Wednesday 25 September 2019 New research by INFANT PhD candidate, Sonia Lenehan and team has been published in a world-leading paediatric research journal, Acta Paediatrica. Sonia's research examined the effect of short-term breastfeeding on long-term IQ. Breastfeeding has many health benefits for infants, including the prevention of infections. It also has a positive impact on IQ [...]
Tuesday 24 September 2019 Research published today in the journal Circulation has found that women with high blood pressure in pregnancy, including conditions such as preeclampsia, have an increased risk of developing cardiovascular disorders later in life, including stroke and heart failure. INFANT Researcher Dr Fergus McCarthy, while working at King’s College London, led a team of [...]
Thursday 19 September 2019 New research by our Sphere Programme PhD candidate, Gillian Maher and team, has been published in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry today. The work is exploring the association between preeclampsia and preeclampsia coupled with small gestational age (SGA), and autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This study is the largest epidemiological study to [...]
Monday 16 September 2019 A special thank-you to Marcus, Steven and all the team at Stryker who kindly donated €1, 231 from a recent fundraising event. The event in question was a penalty shoot-out, and by all accounts, was highly competitive! When asked why the team chose INFANT as the lucky recipient of the funds, Steven [...]
Monday 09 September 2019 Last Friday, INFANT had the pleasure of hosting Cork's first ever 'Standing up for Science' workshop. Standing up for Science is a programme created by the team at Sense about Science, a charity empowering the public to critically analyse evidence supporting scientific claims and discoveries. Over 45 Early Career Researchers from [...]