Monthly Archives: October 2017

INFANT Research Day 2017

By |2020-11-22T12:53:24+00:00October 20th, 2017|

Friday 20 October 2017 This Research Day will share, promote and facilitate discussion on cutting edge, best practice perinatal research from international experts and early career researchers on how to improve health outcomes for pregnancy, infancy and childhood. The event will take place in the Clayton Hotel, Lapps Quay, Cork.    Registration Opens at 08:15.    Our Programme begins at 08:45 [...]

Women Mean Business: Award for INFANT

By |2020-11-22T12:53:41+00:00October 12th, 2017|

Thursday 12 October 2017 WMB held its 11th annual Women Mean Business Conference & Awards in Dublin’s Shelbourne Hotel on 2nd October. The event recognises the achievements of businesswomen and entrepreneurs across Ireland. Prof Louise Kenny of the INFANT Centre was honoured with the WMB Woman in Technology Award for 2017 for her work as founding [...]

IRC Scholarship for Sophie Casey

By |2020-11-22T12:54:00+00:00October 4th, 2017|

Wednesday 04 October 2017   A blog post from Sophie Casey:    I was recently awarded the Irish Research Council’s Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship for a 4 year PhD project. My work will investigate the downstream targets and effects of microRNA alterations in neonatal hypoxic encephalopathy (HIE) – a leading cause of infant mortality [...]

An Invitation to Remember

By |2020-11-22T12:54:18+00:00October 3rd, 2017|

Tuesday 03 October 2017 A  Service of Remembrance will be hosted by Cork University Maternity Hospital on   Friday 13th October 2017 at 7.30pm   Sacred Heart Church, Western Road, Cork   All who have experienced or been affected by pregnancy loss or infant loss are very welcome to attend.                   [...]