Hossain, who is a consultant and director of research and development added: “Understanding how our genes can influence health and disease can pave the way for major changes in prediction, diagnosis and treatment.
“Research can be completely life-changing and we want to ensure we help people to lead healthy lives as long as they possibly can.”
The study is led by Queen Mary University of London which has partnered with Trusts across the country including The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust and Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust.
It has been developed to provide researchers with information to address why British Bangladeshi and Pakistani populations appear to experience significantly higher rates of diabetes, cardiovascular disease and poorer health outcomes overall, investigators said.
Volunteers will be asked to provide a saliva sample for researchers to study DNA and complete two short forms.
