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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

Influences of the perinatal diet on maternal and child health: Insights from the GUSTO study
Mary Foong-Fong Chong,
Keith Godfrey,
Peter Gluckman,
Kok Hian Tan,
Lynette P. Shek,
Michael Meaney,
Jerry Kok Yen Chan,
Fabian Yap,
Yung Seng Lee,
& Yap-Seng Chong
, 2020 , Proceedings of the Nutrition Society , 79 (3) , 253--258
DOI: 10.1017/S0029665119001526
Type: article
Adiposity and cardiovascular outcomes in three-year-old children of participants in UPBEAT, an RCT of a complex intervention in pregnant women with obesity
,
Kathryn Dalrymple,
Florence A S Tydeman,
Paul D. Taylor,
Angela Flynn,
Majella O’Keeffe,
Annette Briley,
Paramala Santosh,
Louise Hayes,
Stephen C. Robson,
Scott M. Nelson,
Naveed Sattar,
Melissa K Whitworth,
Harriet L. Mills ,
Claire Singh,
Paul T. Seed,
Sara L. White,
Deborah A. Lawlor,
Keith Godfrey,
& Lucilla Poston
, 2020 , Pediatric Obesity , 16 (3) , 1--11
DOI: 10.1111/ijpo.12725
Type: article
Childhood dietary patterns and body composition at age 6 years
Angela Flynn,
John M.D. Thompson,
Kathryn Dalrymple,
Clare R. Wall,
Shahina Begum,
Jaijus P. Johny,
Wayne Cutfield,
Robyn North,
Lesley M.E. McCowan,
Keith Godfrey,
Edwin A. Mitchell,
& Lucilla Poston
, 2020 , British Journal of Nutrition , 124 (2) , 217--224
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114520000628
Type: article
Nutrients or nursing? Understanding how breast milk feeding affects child cognition
Wei Wei Pang,
Pei Ting Tan,
Shirong Cai,
Doris Fok,
Mei Chien Chua,
Sock Bee Lim,
Lynette P. Shek,
Shiao-Yng Chan,
Kok Hian Tan,
Fabian Yap,
Peter D. Gluckman,
Keith Godfrey,
Michael J. Meaney,
Birit Broekman,
Michael S. Kramer,
Yap-Seng Chong,
& Anne Rifkin-Graboi
, 2020 , European Journal of Nutrition , 59 (2) , 609--619
DOI: 10.1007/s00394-019-01929-2
Type: article
Maternal glycemia during pregnancy and offspring abdominal adiposity measured by MRI in the neonatal period and preschool years: The Growing Up in Singapore Towards healthy Outcomes (GUSTO) prospective mother-offspring birth cohort study
Tint Mya,
Suresh Sadananthan,
Shu-E Soh,
Izzuddin M. Aris,
Navin Michael,
Kok H. Tan,
Lynette P. Shek,
Fabian Yap,
Peter D. Gluckman,
Y-S Chong,
Keith Godfrey,
Sendhil Velan,
Shiao-Yng Chan,
Johan G. Eriksson,
Marielle V. Fortier,
Cuilin Zhang,
& Yung Seng Lee
, 2020 , American Journal of Clinical Nutrition , 112 (1) , 39--47
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/nqaa055
Type: article