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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

ANRIL promoter DNA methylation
Karen Lillycrop, Robert Murray, Clara Cheong, Ai Ling Teh, Rebecca Clarke-Harris, Sheila Barton, Paula Costello, Emma Garratt, Eloise Cook, Philip Titcombe, Bhuvaneshwari Shunmuganathan, Samantha J. Liew, Yong-Cai Chua, Xinyi Lin, Yonghui Wu, Graham Burdge, Cyrus Cooper, Hazel Inskip, Neerja Karmani, James C. Hopkins, Caroline E. Childs, Carolina Paras Chavez, Philip C. Calder, Fabian Yap, Yung Lee, Yap-Seng Chong, Philip E. Melton, Lawrie Beilin, Rae-Chi Huang, Peter D. Gluckman, Nicholas Harvey, Mark A. Hanson, Joanna D. Holbrook & Keith M. Godfrey, 2017, EBioMedicine, 19, 60-72
DOI: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2017.03.037
Type: article
Delivering an action-agenda for nutrition interventions addressing adolescents and young women: priorities for implementation & action
Zulfiqar A Bhutta, Zohra S. Lassi, Gilles Bergeron, Berthold Koletzko, Rehana salam, Angela Diaz, Mireille McLean, Robert E. Black, Luz Maria De-Refil, Parul Christian, Andrew M. Prentice, Jonathan D. Klein, William Keenan & Mark Hanson, 2017, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
DOI: 10.1111/nyas.13352
Type: article
Higher maternal dietary protein intake and the risk for gestational diabetes mellitus in a multi-ethnic Asian cohort
Wei Wei Pang, M. Colega, Shirong Cai, Yiong Huak Chan, Padmapriya Natarajan, Ling-Wei Chen, Wee Meng Han, Kok Hian Tan, Yung Seng Lee, Seang-Mei Saw, Peter D. Gluckman, Keith M. Godfrey, Yap-Seng Chong, Rob M. van Dam & Mary Foong-Fong Chong, 2017, Journal of Nutrition
DOI: 10.3945/jn.116.243881
Type: article
High folate and low vitamin B12 status during pregnancy is associated with gestational diabetes mellitus
Jun S. Lai, Wei Wei Pang, Shirong Cai, Yung Seng Lee, Jerry Kok Yen Chan, Lynette Pei-Chi Shek , Fabian Yap, Kok Hian Tan, Keith Godfrey, Rob M. van Dam, Yap-Seng Chong & Mary F.F. Chong, 2017, Clinical Nutrition
DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2017.03.022
Type: article
Nutritional Intervention Preconception and During Pregnancy to Maintain Healthy Glucose Metabolism and Offspring Health ("NiPPeR"): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.
Keith Godfrey, Wayne Cutfield, Shiao-Yng Chan, Philip N. Baker, Yap Seng Chong & Caroline Childs, 2017, Trials, 18
DOI: 10.1186/s13063-017-1875-x
Type: article