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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

Unheard, unseen and unprotected: DOHaD Council’s call for action to protect the younger generation from the long-term effects of COVID-19
Tessa J. Roseboom,
Susan E. Ozanne,
Keith Godfrey,
Carmen R. Isasi,
Hiroaki Itoh,
Rebecca Simmons ,
Amita Bansal,
Mary Barker,
Torsten Plosch,
Deborah M. Sloboda,
Stephen G. Matthews,
Caroline Fall,
Lucilla Poston,
& Mark Hanson
, 2020 , Journal of the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease , 12 (1) , 3--5
DOI: 10.1017/S2040174420000847
Type: article
Change in modifiable maternal characteristics and behaviours between consecutive pregnancies and offspring adiposity: a systematic review
Elizabeth Taylor,
Sam Wilding,
Nida Ziauddeen,
Keith Godfrey,
Ann Berrington,
& Nisreen Alwan
, 2020 , Obesity Reviews , 21 (11)
DOI: 10.1111/obr.13048
Type: article
Ursodeoxycholic acid improves feto-placental and offspring metabolic outcomes in hypercholanemic pregnancy
Luiza Borges Manna,
Georgia Papacleovoulou,
Flavia Flaviani,
Vanessa Formigo-Pataia,
Asaad Qadri,
Shadi Abu-Hayyeh,
Saraid Mcilvride,
Eugene Jansen,
Peter Dixon,
Jennifer Chambers,
Marta Vazquez Lopez,
Annika Wahlstroem,
Negusse Kitaba,
Hanns-Ulrich Marschall,
Keith Godfrey,
Karen Lillycrop,
& Catherine Williamson
, 2020 , Scientific Reports , 10 (1)
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-67301-1
Type: article
The effects of different smoking patterns in pregnancy on perinatal outcomes in the Southampton Women’s Survey
Martin O'Donnell,
Janis Baird,
Cyrus Cooper,
Sarah Crozier,
Keith Godfrey,
Michael Geary ,
Hazel Inskip,
& Catherine B. Hayes
, 2020 , International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health , 17 (21) , 7991
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17217991
Type: article
Placental inositol reduced in gestational diabetes as glucose alters inositol transporters and IMPA1 enzyme expression
Reshma Appukuttan Pillai,
Mohammed Omedul Islam,
Preben Selvam,
Neha Sharma,
Anne HY Chu,
Oliver C. Watkins,
Keith Godfrey,
Rohan Lewis,
& Shiao-Yng Chan
, 2020 , Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism , 106 (2) , e875–e890
DOI: 10.1210/clinem/dgaa814
Type: article