Mark Hedley Vickers
Neonatology, Paediatric Endocrinology
Auckland University of Technology
New Zealand
Biography
Mark's primary interest is in the developmental origins of health and disease with a particular focus on the association between poor maternal nutrition and the development of obesity and type 2 diabetes in offspring. He also has an interest in therapies aimed at reversing the metabolic disturbances that result from a suboptimal early life environment.Mark's primary interest is in the developmental origins of health and disease with a particular focus on the association between poor maternal nutrition and the development of obesity and type 2 diabetes in offspring. He also has an interest in therapies aimed at reversing the metabolic disturbances that result from a suboptimal early life environment.
Research Interest
Developmental origins of health and disease Maternal and infant nutrition, obesity, metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes
