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Keith Godfrey
Associate Dean – KEE
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Preparing for pregnancy and parenthood is critical to reducing disparities in health and life chances across generations. My research underpins policies to provide the best start to life, accompanied by resilience to sustain health into later life.
Janis Baird
Professor of Public Health&Epidemiology
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My research develops complex interventions to improve health and nutrition before conception and during pregnancy, to reduce inequalities. A component examines the role of the food environment to identify focal points for intervention.
Nicholas Harvey
Director/Professor
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Musculoskeletal disorders are a major cause of ill-health and inability to work. My research is identifying early life measures to improve lifelong musculoskeletal health, and ways to maintain this in later life.
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A group of primary school students doing educational activities around a table, with supervision from a member of staff.

Protecting communities against viruses

An education programme developed at the University, designed to help primary school children protect themselves from the spread of COVID-19, is now available to young people across the UK.
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    Preventing the transmission of non-communicable disease risk between generations

    Research from the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease Centre demonstrates how the diet and lifestyle choices of prospective parents and pregnant mothers can affect the long-term health of their children.
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  • A young girl studies a tablet screen at a table

    Inspiring young people to make positive lifestyle choices

    An education and medicine collaboration helps youngsters make informed decisions about their health and wellbeing in the face of the pandemic.
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    Empowering young people to make positive health choices during the COVID-19 pandemic

    Helping young people to make positive lifestyle choices has never been as important as it is now. LifeLab is working to ensure young people have a voice, and that they understand the choices they can make to reduce the impact COVID-19 on their lives.
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