The University of the West Indies (UWI), at Cave Hill, Barbados

The University of the West Indies

at Cave Hill, Barbados

 
WELCOME
The Chronic Disease Research Centre (CDRC) was founded in 1992 by the School of Clinical Medicine and Research, UWI, Cave Hill Campus, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, Government of Barbados, in response to the epidemic of chronic diseases (hypertension, diabetes, obesity and their complications) in the Caribbean.
 
On August 1, 2000 the Centre was formally incorporated as a Unit of the cross-campus Tropical Medicine Research Institute (TMRI), with funding from the University Centre.  Read more »

NEWS AND EVENTS
Healthy Caribbean Coalition | 8/30/2011
 The Get the Message campaign is a mobile phone text based advocacy campaign in support of the United Nations Summit on Chronic Diseases. Digicel and LIME mobile subscribers in the Caribbean can help by sending a FREE TEXT message of support for this Summit.

“Current research into wound healing in diabetes at the CDRC” | 7/6/2011
Radio interview VOB 92.9FM, July 05 2011, with Professor Clive Landis by Stetson Babb, Manager of News and Public Affairs, Starcom Network. 


 

CDRC Family Websites:
Barbados National Registry Edmund Vascular Research Laboratory BNCS Research Clinic
Chronic Disease Research Centre, a unit of the Tropical Medicine Research Institute
Phone: (246) 426-6416 Fax: (246) 426-8406 Email: cdrc@cavehill.uwi.edu