Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Robert Read

Chair of Infectious Diseases
Connect with Robert

Email: R.C.Read@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Professor Chris Byrne

Professor of Endocrinol & Met
Connect with Chris

Email: C.D.Byrne@soton.ac.uk

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 Philip Calder

Professor In Nutritional Immunology
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Email: P.C.Calder@soton.ac.uk

Professor Ratko Djukanovic

Professor of Medicine
Research interests
  • Professor Djukanovic has a lifelong interest in asthma, especially its severe forms. where hi…
  • Underlying mechanisms of asthma: Professor Djukanovic has conducted pioneer studies into the …
  • Stratification of asthma into clinical phenotypes and mechanism-based endotypes: Professor Dj…
Connect with Ratko

Email: rd1@soton.ac.uk

Professor Keith Godfrey

Associate Dean Enterprise
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Email: kmg@mrc.soton.ac.uk

Professor Hasan Arshad

Prof in Allergy & Clinical Immunology
Connect with Hasan

Email: S.H.Arshad@soton.ac.uk

Dr Stephen Wootton PhD FAfN OBE

Associate Professor
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Email: S.A.Wootton@soton.ac.uk

Professor Graham Roberts

Prof in Paed. Allergy & Resp. Medicine
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Email: g.c.roberts@soton.ac.uk

Professor Saul Faust MBBS, PhD, FRCPCH, FFPM(Hon), FHEA, OBE

Professor Paediatric Immunology & Infect
Connect with Saul

Email: s.faust@soton.ac.uk

Research outputs

Sarcopenia definitions as predictors of fracture risk independent of FRAX, falls and BMD in the Osteoporotic Fractures in Men (MrOS) Study: A meta-analysis
Nicholas Harvey, Eric Orwoll, Timothy Kwok, Magnus Karlsson, Bjorn E. Rosengren, Eva Ribom, Jane A. Cauley, Peggy M. Cawthon, Kristine Ensrud, Enwu Liu, Alfonso Jose Cruz-Jentoft, Roger A. Fielding, Cyrus Cooper, John A. Kanis, Mattias Lorentzon, Claes Ohlsson, Dan Mellström, Helena Johansson & E.V. McCloskey, 2021, Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, 36(7), 1235-1244
DOI: 10.1002/jbmr.4293
Type: article
Vitamin D and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): rapid evidence review.
Zahra Raisi-Estabragh, Adrian R. Martineau, Elizabeth Curtis, Rebecca Moon, Andrea Darling, Susan Lanham-New, Kate Ward, Cyrus Cooper, Patricia B. Munroe, Steffen E. Petersen & Nicholas Harvey, 2021, Aging Clinical and Experimental Research, 33(7), 2031-2041
DOI: 10.1007/s40520-021-01894-z
Type: review
Sex influences the association between appendicular skeletal muscle mass to visceral fat area ratio and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis in patients with biopsy-proven non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
Gang Li, Rafael S Rios, Xin-Xin Wang, Yue Yu, Kenneth I. Zheng, Ou-Yang Huang, Liang-Jie Tang, Hong-Lei Ma, Yi Jin, Giovanni Targher, Christopher Byrne, Xiao-Yan Pan & Ming-Hua Zheng, 2021, British Journal of Nutrition, 127(11), 1613-1620
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114521002415
Type: article
Fecundability in reproductive aged women at risk of sexual dysfunction and associated risk factors: a prospective preconception cohort study
See Ling Loy, Chee Wai Ku, Yin Bun Cheung, Keith Godfrey, Yap-Seng Chong, Lynette P. Shek, K.H. Tan, Fabian Yap, Jonathan Y. Bernard, Helen Chen, Shiao-Yng Chan, Tse Yeun Tan & Jerry Kok Yen Chan, 2021, BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 21(1)
DOI: 10.1186/s12884-021-03892-5
Type: article
Effects of citrus fruit juices and their bioactive components on inflammation and immunity: a narrative review
Elizabeth Miles & Philip Calder, 2021, Frontiers in Immunology, 12
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.712608
Type: review
Nutrition care process model approach to surgical prehabilitation in oncology
Chelsia Gillis, Leslee Hasil, Popi Kasvis, Neil Bibby, Sarah J Davies, Carla M Prado, Malcolm A West & Clare Shaw, 2021, Frontiers in Nutrition, 8, 644706
DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2021.644706
Type: review
Adult diet in England: where is more support needed to achieve dietary recommendations?
Dianna Smith, Christina Vogel, Monique, Alayne Campbell, Nisreen Alwan & Graham Moon, 2021, PLoS ONE, 16(6 June)
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0252877
Type: article