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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

Early Nutrition eAcademy Southeast Asia e-learning for enhancing knowledge on nutrition during the first 1,000 days of life
Brigitte Brands, Sirinuch Chomtho, Umaporn Suthutvoravut, Christopher Chiong Meng Boey, Swee Fong Tang, Keith Godfrey & Berthold Koletzko, 2020, Nutrients, 12(6), 1-12
DOI: 10.3390/nu12061817
Type: article
Eating behaviors moderate the associations between risk factors in the first 1,000 days and adiposity outcomes at 6 years of age
Anna Fogel, Keri McCrickerd, Izzuddin M. Aris, Ai Ting Goh, Yap-Seng Chong, Kok Hian Tan, Fabian Yap, Lynette P. Shek, Michael J. Meaney, Birit F.P. Broekman, Keith Godfrey, Mary Foong-Fong Chong, Shirong Cai, Wei Wei Pang, Wen Lun Yuan, Yung Seng Lee & Ciaran G Forde, 2020, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 997-1006
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/nqaa052
Type: article
Nutrients or nursing? Understanding how breast milk feeding affects child cognition
Wei Wei Pang, Pei Ting Tan, Shirong Cai, Doris Fok, Mei Chien Chua, Sock Bee Lim, Lynette P. Shek, Shiao-Yng Chan, Kok Hian Tan, Fabian Yap, Peter D. Gluckman, Keith Godfrey, Michael J. Meaney, Birit Broekman, Michael S. Kramer, Yap-Seng Chong & Anne Rifkin-Graboi, 2020, European Journal of Nutrition, 59(2), 609-619
DOI: 10.1007/s00394-019-01929-2
Type: article
Associations between early-life screen viewing and 24 hour movement behaviours: findings from a longitudinal birth cohort study
Bozhi Chen, Jonathan Y. Bernard, Padmapriya Natarajan, Yilin Ning, Shirong Cai, Carla Lanca, K.H. Tan, F. Yap, Yap-Seng Chong, Lynette Shek, Keith Godfrey, S-M. Saw, Shiao-Yng Chan, Johan G. Eriksson, C.S. Tan & Falk Müller-Riemenschneider, 2020, The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, 4(3), 201-209
DOI: 10.1016/S2352-4642(19)30424-9
Type: article
Associations between dietary patterns, eating behaviours, and body composition and adiposity in 3-year children of mothers with obesity
K.V. Darymple, A.C. Flynn, P.T. Seed, A.L. Briley, M. O'Keeffe, K.M. Godfrey & L. Poston, 2019, Pediatric Obesity
DOI: 10.1111/ijpo.12608
Type: article