Research project

Dennison - MRC - Bristol - Describing habitual levels of physical activity in older people in terms of impact loads and how this relates to bone and other systems - MR/K024973/1

Staff

Lead researcher

Prof Rheumatology Clinical Epidemiology

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

Email: cc@mrc.soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Personal Chair

The epidemiology of musculoskeletal disease, particularly those conditions common in later life (osteoporosis and osteoarthritis)

Email: emd@mrc.soton.ac.uk