Research project

Does Pregnancy Vitamin D Supplementation Alter Trajectories Of Body Composition And Bone Mineralisation From Early Childhood To Adolescence? Follow-up Of A Randomised Placebo-controlled Trial

Staff

Lead researcher

NIHR Clinical Lecturer in Child Health

Email: rm@mrc.soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

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

Director/Professor

Lifecourse epidemiology of osteoporosis and fragility fractures
Understanding mechanism and development of novel interventions across lifecourse to prevent fragility fractures

Email: nch@mrc.soton.ac.uk

Professor in Global M/skeletal Health

Email: kw@mrc.soton.ac.uk

Professor of Biomolecular Medicine

Email: j.swann@soton.ac.uk