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

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)