BIRO Consortium

The EU BIRO Project gathered seven public institutions from different regions of Europe.

• The Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Perugia (Italy) has been coordinator of the project. Its activity buildt upon extensive work in the field of diabetes research and clinical practice, receiving funds from Regione Umbria for the establishment of the Umbria Diabetes Register, an activity that will proceed in parallel with the development of BIRO

• The University of Dundee (Scotland), Joanneum Research Institute (Austria) and University of Bergen (Norway) were high caliber partners with an extensive experience in the field of diabetes management, built over a solid track record in the coordination of regional and national programs involving the development of diabetes information systems

• Participation of institutions from Romania, Malta and Cyprus allowed for BIRO to explore new ways to engage New Member States and Accessing Countries in the creation of permanent diabetes registers that were crucial for the collection of reliable information at the European level

• The Institute of Diabetes “N. Paulescu” (Romania) involved experts in the field of telemedicine that were already involved in similar activities in Eastern Europe.

• The University of Malta (Malta),with a growing expertise in the field of diabetes monitoring, provided the BIRO Consortium with the opportunity of starting an extensive data collection in the heart of the Mediterranean Sea.

• The participation of the Cyprus Ministry of Healthreinforced our presence in the South-East, matching expectations of the local government that is currently looking for new solutions in the field of health promotion, including enhancing diabetes care and prevention.

Here are the details of all partners:

University of Perugia	www.unipg.it
	University of Perugia Dipartimento di Medicina Interna Perugia , Italy Scientific and Financial Co-ordinator Contact person: Prof.Massimo Massi Benedetti
University of Dundee	www.dundee.ac.uk
	University of Dundee Division of Medicine & Therapeutics Dundee, United Kingdom Associated Partner Contact person: Scott Cunningham
Joanneum Research	www.joanneum.at
	Joanneum Research, Forschungsgesellschaft mbH, Institute of Medical Technologies and Health Management Graz Austria Associated Partner Contact person: Prof.Thomas Pieber
University of Bergen	www.uib.no
	University of Bergen Department of Medicine, Stavanger University Hospital Stavanger, Norway Associated Partner Contact person: Dr.Svein Skeie
Institute Paulescu	www.paulescu.ro
	Institute of Diabetes, Nutrition and Metabolic disease “Prof. N. Paulescu”, Electrophysiology Laboratory Bucarest, Romania Associated Partner Contact person: Dr.Simion Pruna
University of Malta	www.um.edu.mt
	University of Malta Department of Medicine, Medical School G'Mangia, Malta. Associated Partner Contact person: Prof.Joseph Azzopardi
Ministry of Health of Cyprus	www.moh.gov.cy
	Ministry of Health, Republic of Cyprus Department of Health Promotion Nicosia , Cyprus Associated Partner Contact person: Dr.George Olympios