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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

Quantifying precision loss in targeted metabolomics based on mass spectrometry and non-matching internal standards
Arve Ulvik, Adrian McCann, Oivind Midttun, Klaus Meyer, Keith Godfrey & Per M Ueland, 2021, Analytical Sciences, 93(21), 7616-7624
DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.1c00119
Type: article
Cardiometabolic profile of different body composition phenotypes in children
Yi Ying Ong, Jonathan Y. Huang, Navin Michael, Suresh Anand Sadananthan, Wen Lun Yuan, Ling-Wei Chen, Neerja Karnani, Sendhil Velan, Marielle V. Fortier, Kok Hian Tan, Peter D. Gluckman, Fabian Yap, Yap-Seng Chong, Keith Godfrey, Mary Foong-Fong Chong, Shiao-Yng Chan, Yung Seng Lee, Mya Thway Tint & Johan G. Eriksson, 2021, Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 106(5), E2015-E2024
DOI: 10.1210/clinem/dgab003
Type: article
Myo-inositol, probiotics and micronutrient supplementation from preconception for glycemia in pregnancy: NiPPeR international multi-center double-blind randomized controlled trial
Keith Godfrey, Sheila Barton, Sarah El-Heis, Timothy Kenealy, Heidi Nield, Philip N. Baker, Yap-Seng Chong, Wayne Cutfield & Shiao-Yng Chan, 2021, Diabetes Care, 44(5), 1091-1099
DOI: 10.2337/dc20-2515
Type: article
Dietary patterns of five-year-old children and their correlates: findings from a multi-ethnic Asian cohort
Ray Sugianto, Jia Ying Toh, Shu Fang Wong, M.T. Tint, Marjorelee T. Colega, Y.S. Lee, Fabian Yap, Lynette P. Shek, K.H. Tan, Keith Godfrey, Y-S Chong, B.C. Tai & Mary Foong-Fong Chong, 2021, British Journal of Nutrition
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114521001434
Type: article
Neonatal amygdala microstructure mediates the relationship between gestational glycemia and offspring adiposity.
Shirong Cai, Izzuddin M. Aris, Wen Lun Yuan, Kok Hian Tan, Keith Godfrey, Peter D. Gluckman, Lynette Pei-Chi Shek , Yap-Seng Chong, Fabian Yap, Marielle V. Fortier, Michael J. Meaney, Yung Seng Lee & Anqi Qiu, 2021, BMJ Open, 9(1)
DOI: 10.1136/bmjdrc-2020-001396
Type: article