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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

Modifiable risk factors of maternal postpartum weight retention: an analysis of their combined impact and potential opportunities for prevention
J. L. Hollis, S. R. Crozier, H. M. Inskip, C. Cooper, K. M. Godfrey, N. C. Harvey, C. E. Collins & S. M. Robinson, 2017, International Journal of Obesity, 41(7), 1091–1098
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2017.78
Type: article
Maternal plasma phosphatidylcholine polyunsaturated fatty acids during pregnancy and offspring growth and adiposity
Jonathan Y. Bernard, Mya Thway Tint, Izzuddin M. Aris, Ling-Wei Chen, Phaik Quah, Kok Hian Tan, George Seow Heong Yeo, Marielle Fortier, Fabian Yap, Lynette Shek, Yap-Seng Chong, Peter D. Gluckman, Keith Godfrey, Philip Calder, Chong Mary, Michael S. Kramer, Jeremie Botton & Yung Seng Lee, 2017, Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids, 121, 21-29
DOI: 10.1016/j.plefa.2017.05.006
Type: article
Reduced fetal vitamin D status by maternal undernutrition during discrete gestational windows in sheep
J. K. Cleal, M. R. Hargreaves, K. R. Poore, J. C. Y. Tang, W. D. Fraser, M. A. Hanson & L. R. Green, 2017, Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, 8(3), 370-381
DOI: 10.1017/S2040174417000149
Type: article
Faster eating rates are associated with higher energy intakes during an ad libitum meal, higher BMI and greater adiposity among 4-5 year-old children
Anna Fogel, Ai Ting Goh, Lisa Fries, Suresh Sadananthan, Sendhil Velan, Narvin Michael, Mya Thway Tint, Marielle Fortier, Mei Jun Chan, Jia Ying Toh, Yap-Seng Chong, Kok Hian Tan, Fabian Yap, Lynette P. Shek, Michael J. Meaney, Birit Broekman, Yung Seng Lee, Keith Godfrey, Mary F.F. Chong & Ciaran G Forde, 2017, British Journal of Nutrition, 117(7), 1042-1051
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114517000848
Type: article
Plasma omega-3 fatty acids in pregnancy are inversely associated with postpartum weight retention in a multi-ethnic Asian cohort
See Ling Loy, Michelle Jia Hui Ng, Yin Bun Cheung, Keith Godfrey, Philip Calder, Ngee Lek, Fabian Yap, Falk Müller-Riemenschneider, Padmapriya Natarajan, Yap-Seng Chong, Kok Hian Tan, Lynette Pei-Chi Shek , Mary Foong-Fong Chong & Jerry Kok Yen Chan, 2017, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 105(5), 1158-1165
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.116.151258
Type: article