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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

Household environmental microbiota influences early-life eczema development
Le Duc Huy Ta, Carina Jing Xuan Tay, Christophe Lay, Paola Florez de Sessions, Cheryl Pei-Ting Tan, Michelle Jia-Yu Tay, Hui Xing Lau, Atiqa Binte Zulkiffi, Gaik Chin Yap, Elizabeth Huiwen Tham, Eliza Xin Peri Ho, Anne Eng Neo Goh, Keith Godfrey, Johan G. Eriksson, Jan Knol, Peter D. Gluckman, Yap-Seng Chong, Jerry Kok Yen Chan, Kok Hian Tan, Kok Wee Chong, Si Hui Goh, Zai Ru Cheng, Bee Wah Lee, Lynette P. Shek & Evelyn X.L. Loo, 2021, Environmental Microbiology Reports
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.15684
Type: article
House dust mite sensitization, eczema and wheeze increase risk of shellfish sensitization
Evelyn Xiu-Ling Loo, Hui Xing Lau, Noor Hidayatul Aini Suaini, Lydia Su Yin Wong, Anne Eng Neo Goh, Oon Hoe Teoh, Hugo van Bever, Lynette Pei-Chi Shek , Bee Wah Lee, Kok Hian Tan, Keith Godfrey, Johan Gunnar Eriksson, Yap-Seng Chong & Elizabeth Huiwen Tham, 2021, Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, 32(5), 1096-1099
DOI: 10.1111/pai.13493
Type: letterEditorial
Brown adipose tissue, adiposity and metabolic profile in preschool children
Tint Mya, Navin Michael, Suresh Anand Sadananthan, Jonathan Y. Huang, Chin Meng Khoo, Keith Godfrey, L.P.C. Shek, Ngee Lek, Kok Hian Tan, Fabian Yap, Sendhil Velan, Peter D. Gluckman, Yap-Seng Chong, Neerja Karnani, Shiao-Yng Chan, Melvin Khee-Shing Leow, Kuan Jin Lee, Yung Seng Lee, H. Hu, Cuilin Zhang, M.V. Fortier & Johan G. Eriksson, 2021, Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 106(10), 2901-2914
DOI: 10.1210/clinem/dgab447
Type: article
The longitudinal association between early-life screen-viewing and abdominal adiposity: findings from a multi ethnic birth cohort study
Natarajan Padmapriya, Mya Thway Tint, Suresh Anand Sadananthan, Navin Michael, Bozhi Chen, Shirong Cai, Jia Ying Toh, Carla Lanca, Kok Hian Tan, Seang Mei Saw, Lynette Shek, Yap-Seng Chong, Peter D. Gluckman, Yung Seng Lee, Fabian Yap, Marielle V. Fortier, Mary Foong-Fong Chong, Keith Godfrey, Johan G. Eriksson, Sendhil Velan, Michael S. Kramer, Jonathan Y. Bernard & Falk Müller-Riemenschneider, 2021, International Journal of Obesity, 45(9), 1995-2005
DOI: 10.1038/s41366-021-00864-9
Type: article
Characterising and monitoring preconception health in England: a review of national population-level indicators and core data sources
Danielle Schoenaker, Judith Stephenson, Anne Connolly, Sally Shillaker, Sarah Fishburn, Mary Barker, Keith Godfrey & Nisreen Alwan, 2021, Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease
DOI: 10.1017/S2040174421000258
Type: article