Research

• Professor Cyrus Cooper
• Professor Elaine Dennison
• Professor Nicholas Harvey
• Professor Nigel Arden
• Dr Kassim Javaid

Aims: To investigate the mechanisms which underlie the developmental origins of osteoporosis and other musculoskeletal disorders; and to develop intervention studies aimed at modifying later disease risk through nutritional and other interventions targeted at critical periods of early development.

• Professor Avan Aihie Sayer
• Professor Siân Robinson
• Professor Catharine Gale
• Professor Cyrus Cooper

Aims: To investigate determinants of sarcopenia across the lifecourse; and to identify factors contributing to individual resilience and vulnerability, and develop effective lifecourse and clinical interventions.

• Professor Caroline Fall
• Professor Clive Osmond
• Dr Kalyanaraman Kumaran

Aims: To demonstrate how maternal nutrition and metabolism before and during pregnancy influence offspring health; and to develop nutritional interventions in transitioning populations to improve maternal health, fetal development, and offspring health.

• Professor Hazel Inskip
• Professor Keith Godfrey
• Professor Clive Osmond
• Professor Siân Robinson
• Dr Janis Baird
• Dr Mary Barker

Aims: To understand interplay between pre and post natal influences in relation to childhood development, specifically adiposity and body composition, cardiovascular, respiratory and neuro-psychological health; and to characterise underlying mechanisms and to develop and evaluate interventions before and during pregnancy to enhance the health of parents and improve a child’’s start to life

• Dr Karen Walker-Bone
• Professor Keith Palmer
• Professor David Coggon

Aims: To improve the control of hazards to health in the workplace, and to find cost-effective ways of minimising the adverse impacts of illness and injury on capacity to work, enhancing people’s opportunities for healthy and productive employment.