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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 development and evaluation of a Diet Quality Index for Asian toddlers and its perinatal correlates: the GUSTO cohort study
Ling-Wei Chen, Si Ming Fung, Doris Fok, Lai Peng Leong, Jia Ying Toh, Hui Xian Lim, Wei Wei Pang, Kok Hian Tan, Yap-Seng Chong, Fabian Yap, Keith Godfrey, Yung Seng Lee & Mary Foong-Fong Chong, 2019, Nutrients, 11(3)
DOI: 10.3390/nu11030535
Type: article
Association between early life weight gain and abdominal fat partitioning at 4.5 year is sex-, ethnicity- and age-dependent
Suresh Anand Sadananthan, Mya Thway Tint, Navin Michael, Izzuddin M. Aris, See Ling Loy, Kuan Jin Lee, Lynette Pei-Chi Shek , Fabian Yap, Kok Hian Tan, Keith M. Godfrey, Melvin Khee-Shing Leow, Yung Seng Lee, Michael S. Kramer, Peter D. Gluckman, Yap-Seng Chong, Neerja Karmani, Christiani Henry & Marielle V. Fortier, 2019, Obesity, 27(3), 470-478
DOI: 10.1002/oby.22408
Type: article
Epigenetic age acceleration in adolescence associates with BMI, inflammation and risk score for middle age cardiovascular disease
R.C. Huang, K.A. Lillycrop, L.J. Beilin, K.M. Godfrey, D. Anderson, T.A. Mori, S. Rauschert, J.M. Craig, W.H. Oddy, O.T. Ayonrinde, C.E. Pennell, J.D. Holbrook & P.E. Melton, 2019, Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2018-02076
Type: article
The association between maternal-child physical activity levels at the transition to formal schooling
Kathryn R. Hesketh, Soren Brage, Cyrus Cooper, Keith M. Godfrey, Nicholas C. Harvey, Hazel M. Inskip, Sian M. Robinson & Esther M.F. Van Sluijs, 2019, International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 16(1)
DOI: 10.1186/s12966-019-0782-9
Type: article
Nutritional modulation of the epigenome and its implication for future health
Mark A. Burton & Karen A. Lillycrop, 2019, Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 1-8
DOI: 10.1017/S0029665119000016
Type: article