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Professor Michael Crawford
Director
Organisations that have supported our research endeavours include:

1. Louise Brough, Gail A Rees, Michael A Crawford, R. Hugh Morton and Edgar K Dorman (2010) Effect of multiple-micronutrient supplementation on maternal nutrient status and infant birth weight and gestational age at birth in a low income, multi-ethnic population. Br J Nutr, Apr 23:1-9. doi: 10.1017/S0007114510000747.PMID: 20412605

2. Brand A, Crawford MA, Yavin E. (2010) Retailoring docosahexaenoic acid-containing phospholipid species during impaired neurogenesis following omega-3 alpha-linolenic acid deprivation. J Neurochem. 114(5):1393-404. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2010.06866.x. Epub 2010 Jun 16.PMID: 20557429.

3. Nyuar KB, Min Y, Ghebremeskel K, Khalil AK, Elbashir MI, Cawford MA.(2010) Milk of Northern Sudanese mothers whose traditional diet is high in carbohydrate contains low docosahexaenoic acid. Acta Paediatr.;99(12):1824-7.

4. Daak AA, Ghebremeskel K, Hassan Z, Attallah B, Azan HH, Elbashir MI, Crawford M (2013) Effect of omega-3 (n-3) fatty acid supplementation in patients with sickle cell anemia: randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Am J Clin Nutr: 37-44. doi: 0.3945/ajcn.112.036319.PMID: 23193009.

5. Crawford MA, Leigh Broadhurst C, Guest M, Nagar A, Wang Y, Ghebremeskel K, Schmidt WF (2013) A quantum theory for the irreplaceable role of docosahexaenoic acid in neural cell signaling throughout evolution PLEFA; 88(1):5-13. doi: 10.1016/j.plefa.2012.08.005. PMID: 23206328.

6. Cunnane SC, Crawford MA. (2014) Energetic and nutritional constraints on infant brain development: Implications for brain expansion during human evolution. J Hum Evol. pii: S00472484(14)00105-5. PMID:24928072 DOI 10.1016/j.jhevol.2014.05.001.

7. Crawford MA, Broadhurst CL, Cunnane S, Marsh DE, Schmidt WF, Brand A, Ghebremeskel K. (2014) Nutritional Armor in Evolution: Docosahexaenoic Acid as a Determinant of Neural, Evolution and Hominid Brain Development. Mil Med.;179(11S):61-75. PMID: 25373088.

8. Crawford MA, Wang Y, Forsyth S, Brenna JT. (2015) The European Food Safety Authority recommendation for polyunsaturated fatty acid composition of infant formula overrules breast milk, puts infants at risk, and should be revised. Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids. 2015 Dec;102-103:1-3. doi: 10.1016/j.plefa.2015.07.005. Epub 2015PMID: 26432509.

9. Ogundipe E, Johnson M, Wang Y, Crawford MA (2016) Peri-conception maternal lipid profiles predict pregnancy outcomes, PLEFA, 114, 35–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.plefa.2016.08.012.

10. Crawford MA, Thabet M, Wang Y (2018). An introduction to a theory on the role of π-electrons of docosahexaenoic acid in brain function: the quantum brain. OCl, 25: A402 DOI: 10.1051/ocl/2018010.

11. Crawford MA, Thabet M, Wang Y, Broadhurst C L, Schmidt WF (2018) A theory on the role of the π-electrons of docosahexaenoic acid in brain function. OCI, 24, A403. doi.org/10.1051/ocl/2018011.

12. Ogundipe, E; Tusor N; Wang, Y; Johnson MR; Edwards AD; Crawford MA. (2018) Randomized controlled trial of brain specific fatty acid supplementation in pregnant women increases brain volumes on MRI scans of their new-born infants PLEFA FOSS trial – ISRCTN 240687; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plefa.2018.09.001.

13. Charani E and 17 others/ (2019) In transition: current health challenges and priorities in Sudan. BMJ Global Health. 21;4(4):e001723. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2019-001723. PMID: 31543996.

14. Crawford MA, Schmidt WF, Broadhurst Leigh C, Wang Y. (2021) Lipids in the origin of intracellular detail and speciation in the Cambrian epoch and the significance of the last double bond of docosahexaenoic acid in cell signaling. Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids 166 (2021) 102230. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plefa.2020.102230.

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