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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

Population-centric risk prediction modeling for gestational diabetes mellitus: A machine learning approach
Mukkesh Kumar,
Li Chen,
Karen Mei Ling Tan,
Li Ting Ang,
Cindy Ho,
Gerard Wong,
S.E. Soh,
Kok Hian Tan,
Jerry K.Y. Chan,
Keith Godfrey,
Shiao-Yng Chan,
Mary Foong-Fong Chong,
John E. Connolly,
Yap-Seng Chong,
Johan G. Eriksson,
Mengling Feng,
& Neerja Karmani
, 2022 , Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice , 185
DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2022.109237
Type: article
Children born during the hunger season are at a higher risk of severe acute malnutrition: findings from a Guinea Sahelian ecological zone in Northern Ghana.
Englebert A. Nonterah,
Paul Welaga,
Samuel T. Chatio,
Sarah Kehoe,
Winfred Ofosu,
Kate Ward,
Keith Godfrey,
Abraham R. Oduro,
& Marie-Louise Newell
, 2022 , Maternal & Child Nutrition , 18 (2)
DOI: 10.1111/mcn.13313
Type: article
Evaluation of caregiver-reported criteria for diagnosing eczema in young children
Tosha Ashish Kahlan,
Evelyn X.L. Loo,
Lynette Pei-Chi Shek ,
Michael S. Kramer,
Carolina Un Lam,
Bindu Karunakaran,
Hugo van Bever,
Anne Eng Neo Goh,
Yap-Seng Chong,
Bee Wah Lee,
Kok Hian Tan,
Seang-Mei Saw,
Keith Godfrey,
& C.-Y.S. Hsu
, 2022 , Pediatric Allergy and Immunology , 33 (1)
DOI: 10.1111/pai.13675
Type: letterEditorial
Post-COVID economic recovery: women and children first ...or last?
Neena Modi,
Gabriella Conti,
& Mark Hanson
, 2021 , Archives of Disease in Childhood , 0 , 1--2
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2020-320898
Type: letterEditorial
Developmental origins of health and disease, resilience and social justice in the COVID era
Michael Penkler,
Chandni M Jacob,
Ruth Müller,
Martha Kenney,
Shane A Norris,
Clarissa P da Costa,
Sarah S Richardson,
Tessa J Roseboom,
& Mark Hanson
, 2021 , Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease , 1--4
DOI: 10.1017/S204017442100060X
Type: article
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