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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

Validation of a semi-quantitative FFQ for 18-month-old toddlers: the Growing Up in Singapore Towards Healthy Outcomes (GUSTO) study
Hui Xian Lim, Jia Ying Toh, Kok Hian Tan, Yap-Seng Chong, Fabian Yap, Keith Godfrey, Yung Seng Lee & Mary Foong-Fong Chong, 2019, Public Health Nutrition
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980019000557
Type: article
Sex-specific longitudinal association of screen viewing time in children at 2-3 years with adiposity at 3-5 years
N. Padmapriya, Izzuddin M. Aris, Tint Mya, See Ling Loy, Shirong Cai, Kok Hian Tan, Lynette P. Shek, Yap-Seng Chong, Keith Godfrey, Peter D. Gluckman, Yung Seng Lee, Seang-Mei Saw, Fabian Yap, Michael S. Kramer, Jonathan Y. Bernard & Falk Müller-Riemenschneider, 2019, International Journal of Obesity
DOI: 10.1038/s41366-019-0344-x
Type: article
Developing differences
Bram Kuijper, Mark A. Hanson, Emma I.K. Vitikainen, Harry H. Marshall, Susan E. Ozanne & Michael A. Cant, 2019, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 374(1770), 1-7
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2019.0039
Type: letterEditorial
Evolutionary and developmental mismatches are consequences of adaptive developmental plasticity in humans and have implications for later disease risk
Peter D. Gluckman, Mark A. Hanson & Felicia M. Low, 2019, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 374(1770), 1-8
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2018.0109
Type: review
Macronutrient composition and food groups associated with gestational weight gain
Jun S. Lai, Soh E. Soh, See Ling Loy, Marjorelee T. Colega, Michael S. Kramer, Jerry K.Y. Chan, Thiam Chye Tan, Lynette P.C. Shek, Fabian Yap, Kok Hian Tan, Keith Godfrey, Yap-Seng Chong & Mary F.F. Chong, 2019, European Journal of Nutrition, 58(3), 1081-1094
DOI: 10.1007/s00394-018-1623-3
Type: article