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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

Maternal dysglycaemia, changes in the infant's epigenome modified with a diet and physical activity intervention in pregnancy: Secondary analysis of a randomised control trial
Elie Antoun,
Negusse T. Kitaba,
Philip Titcombe,
Kathryn V. Dalrymple,
Emma S. Garratt,
Sheila J. Barton,
Robert Murray,
Paul T. Seed,
Joanna D. Holbrook,
Michael S. Kobor,
David Ts Lin,
Julia L. Macisaac,
Graham C. Burdge,
Sara L. White,
Lucilla Poston,
Keith M. Godfrey,
& Karen A. Lillycrop
, 2020 , PLoS Medicine , 17 (11)
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003229
Type: article
Measured weight in early pregnancy is a valid method for estimating pre-pregnancy weight
Hazel Inskip,
Sarah Crozier,
Janis Baird,
Julia Hammond,
Sian Robinson,
Cyrus Cooper,
Keith Godfrey,
&
, 2020 , Journal of the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease
DOI: 10.1017/S2040174420000926
Type: article
Does early introduction of solid feeding lead to early cessation of breastfeeding?
Angelina Lessa,
Ada Garcia,
Pauline Emmett,
Sarah Crozier,
Sian M Robinson,
Keith Godfrey,
& Charlotte M. Wright
, 2020 , Maternal & Child Nutrition , 16 (4)
DOI: 10.1111/mcn.12944
Type: article
Changes in parental smoking during pregnancy and risks of adverse birth outcomes and childhood overweight in Europe and North America: an individual participant data meta analysis of 229,000 singleton births
Elise M. Philips,
Susana Santos,
Leonardo Trasande,
Juan J. Aurrekoetxea,
Andrea von Berg,
,
Sarah Crozier,
Keith Godfrey,
& Hazel Inskip
, 2020 , PLoS Medicine , 17 (8) , 1--25
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003182
Type: article
Altered development of fetal liver perfusion in pregnancies with pregestational diabetes
Agnethe Lund,
Cathrine Ebbing,
Svein Rasmussen,
Torvid Kiserud,
Mark Hanson,
& Jörg Kessler
, 2019 , PLoS ONE , 14 (3)
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0211788
Type: article