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Research project

UK/India/Africa Network for Adolescent Nutrition

Staff

Lead researcher

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

Research outputs

Recent UK retirees’ views about the work-related factors which influenced their decision to retire: a qualitative study within the Health and Employment After Fifty (HEAF) cohort
Martin Stevens, Mary Barker, Elaine Dennison, E. Clare Harris, Catherine Linaker, Susie Weller & Karen Walker-Bone, 2022, BMC Public Health, 22(116)
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-022-12541-1
Type: article
Socio-demographic differences in smoking status and cessation before and during early pregnancy among women in England: an analysis of the national maternity services dataset
Danielle Schoenaker, Judith Stephenson, Keith Godfrey, Mary Barker & Nisreen Alwan, 2021, Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 75, A32-A33
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2021-SSMabstracts.69
Type: conference
Exploring the diet and physical activity behaviours of adolescents living in India and sub-Saharan Africa
Polly Hardy-Johnson, Preeti Dhuria, Sofia Strommer, Susie Weller, Mary Barker & Caroline Fall, 2021, Public Health Nutrition, 24, 5288–5298
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980021002408
Type: article
The UK Preconception Partnership: Improving preparation for pregnancy
Mary Barker & Danielle Schoenaker, 2021, International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 28(Supplement 1), S69
DOI: 10.1007/s12529-021-09997-7
Type: conference
How best do we engage the general population in testing for COVID-19?
Daniella Watson, Natalia Laverty Baralle, Jawahr Alagil, Krithika Anil, Sandy Ciccognani, Rachel Dewar-Haggart, Sarah Fearn, Julia Groot, Kathryn Knowles, Claire Meagher, Carmel McGrath, Sarah Muir, Jo Musgrove, Kate Glyn-Owen, Kath Woods-Townsend, Andrew Mortimore, Paul Roderick, Janis Baird, Hazel Inskip, Keith Godfrey & Mary Barker, 2021, medRxiv
DOI: 10.1101/2021.01.29.21250730
Type: article