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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

The effect of wasting and stunting during severe acute malnutrition in infancy on insulin sensitivity and insulin clearance in adult life
Debbie S. Thompson, Patrice M. Francis-Emmanuel, Alan T. Barnett, Clive Osmond, Mark Hanson, Christopher Byrne, Peter D. Gluckman, Terrence E. Forrester & Michael S. Boyne, 2022, Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, 13(6), 750-756
DOI: 10.1017/S2040174422000034
Type: article
Population-centric risk prediction modeling for gestational diabetes mellitus: A machine learning approach
Mukkesh Kumar, Li Chen, Karen Mei Ling Tan, Li Ting Ang, Cindy Ho, Gerard Wong, S.E. Soh, Kok Hian Tan, Jerry K.Y. Chan, Keith Godfrey, Shiao-Yng Chan, Mary Foong-Fong Chong, John E. Connolly, Yap-Seng Chong, Johan G. Eriksson, Mengling Feng & Neerja Karmani, 2022, Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, 185
DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2022.109237
Type: article
Evaluation of caregiver-reported criteria for diagnosing eczema in young children
Tosha Ashish Kahlan, Evelyn X.L. Loo, Lynette Pei-Chi Shek , Michael S. Kramer, Carolina Un Lam, Bindu Karunakaran, Hugo van Bever, Anne Eng Neo Goh, Yap-Seng Chong, Bee Wah Lee, Kok Hian Tan, Seang-Mei Saw, Keith Godfrey & C.-Y.S. Hsu, 2022, Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, 33(1)
DOI: 10.1111/pai.13675
Type: letterEditorial
Longitudinal dietary trajectories from preconception to mid-childhood in women and children in the Southampton Women’s Survey and their relation to offspring adiposity: a group-based trajectory modelling approach
Kathryn V. Dalrymple, Christina Vogel, Keith Godfrey, Janis Baird, Nicholas Harvey, Mark Hanson, Cyrus Cooper, Hazel Inskip & Sarah Crozier, 2021, International Journal of Obesity
DOI: 10.1038/s41366-021-01047-2
Type: article
Metabolic health status and fecundability in a Singapore preconception cohort study
S.L. Loy, Daniel Wei Keong Chan, Chee Wai Ku, Yin Bun Cheung, Keith Godfrey, Karen Mei Ling Tan, Yap-Seng Chong, Lynette P. Shek, Kok Hian Tan, Shiao-Yng Chan, Jerry Kok Yen Chan & Fabian Yap, 2021, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2021.11.1374
Type: article