About the centre
The Research Centre for Optimal Health (ReCOH) was established to deepen our understanding of the lifestyle-induced accelerated ageing process and to use this knowledge to deliver practical solutions to achieve optimal health throughout adult life.
Research groups associated with the Research Centre for Optimal Health include the Cancer Mechanisms and Biomarkers research group, the Genomics and Infectious Diseases research group, the Health Data Science research group and the Medicines Diagnostics and Disease Modelling research group and is home to The Guy Family Foundation Quantum Biology and Bioenergetic Lab.
Publications
Our most recent publications include:
- Basty N, Sorokin EP, Thanaj M, Whitcher B, Liu Y, Bell JD, Thomas EL and Cule M. Cardiovascular measures from abdominal MRI provide insights into abdominal vessel genetic architecture. Commun Med 2026, 6, 70.
- Atabaki NN, Coral DE, Pomares-Millan H, Smith K, Behjat HH, Koivula RW, Tura A, Miller H, Pinnick K, Agudelo L, Allin KH, Brown AA, Chabanova E, Chmura PJ, Jacobsen UP, Dawed AY, Elders PJM, Fernandez-Tajes JJ, Forgie IM, Haid M, Hansen TH, Hansen EL, Jones AG, Kokkola T, Kalamajski S, Mahajan A, McDonald TJ, McEvoy D, Muilwijk M, Tsirigos KD, Vangipurapu J, van Oort S, Vestergaard H, Adamski J, Beulens JW, Brunak S, Dermitzakis ET, Giordano GN, Gupta R, Hansen T, Hart LT, Hattersley AT, Hodson L, Laakso M, Loos RJF, Merino J, Ohlsson M, Pedersen O, Ridderstråle M, Ruetten H, Rutters F, Schwenk JM, Tomlinson J, Walker M, Yaghootkar H, Karpe F, McCarthy MI, Thomas EL, Bell JD, Mari A, Pavo I, Pearson ER, Viñuela A, Franks PW. A biological-systems-based analysis using proteomic and metabolic network inference reveals mechanistic insights into hepatic steatosis. Metabolism. 2026 Feb 6:156552. doi: 10.1016/j.metabol.2026.156552. .
- Todt T, van Bussel I, Afmann L, Brennan L, Ivanova DG, Kiselova-Kaneva Y, Thomas EL, Rühl R. Transcriptome-driven health status transversal-predictor analysis for health, food, microbiome, and disease markers for understanding lifestyle diseases. Physiol Genomics. 2026 Jan 1;58(1):58-70. doi: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.00026.2025.
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