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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

Developmental origins of health and disease
Janis Baird, Chandni Maria Jacob, Mary Barker, Caroline Fall, Mark Hanson, Nicholas Harvey, Hazel Inskip, Kalyanaraman Kumaran & Cyrus Cooper, 2017, Healthcare (Basel), 5(1)
DOI: 10.3390/healthcare5010014
Type: article
Associations of maternal vitamin B12 concentration in pregnancy with the risks of preterm birth and low birth weight
T. Rogne, M.J. Tielemans, Mary Foong-Fong Chong, C.S. Yajnik, G.V. Krishnaveni, L. Poston, V.W. Jaddoe, E.A. Steegers, S. Joshi, Yap-Seng Chong, K. Godfrey, F. Yap, R. Yahyaoui, T. Thomas, G. Hay, M. Hogeveen, A. Demir, P. Saravanan, E. Skovlund, M.P. Martinmussen, G.W. Jacobsen, O.H. Franco, M.B. Bracken & K. Risnes, 2017, American Journal of Epidemiology, 185(3), 212-223
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kww212
Type: article
Maternal circadian eating time and frequency are associated with blood glucose concentrations during pregnancy
S.L. Loy, J.K. Chan, P.H. Wee, M.T. Colega, Y.B. Cheung, K.M. Godfrey, K. Kwek, S.M. Saw, Y.S. Chong, P. Natarajan, F. Muller-Riemenschneider, N. Lek, M.F. Chong & Fabian Yap, 2017, Journal of Nutrition, 147(1), 70-77
DOI: 10.3945/jn.116.239392
Type: article
Epigenetic inheritance and the responsibility for health in society
Mark Hanson & Ruth Muller, 2017, The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, 5(1), 11-12
DOI: 10.1016/S2213-8587(16)30400-4
Type: article
Influence of maternal obesity on the long-term health of offspring
K.M. Godfrey, R.M. Reynolds, S.L. Prescott, M. Nyirenda, V.W. Jaddoe, J.G. Eriksson & B.F. Broekman, 2017, The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, 5(1), 53-64
DOI: 10.1016/S2213-8587(16)30107-3
Type: article