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.