Keith Godfrey#
| Membership Number: | 5857 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CLINICAL & VETERINARY SCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2021 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Homepage(s): | http:// |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-4643-0618 |
| Twitter: | @KeithMGodfrey |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2018 Co-Director, NIHR Southampton 1000DaysPlus Global Nutrition Research Group
- 2017 Nutrition Theme Lead, NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre, University of Southampton & University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
- 2011 Director, Centre for Developmental Origins of Health and Disease
- 2011 Honorary Visiting Professor, National University of Singapore
- 2005 Professor of Epidemiology & Human Development, MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton
- 1997 Honorary Consultant, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
Fields of Scholarship
- Epigenetic processes that "hold" the memory of developmental programming
- Molecular mechanisms and developmental programming of sarcopenia in older people
- Preconception nutrition and lifestyle
- Pre- and postnatal developmental influences on child obesity, allergic disorders and neurobehavioural outcomes
- Public health measures to reduce COVID-19 transmission, especially in young people
- Scientific literacy in younger people
- Developmental plasticity in relation to later health and disease
Honours and Awards
- 2021 MBE for Services to Medicine, Queens New Years’ Honours List
- 2020 Fellowship of The Academy of Medical Sciences
- 2020 Diabetes UK - NIHR UK-wide Diabetes Research Strategy Steering Group
- 2020 Universities UK - Government COVID-19 Expert Advisory Panel
- 2019 Royal Society of Public Health Hygeia Award for Centre of Excellence for LifeLab
- 2019 NIHR Senior Investigator renewal
- 2018 Steering Group, UK Preconception Partnership
- 2018 Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher
- 2018 Advisory Board, International Natural Product Science Taskforce
- 2017 Early Nutrition Specialist Programme, invited Faculty Member
- 2017 Vice Chancellor’s Award for International Engagement
- 2017 Diabetes UK Clinical Studies Group: Causes of diabetes
- 2017 A*STAR Most Valuable Partner Award to Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences
- 2016 Scientific Advisory Board, European Union H2020 “DynaHealth” Healthy Ageing Project
- 2016 Vice Chancellor’s Award for Collegiality – LifeLab team
- 2016 NIHR Senior Investigator
- 2015 Director, NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre
