The DeSIRe was developed by a collaborative UK-Pakistan research team.  The collaborators included the following:

Dr. Shenaz Ahmed (Principle Investigator), Leeds Institute of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Leeds, UK

Dr. Hussain Jafri, Thalassaemia Society of Pakistan, Pakistan

Professor Dr Yasmin Rashid, Minister for Health Punjab, Pakistan

Dr Yasmin Ehsan, Thalassaemia Society of Pakistan, Pakistan 

Dr Shabnam Bashir, Punjab Thalassaemia Prevention Programme, Pakistan

Dr Mushtaq Ahmed, Yorkshire Regional Genetics Service, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, UK.

This project was supported by the Medical Research Council, UK [grant number MR/T003782/1, Medical Research Council, UK].