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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

Breech presentation is associated with lower bone mass and area
Alex Ireland, Sarah Crozier, Alexander E.P. Heazell, Kathryn Ward, Keith Godfrey, Hazel Inskip, Cyrus Cooper & Nicholas Harvey, 2018, Osteoporosis International, 1-7
DOI: 10.1007/s00198-018-4626-2
Type: article
DOHaD in science and society
M. Penkler, M. Hanson, R. Biesma & R. Müller, 2018, Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, 1-6
DOI: 10.1017/S2040174418000892
Type: article
DNA methylation of amino acid transporter genes in the human placenta
C. Simner, B. Novakovic, K. Lillycrop, C. Bell, N. Harvey, C. Cooper, R. Saffery, R. Lewis & J. Cleal, 2017, Placenta, 60, 64-73
DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2017.10.010
Type: article
Greater access to healthy food outlets in the home and school environment is associated with better dietary quality in young children
Millie Barrett, Sarah Crozier, Daniel Lewis, Keith Godfrey, Sian Robinson, Cyrus Cooper, Hazel Inskip, Janis Baird & Christina Vogel, 2017, Public Health Nutrition, 20(18), 3316-3325
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980017002075
Type: article
The relationship between maternal 25-hydroxyvitamin D status in pregnancy and childhood adiposity and allergy: an observational study
V.T. Boyle, E.B. Thorstensen, J.M.D. Thompson, E.A. Mitchell, Keith Godfrey, L. Poston, C.R. Wall, R. Murphy, Wayne Cutfield, T. Kenealy, L.C. Kenny & Philip N. Baker, 2017, International Journal of Obesity, 41, 1755–1760
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2017.182
Type: article