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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

Automated segmentation of visceral, deep subcutaneous, and superficial subcutaneous adipose tissue volumes in MRI of neonates and young children
Yeshe Manuel Kway BEng,
Kashthuri Thirumurugan,
Mya Thway Tint,
Navin Michael,
Lynette Pei-Chi Shek ,
Fabian Yap,
Kok Hian Tan,
Keith Godfrey,
Yap-Seng Chong,
Marielle V. Fortier,
Ute C. Marx,
Johan G. Eriksson,
Yung Seng Lee,
Sendhil Velan,
Mengling Feng,
& Suresh Anand Sadananthan
, 2021 , Radiology: Artificial Intelligence , 3 (5)
DOI: 10.1148/ryai.2021200304
Type: article
Prepregnancy adherence to plant-based diet indices and exploratory dietary patterns in relation to fecundability
Shan-Xuan Lim,
See Ling Loy,
Marjorelee T. Colega,
Jun Shi Lai,
Keith Godfrey,
Yung Seng Lee,
Kok Hian Tan,
Fabian Yap,
Lynette Pei-Chi Shek ,
Yap-Seng Chong,
Johan G. Eriksson,
Jerry Kok Yen Chan,
Shiao-Yng Chan,
& Mary Foong-Fong Chong
, 2021 , American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/nqab344
Type: article
Atopic dermatitis trajectories to age 8 years in the GUSTO cohort.
Noor H. A. Suaini,
Gaik Chin Yap,
Bui Do Phuong Tung,
Evelyn X.L. Loo,
Anne Eng Neo Goh,
Oon Hoe Teoh,
Kok Hian Tan,
Keith Godfrey,
Bee Wah Lee,
Lynette Pei-Chi Shek ,
Hugo van Bever,
Yap-Seng Chong,
& Elizabeth Huiwen Tham
, 2021 , Clinical & Experimental Allergy , 51 (9) , 1195--1206
DOI: 10.1111/cea.13993
Type: article
House dust mite sensitization, eczema and wheeze increase risk of shellfish sensitization
Evelyn Xiu-Ling Loo,
Hui Xing Lau,
Noor Hidayatul Aini Suaini,
Lydia Su Yin Wong,
Anne Eng Neo Goh,
Oon Hoe Teoh,
Hugo van Bever,
Lynette Pei-Chi Shek ,
Bee Wah Lee,
Kok Hian Tan,
Keith Godfrey,
Johan Gunnar Eriksson,
Yap-Seng Chong,
& Elizabeth Huiwen Tham
, 2021 , Pediatric Allergy and Immunology , 32 (5) , 1096--1099
DOI: 10.1111/pai.13493
Type: letterEditorial
Modifiable early life exposures associated with adiposity and obesity in 3-year old children born to mothers with obesity
Kathryn V. Dalrymple,
Angela Flynn,
Paul T. Seed,
Annette Briley,
Majella O’Keeffe,
Keith Godfrey,
& Lucilla Poston
, 2021 , Pediatric Obesity , 16 (11)
DOI: 10.1111/ijpo.12801
Type: article
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