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Emeritus Professor Mark Hanson

Emeritus Professor Mark Hanson

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Tel: +44 23 8120 5255

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Research

Research groups

Member of:

Centre for Developmental Origins of Health and Disease

Research projects

Active projects

Engaging adolescents in changing behaviour (EACh-B): a programme of research to improve the diets and physical activity levels of teenagers

Researchers:

Professor Mary Barker

Emeritus Professor Mark Hanson ,

Professor Paul Little ,

Professor Cyrus Cooper ,

Professor Kath Woods-Townsend ,

Professor Keith Godfrey ,

Emeritus Professor Hazel Inskip ,

Professor Janis Baird ,

Doctor Leanne Morrison ,

Professor Joanne Lord

Completed projects

Effects of environmental catastrophes on human development and health: systematic review and evidence to inform disaster preparedness policy

Researchers:

Emeritus Professor Mark Hanson

Sponsor: Royal Society

M Hanson FS/05/064/19525

Researchers:

Emeritus Professor Mark Hanson

Sponsor: British Heart Foundation

Researchers:

Emeritus Professor Mark Hanson

Sponsor: Wessex Medical Research

IOSH: The role of health problems & medication in accidental injury at work: A population-based case-control study.

Researchers:

Emeritus Professor Mark Hanson

Sponsor: Institution of Occupational Safety and Health

M Hanson RG/07/009

Researchers:

Emeritus Professor Mark Hanson

Professor Cyrus Cooper ,

Professor Keith Godfrey ,

Emeritus Professor Hazel Inskip

Sponsor: British Heart Foundation

M Hanson bupa cardiac reg fell K07

Researchers:

Emeritus Professor Mark Hanson

Sponsor: Wessex Medical Research

M Hanson PG/05/106

Researchers:

Emeritus Professor Mark Hanson

Sponsor: British Heart Foundation

Assessment of LifeLab Southampton

Researchers:

Emeritus Professor Mark Hanson

Professor Keith Godfrey

Sponsor: British Heart Foundation

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

Researchers:

Emeritus Professor Mark Hanson

Professor Cyrus Cooper ,

Professor Keith Godfrey ,

Emeritus Professor Hazel Inskip

Sponsor: British Heart Foundation

Equipment grant CI/05/009

Researchers:

Emeritus Professor Mark Hanson

Sponsor: British Heart Foundation

IDEAL - EU-FP7 - Prof M Hanson

Researchers:

Emeritus Professor Mark Hanson

Sponsor: European Union

Hanson CH02/001/14687 Chair of Cardiovascular Science

Researchers:

Emeritus Professor Mark Hanson

Sponsor: British Heart Foundation

Hanson Do the effects of prenatal famine exposure pass down generations An epigeneric study

Researchers:

Emeritus Professor Mark Hanson

Sponsor: University of Amsterdam

H2020-SC1-2016-2017 Life-Cycle

Researchers:

Emeritus Professor Mark Hanson

Sponsor: European Union

M Hanson placental nutrient trans

Researchers:

Emeritus Professor Mark Hanson

Sponsor: Henry Smith Charity

Dr G Burdge: 'Epigenetic processes in transmission of prenatally-induced phenotypes between generations

Researchers:

Emeritus Professor Mark Hanson

Sponsor: Biotechnology & Biological Sciences Research Council

R Lewis BBSRC Amino acid transport through the placenta BB/I011315/1

Researchers:

Professor Rohan Lewis

Emeritus Professor Mark Hanson ,

Doctor Bram Sengers

Sponsor: Biotechnology & Biological Sciences Research Council

Prof Tom Fleming BBSRC Pre-implantation Embryos

Researchers:

Emeritus Professor Thomas Fleming

Emeritus Professor Mark Hanson ,

Professor Rohan Lewis

Sponsor: Biotechnology & Biological Sciences Research Council

Researchers:

Professor Rohan Lewis

Emeritus Professor Mark Hanson

Sponsor: Gerald Kerkut Charitable Trust

Abbott Labs Research into the area of nutrition and early life origins of bone health and immune health

Researchers:

Professor Philip Calder

Emeritus Professor Mark Hanson

Sponsor: Abbott Labs Spain Ricardo Rueda

Me, My Health And My Children's Health

Researchers:

Emeritus Professor Mark Hanson ,

Professor Keith Godfrey

Sponsor: Wellcome Trust

G Burdge PG/06/098/21347

Researchers:

Emeritus Professor Mark Hanson

Sponsor: British Heart Foundation

Godfrey Early nutrition, epigenetics and body composition

Researchers:

Professor Keith Godfrey

Emeritus Professor Mark Hanson ,

Professor Cyrus Cooper

Sponsor: Nestec Ltd

Researchers:

Professor Kath Woods-Townsend ,

Professor Keith Godfrey

Emeritus Professor Mark Hanson

Dr G Clough PG/07/006/22212 [CLOSED]

Researchers:

Emeritus Professor Geraldine Clough

Professor Chris Byrne ,

Emeritus Professor Mark Hanson

Sponsor: British Heart Foundation

Dr Rohan Lewis Gerald Kerkut PhD Studentship placental amino acid transport

Researchers:

Professor Rohan Lewis

Emeritus Professor Mark Hanson ,

Doctor Kirsten Poore

Sponsor: Gerald Kerkut Charitable Trust

Educational Resources to support the saliva testing programme

Researchers:

Professor Kath Woods-Townsend ,

Professor Keith Godfrey

Mrs Lisa Bagust ,

Emeritus Professor Hazel Inskip ,

Doctor Andri Christodoulou ,

Emeritus Professor Mark Hanson ,

Miss Donna Lovelock ,

Professor Jo Slater-Jefferies

Morgan Developing care pathways for remote monitoring

Researchers:

Emeritus Professor Mark Hanson

Sponsor: Medtronic International Trading Sarl

External roles and responsibilities

Name: Springer (Publisher)

Role: Reviewer

Year: 2018

Name: Environmental Epigenetics (Journal)

Role: Reviewer

Year: 2015 - 2017

Name: Environmental Epigenetics (Journal)

Role: Reviewer

Year: 2017

Name: Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine (Journal)

Role: Reviewer

Year: 2014

Name: Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health (Journal)

Role: Reviewer

Year: 2013

Name: British Heart Foundation (External organisation)

Role: Chair

Year: 2008 - 2011

Name: DOHaD International Society (External organisation)

Role: Chair

Year: 2018

Name: International Federation of Obstetrics and Gynecology (External organisation)

Role: Chair

Year: 2017

Name: World Health Organization (External organisation)

Role: Chair

Year: 2014 -

Name: International Federation of Obstetrics and Gynecology (External organisation)

Role: Chair

Year: 2014 - 2017

Biography

Mark Hanson is Emeritus Professor of Human Development and Health and British Heart Foundation Professor at the University of Southampton, UK. He is a founder and past-President of the International DOHaD Society. He is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. He co-Chaired the FIGO Pregnancy and NCDs Committee and the Science and Evidence Working Group for the WHO Ending Childhood Obesity Commission. He chairs the Knowledge and Evidence Working Group of the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (hosted by WHO). He researches how nutrition and the developmental environment affects health across the life-course, starting before conception. His interdisciplinary work crosses developmental and evolutionary biology and the social sciences. Mark pioneered LifeLab to promote health literacy in adolescents. He advocates developmental science to inform public health policy.

Prizes

FIGO Distinguished Merit Award (2018)
Honorary Fellowship (2017)
Ilustrious Prefessor (2016)
Rector's Medal (2016)
De Snoo Medal (2015)
Steno Rounds Medal (2015)
Tokyo Society of Medical Sciences Shield (2015)
Fellow of RCOG (1999)
Fellow of RSM (1989)
JRA mitchel Memorial Medal (2008)
Paul Harris Fellow (2008)
McCance Medal (2005)
Highly Cited Researcher 2019 (2019)

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