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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

Gene-by-activity interactions on obesity traits of 6-year-old New Zealand European children
Mohanraj Krishnan, Andrew N. Shelling, Clare R. Wall, Edwin A. Mitchell, Rinki Murphy, Lesley M.E. McCowan, John M.D. Thompson, W. Cutfield, Y. Huang, A. Stewart, R. Taylor, K. M. Godfrey, L. Poston & P. Taylor, 2018, Pediatric Exercise Science, 30(1), 71-82
DOI: 10.1123/pes.2017-0077
Type: article
Adherence to Healthy Eating Index for pregnant women is associated with lower neonatal adiposity in a multi-ethnic Asian cohort
Ai-Ru Chia, Mya Thway Tint, Chad Y Han, Ling-Wei Chen, Marjorelee T. Colega, Izzuddin M. Aris, Mei Chien Chua, Kok Hian Tan, Fabian Yap, Lynette Pei-Chi Shek , Yap-Seng Chong, Keith Godfrey, Marielle V. Fortier, Yung Seng Lee & Mary Foong-Fong Chong, 2018, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 107(1), 71-79
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/nqx003
Type: article
Modifiable risk factors in the first 1000 days for subsequent risk of childhood overweight in an Asian cohort
I.M. Aris, J.Y. Bernard, L.W. Chen, M.T. Tint, W.W. Pang, S.E. Soh, S.M. Saw, L.P.C. Shek, K.M. Godfrey, P.D. Gluckman, Y.S. Chong, F. Yap, M.S. Kramer & Y. S. Lee, 2018, International Journal of Obesity, 42(1), 44-51
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2017.178
Type: article
Vitamin B12 supplementation influences methylation of genes associated with Type 2 diabetes and its intermediate traits
Dilip K. Yadav, Smeeta Shrestha, Karen A. Lillycrop, Charu V. Joglekar, Hong Pan, Joanna D. Holbrook, Caroline H.D. Fall, Chittaranjan S. Yajnik & Giriraj R. Chandak, 2018, Epigenomics, 10(1), 71-90
DOI: 10.2217/epi-2017-0102
Type: article
Cord metabolic profiles in obese pregnant women
Nashita Patel, Christian Hellmuth, Olaf Uhl, Keith Godfrey, Annette Briley, Paul Welsh, Dharmintra Pauupathy, Paul T. Seed, Berthold Koletzko & Lucilla Poston, 2018, Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 103(1), 346-355
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2017-00876
Type: article