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Hanson RG/15/17/31749 Epigenetic Biomarkers and Determinants of Cardiovascular Risk in Children

Staff

Lead researchers

Emeritus Professor Mark Hanson

Research interests
  • Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD)
  • Maternal and Child Health
  • Developmental nutrition and epigenetic mechanisms
Connect with Mark

Email: M.Hanson@soton.ac.uk

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 hi…
  • demonstration that maternal vitamin D insufficiency is associated with sub-optimal bone miner…
Connect with Cyrus

Email: cc@mrc.soton.ac.uk

Professor Keith Godfrey

Associate Dean Enterprise
Connect with Keith

Email: kmg@mrc.soton.ac.uk

Emeritus Professor Hazel Inskip MSc, PhD, FFPH

Connect with Hazel

Email: hmi@mrc.soton.ac.uk

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Research outputs

Newborn body composition and child cardiovascular risk markers: a prospective multi-ethnic Asian cohort study
Yi Ying Ong, Mya-Thway Tint, Izzuddin M. Aris, Wen Lun Yuan, Ling-Wei Chen, Marielle V. Fortier, Jonathan T.L. Choo, Lieng Hsi Ling, Lynette P. Shek, Kok Hian Tan, Peter D. Gluckman, Fabian Yap, Yap-Seng Chong, Keith Godfrey, Mary F.F. Chong, Shiao-Yng Chan, Johan G. Eriksson, Mary E. Wlodek, E. De Lucia Rolfe, Ken K Ong, Navin Michael & Yung Seng Lee, 2022, International Journal of Epidemiology, 51(6), 1835-1846
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyac154
Type: article
Acceptability of the FIGO Nutrition Checklist in Preconception and Early Pregnancy to Assess Nutritional Status and Prevent Excess Gestational Weight Gain: A Study of Women and Healthcare Practitioners in the UK
Chandni Maria Jacob, Mark Hanson, Hazel Inskip & Wendy Lawrence, 2022, Nutrients, 14(17)
DOI: 10.3390/nu14173623
Type: article
Activity behaviors in British 6-year-olds
Kathryn R. Hesketh, Soren Brage, Hazel Inskip, Sarah Crozier, Keith Godfrey, Nicholas Harvey, Cyrus Cooper & Esther M.F. van Sluijs, 2022, Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 19(8), 558 - 565
DOI: 10.1123/jpah.2021-0718
Type: article
The preconception period as a platform for preventing diabetes and non-communicable diseases
Chandni Maria Jacob & Mark Hanson, 2022, Practical Diabetes, 39(4)
DOI: 10.1002/pdi.2404
Type: article
Breastfeeding may benefit cardiometabolic health of children exposed to increased gestational glycemia in utero
Yi Ying Ong, Wei Wei Pang, Jonathan Y. Huang, Izzuddin M. Aris, Suresh Anand Sadananthan, Tint Mya, Wen Lun Yuan, Ling-Wei Chen, Yiong Huak Chan, Neerja Karmani, Sendhil Velan, Marielle V. Fortier, Jonathan T.L. Choo, Lieng Hsi Ling, Lynette Shek, Kok Hian Tan, Peter D. Gluckman, Fabian Yap, Yap-Seng Chong, Keith Godfrey, Mary F.F. Chong, Shiao-Yng Chan, Johan G. Eriksson, Mary E. Wlodek, Yung Seng Lee & Navin Michael, 2022, European Journal of Nutrition, 61(5), 2383-2395
DOI: 10.1007/s00394-022-02800-7
Type: article
A scoping review of nutritional interventions and policy guidelines in the interconception period for prevention of non-communicable diseases
Daniella Watson, Chandni Maria Jacob, Gareth Giles, Fionnuala M. McAuliffe, Keith Godfrey & Mark Hanson, 2022, Reproductive, Female & Child Health
DOI: 10.1002/rfc2.8
Type: article
Association of plasma kynurenine pathway metabolite concentrations with metabolic health risk in pre-pubertal Asian children
Karen Mei Ling Tan, Mya Thway Tint, Narasimhan Kothandaraman, Fabian Yap, Keith Godfrey, Yung Seng Lee, Kok Hian Tan, Peter D. Gluckman, Yap Seng Chong, Mary F.F. Chong, Johan G. Eriksson & David Cameron-Smith, 2022, International Journal of Obesity, 46(6), 1128-1137
DOI: 10.1038/s41366-022-01085-4
Type: article