Shubnikov was a scientific worker at Institute of Internal Medicine at Novosibirsk. With the colleagues he started from the organization of the first diabetes registry at Soviet Union. With the beginning of Peresroika and possibilities of free exchange of ideas and methodology Dr. Shubnikov started his international diabetes epidemiology research as a member of DiaMond project. Prevention is always more effective than treatment of disease and its complications.
Epidemiology is a key factor for right strategy in diseases s prevention.