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Research project

Hanson RG/15/17/31749 Epigenetic Biomarkers and Determinants of Cardiovascular Risk in Children

Staff

Lead researcher

Emeritus Professor Mark Hanson

Connect with Mark

Email: M.Hanson@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

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

Professor Keith Godfrey

Associate Dean Enterprise
Connect with Keith

Email: kmg@mrc.soton.ac.uk

Professor Karen Lillycrop

Professor of Epigenetics

Research interests

  • Epigenetics
  • Human Disease
Connect with Karen

Email: K.A.Lillycrop@soton.ac.uk

Emeritus Professor Hazel Inskip MSc, PhD, FFPH

Connect with Hazel

Email: hmi@mrc.soton.ac.uk

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Plants and Food Security

We study the response of plants to the environment at the molecular, whole plant and ecological levels. This includes interactions with nematodes, insects and microbes.

Research outputs

Plasma glycemic measures and fecundability in a Singapore preconception cohort study
See Ling Loy, Chee Wai Ku, Ada En Qi Lai, Xin Hui Choo, Angela Hui Min Ho, Yin Bun Cheung, Keith Godfrey, Yap-Seng Chong, Peter D. Gluckman, Lynette Pei-Chi Shek , Kok Hian Tan, Fabian Yap, Shiao-Yng Chan & Jerry Kok Yen Chan, 2021, Fertility and Sterility, 115(1), 138-147
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2020.07.014
Type: article
High placental inositol content associated with suppressed pro-adipogenic effects of maternal glycaemia in offspring
Anne H.Y. Chu, Rohan Lewis & Keith Godfrey, 2021, International Journal of Obesity, 45(1), 247-257
DOI: 10.1038/s41366-020-0596-5
Type: article
Anthropometric measures and HbA1c to detect dysglycemia in young Asian women planning conception: The S-PRESTO cohort
Anne H.Y. Chu, I.M. Aris, Sharon Ng, Jonathan Y. Bernard, Tint Mya, Wen Lun Yuan, Keith Godfrey, Jerry Kok Yen Chan, Lynette P. Shek, Yap-Seng Chong, K.H. Tan, Seng Bin Ang, H.H. Tan, Bernard SM Chern, Fabian Yap, Yung Seng Lee, Ngee Lek, Melvin Khee-Shing Leow, Chin Meng Khoo & Shiao-Yng Chan, 2020, Scientific Reports, 10(1)
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-66147-x
Type: article
Developmental origins of health and disease: impact of environmental dust exposure in modulating microbiome and its association with non-communicable diseases
Delicia Shu-Qin Ooi, Cheryl Pei-Ting Tan, Michelle Jia-Yu Tay, Siong Gim Ong, Elizabeth Huiwen Tham, Kewin Tien Ho Siah, Johan Gunnar Eriksson, Keith Godfrey, Lynette Pei-Chi Shek & Evelyn Xiu-Ling Loo, 2020, Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, 11(6), 545-556
DOI: 10.1017/S2040174420000549
Type: article
Cohort Profile: Singapore Preconception Study of Long-Term Maternal and Child Outcomes (S-PRESTO)
Evelyn X.L. Loo, S.E. Soh, See Loy, Sharon Ng, M.T. Tint, Shiao-Yng Chan, Jonathan Y. Huang, Fabian Yap, K.H. Tan, Bernard S.M. Chern, H.H. Tan, Michael Meaney, Neerja Karnani, Keith Godfrey, Yung Seng Lee, Jerry Kok Yen Chan, Peter D. Gluckman, Y-S Chong, Lynette P. Shek & Johan G. Eriksson, 2020, European Journal of Epidemiology
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-020-00697-2
Type: article