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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

Placental polar lipid composition is associated with placental gene expression and neonatal body composition
Olaf Uhl, Rohan Lewis, Birgit Hirschmugl, Sarah Crozier, Hazel Inskip, Antonio Gázquez, Nicholas Harvey, Cyrus Cooper, Gernot Desoye, Berthold Koletzko, Christian Wadsack, Hans Demmelmair & Keith Godfrey, 2021, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids, 1866(9)
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2021.158971
Type: article
Sequential assessment of bowel function and anorectal physiology after anterior resection for cancer
S A Pilkington, Rahul Bhome, Sally Gilbert, S Harris, Carl Richardson, T C Dudding, J S Knight, A T King, A H Mirnezami, N E Beck, P H Nichols & K P Nugent, 2021, Colorectal Disease, 23(9), 2436-2446
DOI: 10.1111/codi.15754
Type: article
Trajectories of systolic blood pressure in children: risk factors and cardiometabolic correlates
Wen Lun Yuan, Michael S. Kramer, Navin Michael, Suresh Sadananthan, Tint Mya, Ling-Wei Chen, Wei Wei Pang, Sendhil Velan, Keith Godfrey, Yap-Seng Chong, Mary Foong-Fong Chong, Jonathan TL Choo, L.H. Ling, Johan G. Eriksson & Yung Seng Lee, 2021, Journal of Pediatrics, 236, 86-94.e6
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2021.05.027
Type: article
Increasing nausea and vomiting of pregnancy is associated with sex-dependent differences in early childhood growth: the GUSTO Mother-Offspring Cohort Study
Judith Ong, Suresh Sadananthan, Shu-E Soh, Sharon Ng, Wen Lun Yuan, I.M. Aris, Mya Thway Tint, Navin Michael, See Ling Loy, Kok Hian Tan, Keith Godfrey, Lynette Shek, Fabian Yap, Yung Seng Lee, Yap-Seng Chong & Shiao-Yng Chan, 2021, BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 21(1)
DOI: 10.1186/s12884-021-04024-9
Type: article
Maternal Height, Gestational Diabetes Mellitus and Pregnancy Complications.
Anne H.Y. Chu, Wen Lun Yuan, See Ling Loy, Shu-E. Soh, Jonathan Y. Bernard, Mya Thway Tint, Sarah S T Ho-Lim, Huecin Goh, Adaikalavan Ramasamy, Mukkesh Kumar, Claire Goh, Li Ting Ang, Lynette Pei-Chi Shek , Yap-Seng Chong, Kok Hian Tan, Lin Lin Su, Arijit Biswas, Fabian Yap, Yung Seng Lee, Claudia Chi, Keith Godfrey, Johan G. Eriksson & Shiao-Yng Chan, 2021, Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, 178
DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2021.108978
Type: article