Researchers at University College Cork’s INFANT Centre recently commenced a study of a new non-invasive optical device that may provide real-time information on the lung function of newborn babies. By using light-emitting technology, this novel system incorporates sensors placed on a baby’s chest to detect oxygen levels in different regions of the baby’s lungs. ‘This [...]
Professor Keelin O’Donoghue, Lead of the Pregnancy Loss Research Group, together with the Irish Hospice Foundation as civic society partner, has been awarded an Irish Research Council New Foundations Award 2021 to enhance the translation of pregnancy loss research into policy and practice through a project titled PLATFORM: Pregnancy Loss knowledge trAnslaTion FOR iMpact. The [...]
Our INFANT seminars will resume on Friday, January 28th at 12pm. We are delighted to welcome Dr Colin Hawkes, paediatric endocrinologist as our first speaker of the new year. Dr. Hawkes will present Clinical & Academic Synergies in Type 1 Diabetes. He will discuss a selection of his past and ongoing diabetes research at the Children’s [...]
