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Research project

C Cooper 17702 (MAVIDOS)

Staff

Lead researcher

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
Connect with Cyrus

Email: cc@mrc.soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Professor Keith Godfrey

Associate Dean Enterprise
Connect with Keith

Email: kmg@mrc.soton.ac.uk

Professor Elaine Dennison

Personal Chair

Research interests

  • The epidemiology of musculoskeletal disease, particularly those conditions common in later life (osteoporosis and osteoarthritis)
Connect with Elaine

Email: emd@mrc.soton.ac.uk

Emeritus Professor Hazel Inskip MSc, PhD, FFPH

Connect with Hazel

Email: hmi@mrc.soton.ac.uk

Research outputs

Low risk for hip fracture and high risk for hip arthroplasty due to osteoarthritis among Swedish farmers
H. Johansson, C. Hongslo Vala, A. Oden, M. Lorentzon, E. McCloskey, J.A. Kanis, N.C. Harvey, C Ohlsson, L. Stefan Lohmander, J. Karrholm & D. Mellstrom, 2018, Osteoporosis International
DOI: 10.1007/s00198-017-4355-y
Type: article
Breech presentation is associated with lower bone mass and area
Alex Ireland, Sarah Crozier, Alexander E.P. Heazell, Kathryn Ward, Keith Godfrey, Hazel Inskip, Cyrus Cooper & Nicholas Harvey, 2018, Osteoporosis International, 1-7
DOI: 10.1007/s00198-018-4626-2
Type: article
DNA methylation of amino acid transporter genes in the human placenta
C. Simner, B. Novakovic, K. Lillycrop, C. Bell, N. Harvey, C. Cooper, R. Saffery, R. Lewis & J. Cleal, 2017, Placenta, 60, 64-73
DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2017.10.010
Type: article
Perinatal DNA methylation at CDKN2A is associated with offspring bone mass
Elizabeth M. Curtis, Robert Murray, Philip Titcombe, Eloise Cook, Rebecca Clarke-Harris, Paula Costello, Emma Garratt, Joanna D. Holbrook, Sheila Barton, Hazel Inskip, Keith M. Godfrey, Christopher G. Bell, Cyrus Cooper, Karen A. Lillycrop & Nicholas C. Harvey, 2017, Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, 32(10), 2030-2040
DOI: 10.1002/jbmr.3153
Type: article
Response to Letter: Genetics and Vitamin D supplementation in pregnancy
Rebecca Moon, Nicholas Harvey & Cyrus Cooper, 2017, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 9(1), 3565-3566
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2017-01406
Type: article