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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

Dietary patterns of five-year-old children and their correlates: findings from a multi-ethnic Asian cohort
Ray Sugianto,
Jia Ying Toh,
Shu Fang Wong,
M.T. Tint,
Marjorelee T. Colega,
Y.S. Lee,
Fabian Yap,
Lynette P. Shek,
K.H. Tan,
Keith Godfrey,
Y-S Chong,
B.C. Tai,
& Mary Foong-Fong Chong
, 2021 , British Journal of Nutrition
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114521001434
Type: article
The longitudinal association between early-life screen-viewing and abdominal adiposity: findings from a multi ethnic birth cohort study
Natarajan Padmapriya,
Mya Thway Tint,
Suresh Anand Sadananthan,
Navin Michael,
Bozhi Chen,
Shirong Cai,
Jia Ying Toh,
Carla Lanca,
Kok Hian Tan,
Seang Mei Saw,
Lynette Shek,
Yap-Seng Chong,
Peter D. Gluckman,
Yung Seng Lee,
Fabian Yap,
Marielle V. Fortier,
Mary Foong-Fong Chong,
Keith Godfrey,
Johan G. Eriksson,
Sendhil Velan,
Michael S. Kramer,
Jonathan Y. Bernard,
& Falk Müller-Riemenschneider
, 2021 , International Journal of Obesity , 45 (9) , 1995--2005
DOI: 10.1038/s41366-021-00864-9
Type: article
Role of maternal tryptophan metabolism in allergic diseases in the offspring
Hui Xing Lau,
Sarah El-Heis,
Qai Ven Yap,
Yiong Huak Chan,
Cheryl Pei-Ting Tan,
Neerja Karmani,
Karen Mei Ling Tan,
Elizabeth Huiwen Tham,
Anne Eng Neo Goh,
Oon Hoe Teoh,
Kok Hian Tan,
Johan Gunnar Eriksson,
Yap-Seng Chong,
Mary F.F. Chong,
Hugo van Bever,
Bee Wah Lee,
Lynette P. Shek,
Keith Godfrey,
& Evelyn X.L. Loo
, 2021 , Clinical & Experimental Allergy , 51 (10) , 1346--1360
DOI: 10.1111/cea.13953
Type: article
Household environmental microbiota influences early-life eczema development
Le Duc Huy Ta,
Carina Jing Xuan Tay,
Christophe Lay,
Paola Florez de Sessions,
Cheryl Pei-Ting Tan,
Michelle Jia-Yu Tay,
Hui Xing Lau,
Atiqa Binte Zulkiffi,
Gaik Chin Yap,
Elizabeth Huiwen Tham,
Eliza Xin Peri Ho,
Anne Eng Neo Goh,
Keith Godfrey,
Johan G. Eriksson,
Jan Knol,
Peter D. Gluckman,
Yap-Seng Chong,
Jerry Kok Yen Chan,
Kok Hian Tan,
Kok Wee Chong,
Si Hui Goh,
Zai Ru Cheng,
Bee Wah Lee,
Lynette P. Shek,
& Evelyn X.L. Loo
, 2021 , Environmental Microbiology Reports
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.15684
Type: article
Gestational diabetes mellitus and developmental programming
Anne H.Y. Chu,
& Keith Godfrey
, 2021 , Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism
DOI: 10.1159/000509902
Type: article
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