About
Keith Godfrey MBE, BM PhD FRCP MAE FMedSci leads the NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre Lifecourse Nutrition, Lifestyle and Health Theme, is an NIHR Senior Investigator and Professor of Epidemiology & Human Development at the MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Centre at the University of Southampton. Other appointments include Honorary Consultant, University Hospital Southampton NHS FT; Visiting Professor at the National University of Singapore; and Co-Chair of the UK Preconception Partnership.
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Sponsor: ESRC
Sponsor: Nestec Ltd
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Sponsor: Nutricia Research B.V.
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Sponsor: Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences, A*STAR Research Entities
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Sponsor: National Institutes of Health
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Sponsor: Diabetes UK
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Sponsor: Versus Arthritis
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Sponsor: British Heart Foundation
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Sponsor: National Health and Medical Research Council
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Publications
710 publications
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Jaz Lyons-Reid, José G.B. Derraik, Leigh C. Ward, Timothy Kenealy, Benjamin B. Albert, Jose M. Ramos Nieves, Cathriona R. Monnard, Mya Thway-Tint, Heidi Nield, Sheila J. Barton, Sarah El-Heis, Elizabeth H. Tham, Keith M. Godfrey, Shiao-Yng Chan & Wayne S. Cutfield,
2025, World Journal of Pediatrics, 21(4), 361-371
Type: article
Dewei Kong, Olivia Kowalik, Emma Garratt, Keith M. Godfrey, Shiao-Yng Chan & Adrian K.K. Teo,
2025, Trends in Endocrinology & Metabolism, 36(10), 929-942
Type: review
Emma S. Garratt, Hanan Y. Sharkh, Mark A. Burton, Matthew O. Hewitt, Elie Antoun, Leo Westbury, Elaine M. Dennison, Nicholas C. Harvey, Cyrus Cooper, Harnish P. Patel, Keith M. Godfrey & Karen A. Lillycrop,
2025, JCSM Rapid Communications, 8(1)
DOI: 10.1002/rco2.70005
Type: article
Natasha L. Citeroni, Stefania D'angelo, Sarah R. Crozier, Alexandra J Kermack, Keith M. Godfrey, Cyrus Cooper, Nicholas C. Harvey & Rebecca J. Moon,
2025, Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 311(4), 941-949
Type: article
Candida Vaz, Mark Burton, Alexandra J. Kermack, Pei Fang Tan, Jason Huan, Tessa P.X. Yoo, Kerry Donnelly, Susan J. Wellstead, Dennis Wang, Helena L. Fisk, Franchesca D. Houghton, Sheena Lewis, Yap Seng Chong, Peter D. Gluckman, Ying Cheong, Nicholas S. Macklon, Philip C. Calder, Anindya Dutta, Keith M. Godfrey, Pankaj Kumar, Karen A. Lillycrop & Neerja Karnani,
2025, Scientific Reports, 15(1)
Type: article
Associations of fetal and postnatal growth trajectories with child cognition: the GUSTO cohort study
Yi Ying Ong, Nicholas Beng Hg Ng, Navin Michael, Shirong Cai, Mya Thway Tint, Delicia Shu-Qin Ooi, Ai Peng Tan, Kok Hian Tan, Lynette P. Shek, Fabian Yap, Yap-Seng Chong, Johan G. Eriksson, Shiao-Yng Chan, Birit F.P. Broekman, Keith Godfrey, Patricia Pelufo Silveira, Henning Tiemeier, Evelyn C. Law, Izzuddin M. Aris & Yung Seng Lee,
2025, International Journal of Epidemiology, 54(1)
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyaf012
Type: article
Jian Huang, Jinyi Che, Michelle Z.L. Kee, Ai Peng Tan, Evelyn C. Law, Patricia Pelufo Silveira, Irina Pokhvisneva, Sachin Patel, Keith M. Godfrey, Lourdes Mary Daniel, Kok Hian Tan, Yap-Seng Chong, Shiao-Yng Chan, Johan G. Eriksson, Dennis Wang & Jonathan Y. Huang,
2025, EBioMedicine, 113
Type: article
Gaia Gherardi, Anna Weiser, Flavien Bermont, Eugenia Migliavacca, Benjamin Brinon, Guillaume E Jacot, Aurélie Hermant, Mattia Sturlese, Leonardo Nogara, Filippo Vascon, Agnese De Mario, Andrea Mattarei, Emma Garratt, Mark Burton, Karen Lillycrop, Keith M. Godfrey, Laura Cendron, Denis Barron, Stefano Moro, Bert Blaauw, Rosario Rizzuto, Jerome N. Feige, Cristina Mammucari & Umberto De Marchi,
2025, Cell Metabolism, 37(2), 477-495.e11
Type: article
Helen Clark, Phil Royal, Claire Graham, Alex Richardson, Hazel De Maeijer, Keith Godfrey, Caroline Taylor, Amanda Avery, Carrie Ruxton, Bridget Halnan, Kay Aaronricks, Mitzi Harris, Catherine Hodgson, Charlotte Stirling-Reed, Catherine Lippe, Sharon Smith, Barbara Crowther, David Titman, Kawther Hashem, Zoe Davies, Estelle Mackay, Arike Aiyetigbo, Fran Box, Sean Cowden, Aliya Porter, Jack Eddy, Jonathan Player, Cathy Baker, Vanessa King, Kristy Howells, Katie Perkins, Shannu Bhatia, Beckie Lang, Urshla Devalia, Alison Murray, Pamela Murray, Gina Gorvett, Jack Carnell & Emily Fallon,
2025
DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/PP0141
Type: report
Kambiz N Alavian, Ian Clarke, Keith Godfrey, Josie Gray, Carolyn Greig, Alexandra Mant, Helen McGettrick, Mathew Piasecki, Gillian Richards, Elizabeth Robinson & Peter Smith,
2025
DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/P1230
Type: report
External roles and responsibilities
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Diabetes UK (External organisation)
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Chair
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2017
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Early Life Nutrition and Child Development Role of Epigenetic Processess.
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Speaker
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2017
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Maternal Nutrition, Prenatal Development and Offspring Health
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Speaker
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2017
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Maternal Obesity and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes
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Speaker
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2017
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Developmental influences on childhood obesity: A New Opportunity for Primary Prevention
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Speaker
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2017
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Epigenomics at the Institute of Developmental Sciences 2007-2017
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Speaker
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2017
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Developmental origins of obesity: a new opportunity for primary prevention.
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Speaker
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2018
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Preconception and pregnancy influences on the health and life chances of the next generation
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Speaker
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2018
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Maternal vitamin D status and offspring bone health
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Speaker
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2018
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Preconception and pregnancy opportunities to improve the health and life chances of the next generation
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Speaker
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2018
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Developmental plasticity, programming and adult health.
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Speaker
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2017
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Maternal obesity and fetal programming
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Speaker
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2018
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Nutrition and Lifestyle in Preconception and Pregnancy
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Speaker
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2017
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Epigenetic pathways linking early life adversities with long term effects.
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Speaker
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2017
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Effects of maternal obesity on the next generation
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Speaker
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2016
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What's new in Developmental Epigenetics
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Speaker
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2016
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Lifecourse, Nutrition, Lifestyle and Health - NIHR Southampton BRC
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2016
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Butcher's warts
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Speaker
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2016
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Maternal nutrition and metabolic risk to the offspring: the developmental origins hypothesis.
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2016
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Maternal influences, pre and postnatal growth and the risk of metabolic diseases in adulthood.
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Speaker
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2016
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The Developmental Origins of Adult Disease
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2017
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Development, epigenetics and later obesity
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2016
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Epigenetic biomarkers of relevance to child development and health
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2016
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Epigenetics and metabolic programming
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2014
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PPI Meetings
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Speaker
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2015
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Insights from the Growing Up in Singapore Towards healthy Outcomes (GUSTO) cohort study
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Keynote speaker
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2014
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Child Obesity
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Invited speaker
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2017
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Epigenetics
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Speaker
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2014
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Long-term impact of early nutrition on later chronic disease: evidence and mechanisms
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Keynote speaker
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2014
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Nutrition, epigenetics and healthy life chances
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Speaker
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2014
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The healthy generation@ engaging the educators
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Speaker
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2016
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Maternal nutritional status during pregnancy and offspring health
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Invited speaker
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2014
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Public Lecture by Keith Godfrey to discuss the work that he is involved in.
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Invited speaker
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2014
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Biomarkers of adolescent, preconception and maternal factors underlying impaired outcomes.
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Speaker
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2019
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"History of DOHAD and Introducing a Lifecourse Model" and "Epigenetic and microbiome related pathways linking early adversity to later life health".
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Speaker
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2019
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“Myoinositol, probiotics & pregnancy outcomes”,
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Invited speaker
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2019
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"Preconception and pregnancy opportunities to improve offspring health and life chances"
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Invited speaker
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2019
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Engaging teenagers in improving their health behaviours.
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Speaker
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2019
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"Environmental Influences during the development and life changes"
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Speaker
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2019
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Early Years Healthy Development Review: Call for Evidence
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Consultant
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2020
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Prenatal nutrition, perinatal epigenetics and later obesity and metabolic risks.
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Invited speaker
Year:
2019
Name:
"Maternal nutrition, developmental programming and offspring health"
Role:
Speaker
Year:
2018
Name:
"Preconception and pregnancy opportunities to improve the health and life chances of the next generation"
Role:
Invited speaker
Year:
2018
Name:
Developmental origins of obesity in childhood and later life.
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Invited speaker
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2019
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Response to SACN's draft scope on Nutrition and Maternal Health
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Participant
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2019
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Preventing transmission of NCD risk across generations: impact on clinical practice, health policy, and the health literacy of young people.
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Speaker
Year:
2023
Biography
Prizes
- NIHR Senior Investigator Award (2016)
- University of Southampton Vice Chancellor’s Award for International Engagement (2017)
- Vice Chancellor’s Award for Collegiality – LifeLab team (2016)
- Times Higher Education Awards: Finalist - Outstanding Local Community Contribution (2015)
- EarlyNutrition Publications Award (2016)
- NIHR Senior Investigator Award/Clinical Excellence Award (2016)
- Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) Endorsement (2016)
- Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researcher (2018)
- Centre of Excellence - LifeLab (2019)
- Fellow of Academy of Medical Sciences (2020)
- National Moonshot COVID 19 Scientific Advisory Group (2020)
- Membership of Diabetes UK - NIHR UK-wide Diabetes Research Strategy Steering Group (2020)
- Vice Chancellor's Award Finalist (2020)
- Our Health Heroes Award (Staff Wellbeing Employer of the Year Category) to UHS Health and Wellbeing Group 2019 (2019)
- Honorary Readership at the Institute of Women's Health at University College London (2018)
- International Natural Product Science Taskforce Advisory Board 2018 (2018)
- International Scientific Advisory Committee University of Agder Priority Research Center Lifecourse Nutrition, NORWAY (2019)
- NIHR Senior Investigator/Clinical Excellence Award (2019)
- A*STAR Most Valuable Partner Award (2017)
- MBE (2020)
- Vice Chancellor’s Award Winner – Public Good Category (Southampton COVID-19 Saliva Testing Programme) (2021)
- NIHR Senior Investigator Award (2016)
- University of Southampton Vice Chancellor’s Award for International Engagement (2017)
- Vice Chancellor’s Award for Collegiality – LifeLab team (2016)
- Times Higher Education Awards: Finalist - Outstanding Local Community Contribution (2015)
- EarlyNutrition Publications Award (2016)
- NIHR Senior Investigator Award/Clinical Excellence Award (2016)
- Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) Endorsement (2016)
- Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researcher (2018)
- Centre of Excellence - LifeLab (2019)
- Fellow of Academy of Medical Sciences (2020)
- National Moonshot COVID 19 Scientific Advisory Group (2020)
- Membership of Diabetes UK - NIHR UK-wide Diabetes Research Strategy Steering Group (2020)
- Vice Chancellor's Award Finalist (2020)
- Our Health Heroes Award (Staff Wellbeing Employer of the Year Category) to UHS Health and Wellbeing Group 2019 (2019)
- Honorary Readership at the Institute of Women's Health at University College London (2018)
- International Natural Product Science Taskforce Advisory Board 2018 (2018)
- International Scientific Advisory Committee University of Agder Priority Research Center Lifecourse Nutrition, NORWAY (2019)
- NIHR Senior Investigator/Clinical Excellence Award (2019)
- A*STAR Most Valuable Partner Award (2017)
- MBE (2020)
- Vice Chancellor’s Award Winner – Public Good Category (Southampton COVID-19 Saliva Testing Programme) (2021)