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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

Modifiable risk factors of maternal postpartum weight retention: an analysis of their combined impact and potential opportunities for prevention
J. L. Hollis, S. R. Crozier, H. M. Inskip, C. Cooper, K. M. Godfrey, N. C. Harvey, C. E. Collins & S. M. Robinson, 2017, International Journal of Obesity, 41(7), 1091–1098
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2017.78
Type: article
Maternal plasma phosphatidylcholine polyunsaturated fatty acids during pregnancy and offspring growth and adiposity
Jonathan Y. Bernard, Mya Thway Tint, Izzuddin M. Aris, Ling-Wei Chen, Phaik Quah, Kok Hian Tan, George Seow Heong Yeo, Marielle Fortier, Fabian Yap, Lynette Shek, Yap-Seng Chong, Peter D. Gluckman, Keith Godfrey, Philip Calder, Chong Mary, Michael S. Kramer, Jeremie Botton & Yung Seng Lee, 2017, Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids, 121, 21-29
DOI: 10.1016/j.plefa.2017.05.006
Type: article
Reduced fetal vitamin D status by maternal undernutrition during discrete gestational windows in sheep
J. K. Cleal, M. R. Hargreaves, K. R. Poore, J. C. Y. Tang, W. D. Fraser, M. A. Hanson & L. R. Green, 2017, Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, 8(3), 370-381
DOI: 10.1017/S2040174417000149
Type: article
Faster eating rates are associated with higher energy intakes during an ad libitum meal, higher BMI and greater adiposity among 4-5 year-old children
Anna Fogel, Ai Ting Goh, Lisa Fries, Suresh Sadananthan, Sendhil Velan, Narvin Michael, Mya Thway Tint, Marielle Fortier, Mei Jun Chan, Jia Ying Toh, Yap-Seng Chong, Kok Hian Tan, Fabian Yap, Lynette P. Shek, Michael J. Meaney, Birit Broekman, Yung Seng Lee, Keith Godfrey, Mary F.F. Chong & Ciaran G Forde, 2017, British Journal of Nutrition, 117(7), 1042-1051
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114517000848
Type: article
Plasma omega-3 fatty acids in pregnancy are inversely associated with postpartum weight retention in a multi-ethnic Asian cohort
See Ling Loy, Michelle Jia Hui Ng, Yin Bun Cheung, Keith Godfrey, Philip Calder, Ngee Lek, Fabian Yap, Falk Müller-Riemenschneider, Padmapriya Natarajan, Yap-Seng Chong, Kok Hian Tan, Lynette Pei-Chi Shek , Mary Foong-Fong Chong & Jerry Kok Yen Chan, 2017, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 105(5), 1158-1165
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.116.151258
Type: article