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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

Phototherapy for neonatal hyperbilirubinemia and childhood eczema, rhinitis and wheeze
Elizabeth H. Tham, Evelyn X.L. Loo, Anne Goh, Oon Hoe Teoh, Fabian Yap, Kok Hian Tan, Keith Godfrey, Hugo van Bever, Bee Wah Lee, Yap-Seng Chong & Lynette Shek, 2019, Pediatrics & Neonatology, 60(1), 28-34
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedneo.2018.03.004
Type: article
Infant dietary patterns and early childhood caries in a multi-ethnic Asian cohort
Shijia Hu, Yu Fan Sim, Jia Ying Toh, Seang-Mei Saw, Keith Godfrey, Yap-Seng Chong, Fabian Yap, Yung Seng Lee, Lynette Pei-Chi Shek , Kok Hian Tan, Mary Foong-Fong Chong & S.H. Chin-Ying, 2019, Scientific Reports, 852, 1-8
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-37183-5
Type: article
Nutrition during pregnancy, lactation, and early childhood and its implications for maternal and long-term child health: the EarlyNutrition Project recommendations
Berthold Koletzko, K. M. Godfrey, Lucilla Poston, Hania Szajewska, Johannes B. Van Goudoever, Marita De Waard, Brigitte Brands, Rosalie M. Grivell, Andrea R. Deussen, Jodie M. Dodd, Bernadeta Patro-Golab & Bartlomiej M. Zalewski, 2019, Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism, 74(2), 93-106
DOI: 10.1159/000496471
Type: article
Prospective associations between parental feeding practices and children's oral processing behaviours
Anna Fogel, Lisa Fries, K. McCrickerd, Ai Ting Goh, Mei Jun Chan, Jia Ying Toh, Yap-Seng Chong, Kok Hian Tan, Fabian Yap, Lynette P. Shek, Michael J. Meaney, Birit Broekman, Yung Seng Lee, Keith Godfrey, Mary Foong-Fong Chong & Ciaran G Forde, 2019, Maternal & Child Nutrition, 15(1)
DOI: 10.1111/mcn.12635
Type: article
Faltering of prenatal growth precedes the development of atopic eczema in infancy:
Sarah El-Heis, Sarah R. Crozier, Eugene Healy, Sian M. Robinson, Nicholas C. Harvey, Cyrus Cooper, Hazel M. Inskip, Janis Baird & Keith M. Godfrey, 2018, Clinical Epidemiology, 10, 1851-1864
DOI: 10.2147/CLEP.S175878
Type: article