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Biographical Details

Nicholas Harvey

Nicholas Harvey was appointed to a personal chair at the University of Southampton in 2015, and leads, with Professor Cooper and Professor Dennison, an MRC programme focused on the lifecourse epidemiology of bone and joint disease, as part of the MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit. He is working to i) translate epidemiological observations linking early life influences on later bone health into potential novel public health strategies (e.g. gestational vitamin D supplementation) aimed at optimising childhood bone mineral accrual and reducing risk of later fracture; and ii) elucidate underlying mechanisms. He has won several Awards at national and international meetings, is an investigator/ author on >£50 m grant funding, has published over 130 peer-reviewed papers, and is a member of the National Osteoporosis Society (UK) Scientific Programme Committee, UK Biobank Imaging Working Group, International Osteoporosis Foundation Committee of Scientific Advisers, Bone Research Society (UK) Committee, Arthritis Research UK PRC.