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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

Impact of adopting the 2013 World Health Organization criteria for diagnosis of gestational diabetes in a multi-ethnic Asian cohort
Claudia Chi, See Loy, Shiao-Yng Chan, Cherie Choong, Shirong Cai, Shu E. Soh, Kok Hian Tan, Fabian Yap, Peter D. Gluckman, Keith Godfrey, Lynette Shek, Jerry K.Y. Chan, Michael S. Kramer & Yap Seng Chong, 2018, BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 18
DOI: 10.1186/s12884-018-1707-3
Type: article
Food sources of energy and macronutrient intakes among infants from 6 to 12 months of age:
Shan-Xuan Lim, Jia Ying Toh, Linde van Lee, Wee Meng Han, Lynette Shek, Kok Hian Tan, Fabian Yap, Keith Godfrey, Yap-Seng Chong & Mary Foong-Fong Chong, 2018, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15(3)
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph15030488
Type: article
Association between maternal mid-gestation vitamin D status and neonatal abdominal adiposity
Mya Tint, Mary Chong, Izzuddin M. Aris, Keith M. Godfrey, Phaik Quah, Jeevesh Kapur, Seang-Mei Saw, Peter Gluckman, Victor S. Rajadurai, Fabian Yap, Michael S. Kramer, Yap-Seng Chong, Christiani Henry, Marielle V. Fortier & Yung Seng Lee, 2018, International Journal of Obesity
DOI: 10.1038/s41366-018-0032-2
Type: article
Prospective associations of maternal dietary patterns and postpartum mental health in a multi-ethnic Asian cohort:
Cherlyen Teo, Ai-Ru Chia, Marjorelee T. Colega, Ling-Wei Chen, Doris Fok, Wei Wei Pang, Keith Godfrey, Kok Hian Tan, Fabian Yap, Lynette Pei-Chi Shek , Yap-Seng Chong, Michael Meaney, Helen Chen & Mary Foong-Fong Chong, 2018, Nutrients, 10(3)
DOI: 10.3390/nu10030299
Type: article
Genome-wide association study of offspring birth weight in 86,577 women identifies five novel loci and highlights maternal genetic effects that are independent of fetal genetics
Robin N. Beaumont, Nicole M. Warrington, Alana Cavadino, Jessica Tyrrell, Michael Nodzenski, Momoko Horikoshi, Frank Geller, Ronny Myhre, Rebecca C. Richmond, Lavinia Paternoster, Jonathan P. Bradfield, Eskil Kreiner-Møller, Ville Huikari, Sarah Metrustry, Kathryn L. Lunetta, Jodie N. Painter, Jouke-Jan Hottenga, Catherine Allard, Sheila J. Barton, Ana Espinosa, Julie A. Marsh, Catherine Potter, Ge Zhang, Wei Ang, Diane J. Berry, Luigi Bouchard, Shikta Das, Hakon Hakonarson, Jani Heikkinen, Øyvind Helgeland, Berthold Hocher, Albert Hofman, Hazel M. Inskip, Samuel E. Jones, Manolis Kogevinas, Penelope A. Lind, Letizia Marullo, Sarah E. Medland, Anna Murray, Jeffrey C. Murray, Pål R. Njølstad, Ellen A. Nohr, Christoph Reichetzeder, Susan M. Ring, Katherine S. Ruth, Loreto Santa-Marina, Denise M. Scholtens, Sylvain Sebert, Verena Sengpiel & John W. Holloway, 2018, Human Molecular Genetics, 27(4), 742-756
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddx429
Type: article