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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

A retrospective review of phototherapy in children, at a tertiary paediatric dermatology unit
Ella Seccombe, University Hospital Southampton Department, Matthew David Wynne, Cornelius Clancy, Keith Godfrey & Adam Fityan, 2020, Photodermatology, Photoimmunology & Photomedicine
DOI: 10.1111/phpp.12604
Type: article
Mismatch between poor fetal growth and rapid postnatal weight gain in the first 2 years of life Is associated with higher blood pressure and insulin resistance without increased adiposity in childhood: The GUSTO Cohort Study
Yi Ying Ong, Suresh Anand Sadananthan, Izzuddin M. Aris, Mya Thway Tint, Wen Lun Yuan, Jonathan Y. Huang, Yiong Huak Chan, Sharon Ng, See Ling Loy, Sendhil Velan, Marielle V. Fortier, Keith Godfrey, Lynette Shek, Kok Hian Tan, Peter D. Gluckman, Fabian Yap, Jonathan Tze Liang Choo, Lieng Hsi Ling, Karen Tan, Li Chen, Neerja Karnani, Yap-Seng Chong, Johan G. Eriksson, Mary E. Wlodek, Shiao-Yng Chan, Yung Seng Lee & Navin Michael, 2020, International Journal of Epidemiology, 49(5)
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyaa143
Type: article
Changes in parental smoking during pregnancy and risks of adverse birth outcomes and childhood overweight in Europe and North America: an individual participant data meta analysis of 229,000 singleton births
Elise M. Philips, Susana Santos, Leonardo Trasande, Juan J. Aurrekoetxea, Andrea von Berg, Sarah Crozier, Keith Godfrey & Hazel Inskip, 2020, PLoS Medicine, 17(8), 1-25
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003182
Type: article
Influences of the perinatal diet on maternal and child health: Insights from the GUSTO study
Mary Foong-Fong Chong, Keith Godfrey, Peter Gluckman, Kok Hian Tan, Lynette P. Shek, Michael Meaney, Jerry Kok Yen Chan, Fabian Yap, Yung Seng Lee & Yap-Seng Chong, 2020, Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 79(3), 253-258
DOI: 10.1017/S0029665119001526
Type: article
Childhood dietary patterns and body composition at age 6 years
Angela Flynn, John M.D. Thompson, Kathryn Dalrymple, Clare R. Wall, Shahina Begum, Jaijus P. Johny, Wayne Cutfield, Robyn North, Lesley M.E. McCowan, Keith Godfrey, Edwin A. Mitchell & Lucilla Poston, 2020, British Journal of Nutrition, 124(2), 217-224
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114520000628
Type: article