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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

Intergenerational burden and risks of NCDs
Mark Hanson, Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, Katie Dain, Carlos Fuchtner & Moshe Hod, 2018, The Lancet, 392(10163), 2422-2423
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)33053-8
Type: letterEditorial
Preconception health – Authors' reply
Judith Stephenson, Tom P. Fleming, Keith M. Godfrey & Mary Barker, 2018, The Lancet, 392(10161), 2267
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)32169-X
Type: letterEditorial
Association of elective and emergency cesarean delivery with early childhood overweight at 12 months of age
Meijin Cai, See Ling Loy, Kok Hian Tan, Keith Godfrey, Peter D. Gluckman, Yap-Seng Chong, Lynette Pei-Chi Shek , Yin Bun Cheung, Ngee Lek, Yung Seng Lee, Shiao-Yng Chan, Jerry Kok Yen Chan, Fabian Yap & Seng Bin Ang, 2018, JAMA Network Open, 1(7), 1-14
DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2018.5025
Type: article
Gestational weight gain charts for different body mass index groups for women in Europe, North America and Oceania
Susana G. Santos, Iris Eekhout, Ellis Voerman, Romy Gaillard, Henrique Barros, Marie-Aline Charles, Leda Chatzi, Cecile Chevrier, George P. Chrousos, Eva Corpeleijn, Nathalie Costet, Sarah Crozier, Myriam Doyon, Merete Eggesbø, Maria Pia Fantini, Sara Farchi, Francesco Forastiere, Luigi Gagliardi, Vagelis Georgiu, Keith Godfrey, Davide Gori, Veit Grote, Wojciech Hanke, Irva Hertz-Picciotto, Barbara Heude, Marie-France Hivert, Daniel O. Hryhorczuk, Rae-Chi Huang, Hazel Inskip, Todd A Jusko, Anne Karvonen, Berthold Koletzko, Leanne K. Küpers, Hanna Langstrom, Debbie A Lawlor, Irina Lehmann, Maria-Jose Lopez-Espinosa, Per Magnus, Renata Majewska, Johanna Makela, Yannis Manios, Sheila W. McDonald, Monique Mommers, Camilla S Morgen, George Moschonis, Lubica Murinova, John P Newnham, Ellen Aagaard Nohr, Anne-Marie Nybo Andersen, Emily Oken, Adriette J J M. Oostvogels, Agnieszka Pac, Eleni Papadopoulou, Juha Pekkanen, Costanza Pizzi, Kinga Polanska, Daniela Porta, Lorenzo Richiardi, Sheryl L. Rifas-shiman, Nel Roeleveld, Loreto Santa Marina, Ana C. Santos, Henriette A. Smit, Thorkild I. A. Sørensen, Marie Standl, Maggie Stanislawski, Camilla Stoltenberg, Elisabeth Thiering, Carel Thijs, Maties Torrent, Suzanne C. Tough, Tomas Trnovec, Marleen M H J van Gelder, Lenie van Rossem, Andrea von Berg, Martine Vrijheid, Tanja G M Vrijkotte, Oleksandr Zvinchuk, Stef van Buuren & Vincent W V Jaddoe, 2018, BMC Medicine, 16(1)
DOI: 10.1186/s12916-018-1189-1
Type: article
Female adiposity and time-to-pregnancy
S.L. Loy, Y.B. Cheung, S.E. Soh, Sharon Ng, M.T. Tint, I.M. Aris, J.Y. Bernard, Y.-S. Chong, K. M. Godfrey, L.P. Shek, K.H. Tan, Y.S. Lee, H.H. Tan, B.S.M. Chern, N. Lek, F. Yap, S.-Y. Chan, C. Chi & J.K.Y. Chan, 2018, Human Reproduction, 33(11), 2141-2149
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dey300
Type: article