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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

Developmental origins of health and disease, resilience and social justice in the COVID era
Michael Penkler, Chandni M Jacob, Ruth Müller, Martha Kenney, Shane A Norris, Clarissa P da Costa, Sarah S Richardson, Tessa J Roseboom & Mark Hanson, 2021, Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, 1-4
DOI: 10.1017/S204017442100060X
Type: article
Interpregnancy weight gain and childhood obesity: analysis of a UK population-based cohort
Nida Ziauddeen, Jonathan Huang, Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Roderick, Keith Godfrey & Nisreen Alwan, 2021, International Journal of Obesity
DOI: 10.1038/s41366-021-00979-z
Type: article
Dichotomy in the impact of elevated maternal glucose levels on neonatal epigenome
Ives Yubin Lim, Xinyi Lin, Ai Ling Teh, Yonghui Wu, Li Chen, Menglan He, Shiao-Yng Chan, Julia L. MacIsaac, Jerry KY Chan, Kok Hian Tan, Mary Foong-Fong Chong, Michael S. Kobor, Keith Godfrey, Michael J. Meaney, Yung Seng Lee, Johan G. Eriksson, Peter D. Gluckman, Yap-Seng Chong & Neerja Karnani, 2021, Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
DOI: 10.1210/clinem/dgab710
Type: article
Prepregnancy adherence to plant-based diet indices and exploratory dietary patterns in relation to fecundability
Shan-Xuan Lim, See Ling Loy, Marjorelee T. Colega, Jun Shi Lai, Keith Godfrey, Yung Seng Lee, Kok Hian Tan, Fabian Yap, Lynette Pei-Chi Shek , Yap-Seng Chong, Johan G. Eriksson, Jerry Kok Yen Chan, Shiao-Yng Chan & Mary Foong-Fong Chong, 2021, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/nqab344
Type: article
Role of maternal tryptophan metabolism in allergic diseases in the offspring
Hui Xing Lau, Sarah El-Heis, Qai Ven Yap, Yiong Huak Chan, Cheryl Pei-Ting Tan, Neerja Karmani, Karen Mei Ling Tan, Elizabeth Huiwen Tham, Anne Eng Neo Goh, Oon Hoe Teoh, Kok Hian Tan, Johan Gunnar Eriksson, Yap-Seng Chong, Mary F.F. Chong, Hugo van Bever, Bee Wah Lee, Lynette P. Shek, Keith Godfrey & Evelyn X.L. Loo, 2021, Clinical & Experimental Allergy, 51(10), 1346-1360
DOI: 10.1111/cea.13953
Type: article