Keith Godfrey
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Keith Godfrey

  • Associate Dean for Knowledge Exchange and Enterprise in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Southampton, and Honorary consultant at University Hospital Southampton
  • Co-chair of the UK Preconception Partnership
  • NIHR Senior Investigator Emeritus and NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre Theme Lead
  • Member of the Maternity Disparities Taskforce at the UK Department of Health and Social Care
  • Involved in the establishment that children's development and their susceptibility to obesity and allergic disorders are affected by the mother's diet and lifestyle before and during pregnancy, with long-term implications for health in later life mediated through epigenetic changes; Chief Investigator, NiPPeR preconception and pregnancy nutritional randomised trial
  • Election (2020) to the UK Academy of Medical Sciences
  • MBE (2022) for services to medicine during the COVID-19 response
  • Current interests include engagement of adolescents with the sciences behind the health messages to promote health and wellbeing in preparation for future parenthood, characterising the optimal nutrition and lifestyle for parents before and during pregnancy to provide the offspring with the best start in life, and reduction in the transmission of disparities across generations
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Gestational Diabetes Mellitus and Developmental Programming

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Gestational Diabetes and Early Life Programming of Obesity and Diabetes

Keith Godfrey
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Development, Epigenetics and Metabolic Programming

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Non-Imprinted Epigenetics in Fetal and Postnatal Development and Growth

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Videos from this author

Fetal growth & its impacts on long-term health

Fetal growth & its impacts on long-term health

Keith Godfrey
Q&A Session at DIP 2023

Q&A Session at the DIP 2023

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Influence of a Preconception and Pregnancy Myoinositol, Probiotics and Micronutrient Intervention on Pregnancy Outcomes

Influence of a Preconception and Pregnancy Myoinositol, Probiotics and Micronutrient Intervention on Pregnancy Outcomes (NiPPeR Trial)

Keith Godfrey
Maternal Nutrition, Prenatal Development and Offspring Health (videos)

Maternal Nutrition, Prenatal Development and Offspring Health

Keith Godfrey

Publications from this author

The Nest 41: Gestational Diabetes: a Window of Opportunity to Modify Long-Term Health Risks (publications)

The Nest 41: Gestational Diabetes: a Window of Opportunity to Modify Long-Term Health Risks

Co-Authored by 7 Experts
Do Human Milk Oligosaccharides Protect Against Infant Atopic Disorders and Food Allergy?

Do Human Milk Oligosaccharides Protect Against Infant Atopic Disorders and Food Allergy?

Co-Authored by 5 Experts