Godfrey, Professor Keith

General Medical Council, full registration from 1984  

Speciality

Dermatology

Sub-speciality

Paediatric Dermatology 

Training and Education

University of Southampton, BM (Hons), Medicine, 1983  

Royal College of Physicians of London,  MRCP, 1986  

Specialist Training Authority, CCST, 1997                                  

Royal College of Physicians of London, FRCP, 1999   

University of Southampton, PhD, Medicine, 1999 

Experience

Professor Godfrey  has worked for Southampton University Hospitals Trust since May 1997.

Professor of Epidemiology & Human Development              

Deputy Director, Southampton Nutrition Biomedical Research Unit 

Lead Investigator, Southampton Women's Survey                   

Deputy Director, Centre for Developmental Origins of Health & Disease 

Key achievements

My research is directed at preventing cardio-respiratory disease, obesity & type 2 diabetes through new interventions addressing their origins during early development. Major policy implications are recognised by the UK Foresight Obesity Project, NICE (Maternal & Child Nutrition and Excessive weight gain in pregnancy consultations) & the Food Standards Agency. 

Key awards and prizes

Medical Research Council Training Fellowship              Association of Physicians of Great Britain & Ireland             Trustee, International Society for Developmental Origins of Health and Disease 

Research

105 refereed papers and reviews focussed on nutrition, development and health in later life.                                                

22 research grants totalling over £23m