Simon J Griffin, MSc, DM profile page

Dr. Simon J Griffin is a professor of general practice and the program lead of the Prevention of Diabetes and Related Metabolic Disorders in High Risk Groups program at the University of Cambridge. Griffin qualified from the Royal London Hospital Medical College in 1986. As a Wellcome Training Fellow, he undertook doctoral study in clinical epidemiology and public health at the University of Southampton and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, before moving to the University of Cambridge in 1998. Since 2005, Simon has led the Prevention Group in the Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit, now in its fourth quinquennium. He was appointed Professor of General Practice in 2013. His research contributes to efforts aimed at preventing the growing burden of diabetes, obesity and related disorders by translating epidemiological knowledge into preventive action and evaluating the effectiveness of a range of strategies from behavior change to screening. He has completed 45 trials and authored over 500 publications, which have been cited over 43,000 times.