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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

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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 hip fracture in late adulthood
  • demonstration that maternal vitamin D insufficiency is associated with sub-optimal bone mineral accrual in childhood
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Email: [email protected]

Professor Keith Godfrey

Associate Dean Enterprise
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Emeritus Professor Hazel Inskip MSc, PhD, FFPH

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Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Research outputs

Body mass index trajectories in the first two years and subsequent childhood cardio-metabolic outcomes
Izzuddin M. Aris, Ling-Wei Chen, Tint Mya, Wei Wei Pang, E. Soh Shu, Seang-Mei Saw, Lynette Pei-Chi Shek , Kok Hian Tan, Peter D Gluckman, Yap-Seng Chong, Fabian Yap, Keith Godfrey, Michael S. Kramer & Yung Seng Lee, 2017, Scientific Reports, 7
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-09046-y
Type: article
Circadian feeding patterns of 12-month-old infants
Poh Hui Wee, See Loy, Jia Ying Toh, Elaine Kwang Hsia Tham, Yin Bun Cheung, Keith M. Godfrey, Peter Gluckman, Seang-Mei Saw, Yap-Seng Chong, Ngee Lek, Jerry Kok Yen Chan, Daniel Yam Thiam Goh, Mary Foong-Fong Chong & Fabian Yap, 2017, British Journal of Nutrition
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114517001684
Type: article
A description of an 'obesogenic' eating style that promotes higher energy intake and is associated with greater adiposity in 4.5 children
Anna Fogel, Ai Goh, Lisa Fries, Suresh Sadananthan, S. Velan, Navin Michael, Tint Mya, Marielle Fortier, Mei Chan, Jia Toh, Yap-Seng Chong, Kok Tan, Fabian Yap, Lynette Shek, Michael Meaney, Birit Broekman, Yung Lee, Keith Godfrey, Mary Foong-Fong Chong & Ciaran G. Forde, 2017, Physiology & Behavior, 176, 107-116
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2017.02.013
Type: article
Is cellular heterogeneity merely a confounder to be removed from epigenome-wide association studies?
Joanna D Holbrook, Karen Lillycrop & Sheila Barton, 2017, Epigenomics, 9(8)
DOI: 10.2217/epi-2017-0032
Type: review
Maternal night-fasting interval during pregnancy is directly associated with neonatal head circumference and adiposity in girls but not boys
See Loy, Poh Hui Wee, Marjorelee T. Colega, Y.B. Cheung, I.M. Aris, J.K.Y. Chan, Keith Godfrey, Peter Gluckman, Kok Hian Tan, L.P. Shek, Yap-Seng Chong, P. Natarajan, L. Muller-Riemenschneider, N Lek, V.S. Rajadurai, Tint Mya, Yung Seng Lee, Mary F.F. Chong & Fabian Yap, 2017, Journal of Nutrition
DOI: 10.3945/jn.117.250639
Type: article