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:
- Thanaj M, Whitcher B, Raza H, Bell-Bradford C, Niglas M, Bell JD, Amiras D and Thomas EL. Gluteus Maximus Shape Reveals Sex-Specific Associations Between Morphology and Metabolic Dysfunction. JCSM Communications 2026 9(2): e70046.
- Whitcher B, Raza H, Basty N, Thanaj M, Bell-Bradford C, Niglas M, Bell JD, Thomas EL, Amiras D. Heterogeneity, longitudinal decline, and metabolic risk in MRI-based quantification of 20 individual hip and thigh muscles. Sci Rep. 2026 Jul 7. doi: 10.1038/s41598-026-60437-6.
- Basty N, Thanaj M, Whitcher B, Bell JD and Thomas EL. Comparing DXA and MRI body composition measurements in cross-sectional and longitudinal cohorts. Commun Med (Lond). 2026 Mar 5;6(1):227. doi: 10.1038/s43856-026-01440-w.
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