Centre for Developmental Origins of Health and Disease

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Dr Laila Khawaja PhD

Research Fellow
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Emeritus Professor Caroline Fall MBChB, DM, FRCP, FRCPCH

Research interests

  • Maternal nutrition in pregnancy
  • Gestational diabetes
  • Long-term effects of fetal nutrition on health and chronic disease, especially type 2 diabetes
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Professor Cyrus Cooper

Prof Rheumatology Clinical Epidemiology

Research interests

  • Key research contributions have been:
  • discovery of the developmental influences which contribute to the risk of osteoporosis and hip fracture in late adulthood
  • demonstration that maternal vitamin D insufficiency is associated with sub-optimal bone mineral accrual in childhood
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Dr Danielle Schoenaker BSc, MSc, FHEA, PhD

Senior Research Fellow

Research interests

  • Preconception health
  • Developmental Origins of Health and Disease
  • Maternal, paternal and child health

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Miss Donna Lovelock

Senior Enterprise Fellow

Research interests

  • Adolescent Health
  • Health Literacy
  • Behaviour Change
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Professor Elaine Dennison

Personal Chair

Research interests

  • The epidemiology of musculoskeletal disease, particularly those conditions common in later life (osteoporosis and osteoarthritis)
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Dr Elizabeth Curtis

Associate Professor in Rheumatology
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Dr Emma Garratt

Senior Enterprise Fellow
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Ms Faidra Laskou

NIHR Clinical Lecturer in Rheumatology
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Dr Felino Cagampang PhD

Associate Professor
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