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Research project

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

Staff

Lead researchers

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

Emeritus Professor Hazel Inskip MSc, PhD, FFPH

Connect with Hazel

Email: hmi@mrc.soton.ac.uk

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Research outputs

Maternal night-time eating and sleep duration in relation to length of gestation and preterm birth
See Ling Loy, Yin Bun Cheung, Shirong Cai, Marjorelee T. Colega, Keith Godfrey, Yap Seng Chong, Lynette Pei-Chi Shek , Kok Hian Tan, Mary Foong-Fong Chong, Fabian Yap & Jerry Kok Yen Chan, 2019, Clinical Nutrition
DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2019.08.018
Type: article
Socio-demographic and maternal predictors of adherence to 24-hour movement guidelines in Singaporean children
Bozhi Chen, Jonathan Y. Bernard, Padmapriya Natarajan, Jiali Yao, Claire Goh, Kok Hian Tan, Fabian Yap, Yap-Seng Chong, Lynette P. Shek, Keith Godfrey, Shiao-Yng Chan, Johan G. Eriksson & Falk Müller-Riemenschneider, 2019, International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 16
DOI: 10.1186/s12966-019-0834-1
Type: article
Higher maternal circulating cotinine during pregnancy is associated with persistently shorter stature from birth to five years in an Asian cohort
Sharon Ng, Izzuddin M. Aris, Mya Thway Tint, Peter D. Gluckman, Keith M. Godfrey, Lynette Pei-Chi Shek , Fabian Yap, Kok Hian Tan, Ngee Lek, Oon Hoe Teoh, Yiong Huak Chan, Mary Foong-Fong Chong, Yung Seng Lee, Yap-Seng Chong, Michael S. Kramer & Shiao-Yng Chan, 2019, Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 21(8), 1103–1112
DOI: 10.1093/ntr/nty148
Type: article
Narrative review of reviews of preconceptional interventions to prevent increased risk of obesity and non-communicable diseases in children
Chandni Maria Jacob, Marie-Louise Newell & Mark Hanson, 2019, Obesity Reviews, 20(S1), 5-17
DOI: 10.1111/obr.12769
Type: review
Preterm birth: a narrative review of the current evidence on nutritional and bioactive solutions for risk reduction
Tinu M. Samuel, Olga Sakwinska, Kimmo Makinen, Graham C. Burdge, Keith M. Godfrey & Irma Silva Zolezzi, 2019, Nutrients, 11(8), 1-26
DOI: 10.3390/nu11081811
Type: article