Wednesday 18 December 2019 Taken from UCC's Independent Thinking Magazine. Professor Geraldine Boylan tells Michelle McDonagh how the inspiring team at the Irish Centre for Maternal and Child Health Research is continuing to make a name nationally and internationally for its groundbreaking work. INFANT is the wonderfully appropriate name for the leading research centre focused entirely on pregnancy, birth [...]
Wednesday 18 December 2019 The birth of a baby is a wonderful occasion. Too often, babies are born too soon or very sick and mothers can suffer severe complications. The INFANT Research Centre is committed to understanding how to reduce these risks and give all babies a healthy start to life. By making a donation [...]
Monday 25 November 2019 Last week, INFANT postdoctoral researcher Dr Elaine McCarthy was presented with her British Nutrition Foundation (BNF) Drummond Early Career Scientist Runner-up Award in London. Earlier this year, the BNF announced the recipients of the 2019 BNF Drummond Early Career Scientist Award – recognising early career excellence in nutrition science. Elaine has been [...]
Thursday 21 November 2019 INFANT wins 2nd national award for digital diagnostics research – AI powered decision support tool to identify brain seizures in newborns recognised. INFANT was named winner of 'The Best Application of AI in an Academic Research Body. INFANT PhD student Alison O' Shea and the INFANT Engineering team were recognised for their use of AI [...]
Monday 11 November 2019 PRESS RELEASE Newborns who suffer mild oxygen deprivation impacted in later life Research raises questions about the current medical approach during birth Babies who suffer mild oxygen deprivation at birth have impaired cognitive outcomes compared to children with uneventful deliveries, joint Irish and Swedish research reveals today. Lack of oxygen to [...]
Friday 01 November 2019 New research by INFANT researcher, Dr Elaine McCarthy and INFANT PI Prof Mairead Kiely has been published in leading nutrition research journal, Nutrition Bulletin. Iron deficiency is the most common micronutrient deficiency worldwide. Iron is essential for the development of multiple organ systems, most especially the developing brain. Iron deficiency, particularly during [...]
Tuesday 29 October 2019 Earlier this month, our PhD student Alison O 'Shea attended the Grace Hopper Celebration in Orlando, Florida. Read all about Alison's experience below. - The Grace Hopper Celebration is a yearly event which invites technologists from all over the world to come together and celebrate women in computing. This year’s celebration [...]
Thursday 17 October 2019 Congratulations to our PhD researcher Anne Helps who won runner up prize for her poster ‘Analysis of Irish Inquiry Reports relating to Pregnancy Loss Services'. She received the award at the International Stillbirth Alliance's 11th Annual Conference in Madrid, last week. ISA’s annual conference is one of the most important events of the year for a [...]
Monday 14 October 2019 Babies born by planned caesarean are more likely to be obese in early childhood The research, published in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, discovered that planned caesarean birth was a significant predictor of obesity at age two, however this association was not apparent by the time children were four-and-a-half years old. The [...]
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 [...]