Dr Jane Cleal BSc (Hons), PhD
Lecturer in Epigenetics

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Dr Jane Cleal is Lecturer in Epigenetics within Medicine at the University of Southampton.
Dr Cleal received her BSc in Molecular Cell Biology in 2001 before undertaking a PhD with Professor Hanson and Dr Green in the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD) division, The University of Southampton with the majority of the work at the Royal Veterinary College, London. She played a pivotal role in developing an ovine model which showed for the first time that fetal nutritional status determines adult cardiovascular function in sheep, and influences the response to postnatal nutrient restriction (Cleal et al., 2007 PNAS). This publication was awarded the University Research prize 2007.
Following the completion of her PhD Dr Cleal remained in Southampton, supported by a School of Medicine Career Track Fellowship. Her studies in humans have made significant progress in understanding how amino acids get out of the human placenta and into the fetal circulation. Dr Cleal was appointed to her current post as a lecturer in epigenetics in 2010.
Qualifications
BSc (Hons), Molecular Cell Biology, University of Southampton, 2001
PhD, University of Southampton, 2005
Appointments held
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Southampton. 2005 – 2007
SoM Career Track Fellow, University of Southampton. 2007 – 2010
Lecturer in Epigenetics, University of Southampton. 2010 – present