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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

Evaluation of a quantitative food frequency questionnaire for 5-year-old children in an Asian population.
Ray Sugianto, Mei Jun Chan, Shiu Fung Wong, Lynette P. Shek, K.H. Tan, Y-S Chong, Keith Godfrey, B C Tai & Mary Foong-Fong Chong, 2019, Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 1-8
DOI: 10.1016/j.jand.2019.09.021
Type: article
Association of sugar sweetened beverage intake at ages 18 months and 5 years with adiposity outcomes at age 6 years: The Singapore GUSTO mother-offspring cohort
Phaik Ling Quah, Josefien Kleijweg, Ya Ying Chang, Jia Ying Toh, Hui Xian Lim, Ray Sugianto, Izzuddin M. Aris, Wen Lun Yuan, Tint Mya, Jonathan Y. Bernard, Padmapriya Natarajan, Falk Müller-Riemenschneider, Keith Godfrey, Peter D. Gluckman, Yap Seng Chong, Lynette P. Shek, Kok Hian Tan, Johan G. Eriksson, Fabian Yap, Yung Seng Lee & Mary Foong-Fong Chong, 2019, British Journal of Nutrition, 122(11), 1303-1312
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114519002253
Type: article
Associations of circadian eating pattern and diet quality with substantial postpartum weight retention
See Ling Loy, Yin Bun Cheung, Marjorelee T. Colega, Airu Chia, C.Y. Han, Keith Godfrey, Yap-Seng Chong, Lynette P. Shek, Kok Hian Tan, Ngee Lek, Jerry Kok Yen Chan, Mary Foong-Fong Chong & Fabian Yap, 2019, Nutrients, 11(11), 2686
DOI: 10.3390/nu11112686
Type: article
Maternal feeding practices and children's food intake during an ad libitum buffet meal: results from the GUSTO cohort
Lisa Fries, Mei Jun Chan, Phaik Ling Quah, Jia Ying Toh, Anna Fogel, Ai Ting Goh, Izzuddin M. Aris, Birit Broekman, Shirong Cai, Tint Mya, Yap Seng Chong, Lynette P. Shek, Yung Seng Lee, Fabian Yap, Kok Hian Tan, Peter D. Gluckman, Keith Godfrey, Irma Silva Zolezzi, Ciaran G Forde & Mary F.F. Chong, 2019, Appetite, 142, 1-9
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2019.104371
Type: article
Do the concepts of ‘life course approach’ and ‘developmental origins of health and disease’ underpin current maternity care? Study protocol
Chandni Maria Jacob, Wendy Lawrence, Hazel Inskip, Fionnuala M. McAuliffe, Sarah Louise Killeen & Mark Hanson, 2019, International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, 147(2), 140-146
DOI: 10.1002/ijgo.12955
Type: article