Clinic
- Epidemiological research
Read more about this topic: Baker IDI Heart And Diabetes Institute
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