What research has been done in Scotland in relation to vitamin D deficiency.

There are a number of research projects we are aware of that are both under way and have been completed on vitamin D in Scotland, two of which concentrate on looking at vitamin D deficiency:
Paul Haggerty
Rowett Institute of Nutrition and Health
University of Aberdeen
Vitamin D in pregnancy at high latitude in Scotland,
Which is presently undergoing the peer review process.
The Food Standards Agency are also carrying out research based on blood samples collected from the Scottish Health Survey over two years 2010-11 and 2011-12 the results of which are due to be published at the end of this year.
The following are other pieces of research into vitamin D:
CZG/2/513
Dr James Flett Wilson
Public Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Teviot Place,
Edinburgh EH8 9AG
Orkney Complex Disease Study: Northern Isles Vitamin D Study
- prevalence and impact of hypovitaminosis D in a high risk population
End date March 2012
CZH/4/470
Dr Miles Witham
Section of Ageing and Health, Ninewells Hospital
Dundee DD1 9SY
Can high-dose vitamin D supplementation reduce blood pressure and markers of cardiovascular risk in older people with isolated systolic hypertension?
End date Jan 2012
CZH/4/529
Professor Harry Campbell
Public Health Sciences/Institute of Genomics and Molecular Medicine
University of Edinburgh, Teviot Place
Edinburgh EH8 9AG
A Mendelian Randomisation study of vitamin D on colorectal cancer risk
End date Dec 2011
The Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition have been made aware of all these research projects in relation to their review of vitamin D.