Harvey, Dr Nick

MA, MB, BChir, MRCP, PhD 

Speciality

Rheumatology

Sub-speciality

Metabolic Bone Disease

Training and Education

Oxford and Cambridge University Medical Schools.

Wessex Rheumatology Specialist Training Programme

PhD, MRC Epidemiology Resource Centre, University of Southampton

Experience

Dr Harvey has worked for Southampton University Hospitals Trust since 2008.

Comprehensive general rheumatology experience through training in region.

Subspecialty expertise in osteoporosis and difficult metabolic bone disease gained through Professor Cooper’s Bone Service and PhD training.

Key achievements

We have confirmed our initial observational data relating maternal vitamin D insufficiency during pregnancy to reduced bone mass in the offspring, and are now exploring the translation to public health policy through a randomised controlled trial of vitamin D supplementation in pregnancy.

Key awards and prizes

• Bone and Tooth Society Young Investigator Award 2004
• National Osteoporosis Society Young Investigator Award 2004
• National Osteoporosis Society Young Investigator Award 2006
• IOF-Novartis Young Scholar’s Award 2006
• Bone Research Society Young Investigator Award 2006
• British Society for Rheumatology Osteoporosis Prize 2007
• National Osteoporosis Society Young Investigator Award 2007
• IOF Osteoporosis World Congress Travel Award 2008
• ECCEO Young Investigator Award 2009 

Research

Low Maternal Vitamin D Status and Fetal Bone Development: Cohort Study. Mahon P, Harvey N, Crozier S, Inskip H, Robinson S, Arden N, Swaminathan R, Cooper C; The SWS Study Group, Godfrey K. J Bone Miner Res. 2009 Jul 6. [Epub ahead of print]

Different indices of fetal growth predict bone size and volumetric density at 4 years old. Harvey N, Mahon P, Robinson S, Nisbet C, Javaid K, Crozier S, Inskip H, Godfrey K, Arden N, Dennison E, Cooper C. JBMR 2009 (In press)

Maternal predictors of neonatal bone size and geometry: the Southampton Women’s Survey. N. C. Harvey, M. K. Javaid, N. K. Arden, J. R. Poole, S.R. Crozier, S. M. Robinson, H. M. Inskip, K. M. Godfrey, E. M. Dennison, C. Cooper and the SWS Study Team.  Journal of Developmental Origins of Adult Health and Disease 2009 (In  press)

Breast-feeding and adherence to infant feeding guidelines do not influence bone mass at age 4 years. Harvey NC, Robinson SM, Crozier SR, Marriott LD, Gale CR, Cole ZA, Inskip HM, Godfrey KM, Cooper C; the Southampton Women's Survey Study Group. Br J Nutr. 2009; 102(6):915-20

Harvey NC, Javaid MK, Poole JR, Taylor P, Robinson SM, Inskip HM, Godfrey KM, Cooper C, Dennison EM and SWS Study Group. Paternal skeletal size predicts intrauterine bone mineral accrual. JCEM 2008 May;93(5):1676-81. Epub 2008 Feb 19.

NC Harvey, JR Poole, MK Javaid, EM Dennison, S Robinson, HM Inskip, KM Godfrey, C Cooper, A Aihie Sayer: Parental determinants of neonatal body composition. JCEM 2007; 92(2): 523-6

R Martin, NC Harvey, SR Crozier, JR Poole, MK Javaid, EM Dennison, HM Inskip, M Hanson, KM Godfrey, C Cooper, R Lewis and the SWS  Study Group: Placental Calcium Transporter (PMCA3) Gene Expression Predicts Intrauterine Bone Mineral Accrual. Bone 2007; 40(5): 1023-8

Gale CR, Robinson SM, Harvey NC, Javaid MK, Jiang B, Martyn CN, Godfrey KM, Cooper C. Maternal vitamin D status during pregnancy and child outcomes. Eur J Clin Nutr. 2008 Jan;62(1):68-77.

Javaid MK, Crozier SR, Harvey NC, Gale CR, Dennison EM, Boucher BJ, Arden NK, Godfrey KM, Cooper C; Princess Anne Hospital Study  Group: Maternal vitamin D status during pregnancy and childhood bone mass at age nine years: A longitudinal study. Lancet 2006; 367: 36-43

Javaid MK, Crozier SR, Harvey NC, Taylor P, Inskip HM, Godfrey KM, Cooper C: Maternal and seasonal predictors of change in quantitative calcaneal ultrasound during pregnancy. JCEM 2005; 90:5182-5187