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    Epigenetic Mechanisms linking Pre-conceptional nutrition and Health Assessed in India and

    Sub-Saharan Africa

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    © EMPHASIS 2019

    Matt SilverPhD

    Senior Investigator, Nutrition Theme, MRC Unit, The Gambia & MRC International Nutrition Group, LSHTM, London, UK.

    Role in EMPHASIS: Principal Investigator (Gambia)

    Dr Matt Silver works in the Nutrition Theme at MRC Unit, The Gambia and is a member of the MRC International Nutrition Group at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.  Matt’s research focuses on investigating the effects of peri-conceptional nutrition on the offspring epigenome, as a potential mechanism mediating observed associations between early-life nutrition and health and disease through the life course.  Matt has an MSc in Bioinformatics and Theoretical Systems Biology, and a PhD in bioinformatics / statistical genetics, both from Imperial College, London.

    Dr. Matt Silver

    Principal Investigator

    (Gambia)