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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

Establishment of the nasal microbiota in the first 18 months of life - Correlation with early onset rhinitis and wheezing
Le Duc Huy Ta, Gaik Chin Yap, Carina Jing Xuan Tay, A S M Lim, C.H. Huang, C.W. Chu, P.F. De Sessions, Lynette P. Shek, Anne Goh, Hugo Van Bever, Oon Hoe Teoh, J.Y. Soh, Biju Thomas, M.B. Ramamurthy, Daniel Y.T. Goh, Christophe Lay, S.E. Soh, Yiong Chan, Seang-Mei Saw, Kenneth Kwek, Yap-Seng Chong, Keith Godfrey, Martin Lloyd Hibberd & Bee Wah Lee, 2018, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 142(1), 86-95
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2018.01.032
Type: article
Gestational diabetes modifies the association between PIGF in early pregnancy and preeclampsia in women with obesity
Matias Vieria, Shahina Begum, Paul T. Seed, Dania Badran, Annette Briley, Carolyn Anne Gill, Keith Godfrey, Deborah A. Lawlor, Scott M. Nelson, Nashita Patel, Naveed Sattar, Sara L. White, Lucilla Poston & Dharmintra Pasupathy, 2018, Pregnancy Hypertension An International Journal of Women s Cardiovascular Health, 13, 267-272
DOI: 10.1016/j.preghy.2018.07.003
Type: article
Arachidonic acid and DHA status in pregnant women is not associated with cognitive performance of their children at 4 or 6–7 years
Sarah R. Crozier, Charlene M. Sibbons, Helena L. Fisk, Keith M. Godfrey, Philip C. Calder, Catharine R. Gale, Sian M. Robinson, Hazel M. Inskip, Janis Baird, Nicholas C. Harvey, Cyrus Cooper & Graham C. Burdge, 2018, British Journal of Nutrition, 119(12), 1400-1407
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114518000806
Type: article
Preconception maternal iodine status is positively associated with IQ but not with measures of executive function in childhood
Sian Robinson, Sarah Crozier, Elizabeth Miles, Catharine Gale, Philip Calder, Cyrus Cooper, Hazel Inskip & Keith Godfrey, 2018, Journal of Nutrition, 148(6), 959-966
DOI: 10.1093/jn/nxy054
Type: article
Relation of placental alkaline phosphatase expression in human term placental to maternal and offspring fat mass
Birgit Hirschmugl, Sarah Crozier, Nina Matthews, Eva Kitzinger, Ingeborg Klymiuk, Hazel Inskip, Nicholas Harvey, Cyrus Cooper, Colin P. Sibley, Jocelyn D. Glazier, Christian Wadsack, Keith Godfrey, Gernot Desoye & Rohan Lewis, 2018, International Journal of Obesity, 42(6), 1202-1210
DOI: 10.1038/s41366-018-0136-8
Type: article