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CanVas consortium receives €10.7m DTIF grant to advance new class of cell therapy to clinic for early brain injury

By |2025-04-10T12:06:25+01:00April 10th, 2025|

University College Cork's INFANT Research Centre forms part of the CanVas consortium which has recieved a €10.7M non-dilutive grant from the Disruptive Technology Innovation Fund (DTIF).  The grant will help develop one of the first ever therapeutics for early brain injury by advancing CanVas-001 to clinic. CanVas is led by HAON Life Sciences, a leading [...]

Children Needed for New Research Study: AIM-HIGH Feasibility Study

By |2025-04-07T15:29:49+01:00April 7th, 2025|

The AIM-HIGH Feasibility Study is a research study at the INFANT Research Centre at University College Cork(UCC) and Cork University Maternity Hospital(CUMH). Researchers at INFANT, UCC are looking for healthy infants aged 15 – 18 weeks old to take part in this study. Express Interest here: https://forms.office.com/e/ZzAkScCcDG What is the Study? After birth, a baby’s [...]

New information resources to improve services and supports for miscarriage and recurrent miscarriage

By |2025-04-04T14:55:05+01:00April 2nd, 2025|

Today, the Pregnancy Loss Research Group at University College Cork is launching a suite of resources to improve the care of people who experience miscarriage and recurrent miscarriage. Developed as part of the Health Research Board-funded RE:CURRENT study, with the involvement of people with lived experience, health professionals and decision-makers in the maternity services, resources include [...]

Cerebral Palsy advocate Lily Collison receives honorary doctorate from UCC

By |2025-03-28T16:53:12+00:00March 28th, 2025|

Renowned cerebral palsy (CP) advocate Lily Collison today received an Honorary Doctorate from University College Cork in recognition of her pioneering work. Motivated by her son Tommy’s diagnosis of spastic diplegia, Lily has been dedicated to improving outcomes for those affected by CP. A member of the board of the Cerebral Palsy Foundation, and has [...]

We Are Hiring!

By |2025-04-09T12:45:05+01:00March 27th, 2025|

Applications are open for a number of positions at INFANT, including: Senior Research Coordinator - Clinical Project Manager (18th April) Clinical Research Fellow - Obstetric (18th April) Clinical Research Fellow - Neonatal (18th April) Research Assistant (11th April) Post Doc Researcher: Signal Processing Engineer (18th April) Clinical Nurse Manager 1 (25th April) Senior Research Co-Ordinator [...]

International Women’s Day 2025

By |2025-03-10T10:15:55+00:00March 8th, 2025|

Today, 8th March 2025 is International Women’s Day, a day where we celebrate the achievements of our female research team at INFANT. All of whom play a key role in transforming the future of maternal and child healthcare. Led by Director Professor Geraldine Boylan, and hosted at University College Cork(UCC), INFANT is the hub of [...]

We Are Hiring! Finance Manager

By |2025-02-06T08:13:10+00:00February 6th, 2025|

Applications are open for the position of Senior Research Co-Ordinator – Finance Manager. A Part-Time Post (31.2 hours per week) is an option. This key role will report directly to the Director of INFANT, with a dotted line relationship to the Head of research Accounting, and collaborate closely with the INFANT Executive Management Team, Principal [...]

INFANT,UCC Spin-out Device Granted FDA Breakthrough Device Designation

By |2025-01-20T09:41:42+00:00January 20th, 2025|

Cork medtech company Cergenx has secured the support of US regulators for a device that allows maternity hospital staff to detect brain injury in newborns without having to wait for specialist neurological support. Cork, Ireland – Monday, January 20, 2025 – CergenX, a pioneering Irish neurotech company specialising in AI solutions for neonatal brain monitoring, [...]

We Are Hiring! Clinical Physiologist (Neurophysiology)

By |2025-01-21T08:41:17+00:00January 17th, 2025|

Clinical Physiologist (Neurophysiology)  The INFANT Research Centre is now accepting applications for a Research Support Officer – Clinical Physiologist (Neurophysiologist) for the Wave project. This is a three-year project funded by the Enterprise Ireland Disruptive Technology and Innovation Fund (DTIF) in which the INFANT Research Centre is partnered with two industry partners, Cergenx and Evervault. [...]