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Hanson RG/15/17/31749 Epigenetic Biomarkers and Determinants of Cardiovascular Risk in Children

Staff

Lead researcher

Emeritus Professor Mark Hanson

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

Professor Keith Godfrey

Associate Dean Enterprise

Professor Karen Lillycrop

Professor of Epigenetics

Research interests

  • Epigenetics
  • Human Disease

Emeritus Professor Hazel Inskip MSc, PhD, FFPH

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

A scoping review of nutritional interventions and policy guidelines in the interconception period for prevention of non-communicable diseases
Daniella Watson,
Chandni Maria Jacob,
Gareth Giles,
Fionnuala M. McAuliffe,
Keith Godfrey,
& Mark Hanson
, 2022 , Reproductive, Female & Child Health
DOI: 10.1002/rfc2.8
Type: article
Measuring early life adversity: a dimensional approach
Ilana S. Berman,
Katie A. McLaughlin,
Nim Tottenham,
Keith Godfrey,
Teresa Seeman,
Eric Loucks,
Stephen Suomi,
Andrea Danese,
& Margaret A. Sheridan
, 2022 , Development and Psychopathology , 34 (2) , 499--511
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579421001826
Type: article
The effect of wasting and stunting during severe acute malnutrition in infancy on insulin sensitivity and insulin clearance in adult life
Debbie S. Thompson,
Patrice M. Francis-Emmanuel,
Alan T. Barnett,
Clive Osmond,
Mark Hanson,
Christopher Byrne,
Peter D. Gluckman,
Terrence E. Forrester,
& Michael S. Boyne
, 2022 , Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease , 13 (6) , 750--756
DOI: 10.1017/S2040174422000034
Type: article
Maternal weight and gestational diabetes impacts on child health
Kathryn V. Dalrymple,
Sarah El-Heis,
& Keith Godfrey
, 2022 , Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care , 25 (3) , 203--208
DOI: 10.1097/MCO.0000000000000826
Type: review
Breastfeeding may benefit cardiometabolic health of children exposed to increased gestational glycemia in utero
Yi Ying Ong,
Wei Wei Pang,
Jonathan Y. Huang,
Izzuddin M. Aris,
Suresh Anand Sadananthan,
Tint Mya,
Wen Lun Yuan,
Ling-Wei Chen,
Yiong Huak Chan,
Neerja Karmani,
Sendhil Velan,
Marielle V. Fortier,
Jonathan T.L. Choo,
Lieng Hsi Ling,
Lynette Shek,
Kok Hian Tan,
Peter D. Gluckman,
Fabian Yap,
Yap-Seng Chong,
Keith Godfrey,
Mary F.F. Chong,
Shiao-Yng Chan,
Johan G. Eriksson,
Mary E. Wlodek,
Yung Seng Lee,
& Navin Michael
, 2022 , European Journal of Nutrition , 61 (5) , 2383--2395
DOI: 10.1007/s00394-022-02800-7
Type: article
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