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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

Prospective associations of maternal choline status with offspring body composition in the first five years of life in two larger mother-offspring cohorts
Linda van Lee, Sarah Crozier, Izzuddin M. Aris, Tint Mya, Suresh Sadananthan, Navin Michael, Phaik Ling Quah, Sian M Robinson, Hazel Inskip, Nicholas Harvey, Mary Barker, Cyrus Cooper, Sendhil Velan, Yung Seng Lee, Marielle V. Fortier, Fabian Yap, Peter D. Gluckman, Kok Hian Tan, Lynette Pei-Chi Shek , Yap-Seng Chong, Keith Godfrey & Mary F.F. Chong, 2019, International Journal of Epidemiology, 48(2), 433-444
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyy291
Type: article
Metabolism of 13C-labeled fatty acids in term human placental explants by liquid chromatography mass spectrometry
Oliver C. Watkins, Mohammad Omedul Islam, Preben Selvam, Reshma Appukuttan Pillai, Amaury Cazenave-Gassiot, Anne K. Bendt, Neerja Karnani, Keith M. Godfrey, Rohan M. Lewis, Markus R. Wenk & Shiao-Yng Chan, 2019, Endocrinology
DOI: 10.1210/en.2018-01020
Type: article
Associations of physical activity levels and screen time with oral glucose tolerance test profiles in Singaporean women of reproductive age actively trying to conceive: the S-PRESTO study
Jonathan Y. Bernard, Sharon Ng, Natarajan Padmapriya, See Ling Loy, Izzudin M. Aris, Tint Mya, Yap-Seng Chong, Lynette Shek, Jerry Kok Yen Chan, Keith Godfrey, Chin Meng Khoo, Melvin Khee-Shing Leow, Falk Müller-Riemenschneider & Shiao-Yng Chan, 2019, Diabetic Medicine
DOI: 10.1111/dme.13948
Type: article
Altered development of fetal liver perfusion in pregnancies with pregestational diabetes
Agnethe Lund, Cathrine Ebbing, Svein Rasmussen, Torvid Kiserud, Mark Hanson & Jörg Kessler, 2019, PLoS ONE, 14(3)
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0211788
Type: article
Longitudinal analysis between maternal feeding practices and body mass index (BMI): a study in Asian Singaporean pre-schoolers
Phaik Quah, Jing Chun Ng, Lisa Fries, Mei Jun Chan, Izzuddin M. Aris, Yung Seng Lee, Fabian Yap, Keith Godfrey, Yap-Seng Chong, Lynette P. Shek, Kok Hian Tan, Ciaran G Forde & Mary F.F. Chong, 2019, Frontiers in Nutrition
DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2019.00032
Type: article