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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

Sequential assessment of bowel function and anorectal physiology after anterior resection for cancer
S A Pilkington,
Rahul Bhome,
Sally Gilbert,
S Harris,
Carl Richardson,
T C Dudding,
J S Knight,
A T King,
A H Mirnezami,
N E Beck,
P H Nichols,
& K P Nugent
, 2021 , Colorectal Disease , 23 (9) , 2436--2446
DOI: 10.1111/codi.15754
Type: article
Placental polar lipid composition is associated with placental gene expression and neonatal body composition
Olaf Uhl,
Rohan Lewis,
Birgit Hirschmugl,
Sarah Crozier,
Hazel Inskip,
Antonio Gázquez,
Nicholas Harvey,
Cyrus Cooper,
Gernot Desoye,
Berthold Koletzko,
Christian Wadsack,
Hans Demmelmair,
& Keith Godfrey
, 2021 , Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids , 1866 (9)
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2021.158971
Type: article
Anthropocene-related disease: The inevitable outcome of progressive niche modification
Peter D. Gluckman,
Felicia M. Low,
& Mark A. Hanson
, 2020 , Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health , 2020 (1) , 304--310
DOI: 10.1093/emph/eoaa042
Type: letterEditorial
Associations between early-life screen viewing and 24 hour movement behaviours: findings from a longitudinal birth cohort study
Bozhi Chen,
Jonathan Y. Bernard,
Padmapriya Natarajan,
Yilin Ning,
Shirong Cai,
Carla Lanca,
K.H. Tan,
F. Yap,
Yap-Seng Chong,
Lynette Shek,
Keith Godfrey,
S-M. Saw,
Shiao-Yng Chan,
Johan G. Eriksson,
C.S. Tan,
& Falk Müller-Riemenschneider
, 2020 , The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health , 4 (3) , 201--209
DOI: 10.1016/S2352-4642(19)30424-9
Type: article
Chrononutrition during pregnancy: a review on maternal night-time eating
See Ling Loy,
Rachael Si Xuan Loo,
Keith Godfrey,
Yap-Seng Chong,
Lynette Pei-Chi Shek ,
Kok Hian Tan,
Mary Foong-Fong Chong,
Jerry Kok Yen Chan,
& Fabian Yap
, 2020 , Nutrients , 12 (9) , 2783
DOI: 10.3390/nu12092783
Type: review