Monday 19 December 2016 INFANT Awards 2016 The inaugural INFANT Awards 2016, held in the main auditorium Cork Maternity Hospital, showcased the incredible talent, teamwork and commitment to innovation which makes the work of the INFANT centre possible. Dr. Niamh Shaw: "Walking (Slowly) Towards Space" Engineer, scientist and performer Dr Niamh Shaw gave an opening talk [...]
Wednesday 14 December 2016 HIE and Therapeutic Hypothermia Research at the INFANT centre is focused on developing new ways to help mothers and babies. One of the treatment options being studied by our researchers is therapeutic hypothermia. When babies are deprived of oxygen or blood flow around the time of birth, this may result in a [...]
Wednesday 30 November 2016 Presenter Anne-Marie Tomchak, UK editor of Mashable, returned home to Ireland determined to explore a world where our digital fingerprints are being captured and applied in all areas of modern life. In INFANT, she met with our directors Prof. Louise Kenny and Prof. Geraldine Boylan to explore how INFANT uses big data to help make pregnancy [...]
Wednesday 26 October 2016 Researchers from the INFANT Centre are presenting their work at the International Society for the Study of Hypertension in Pregnancy XX World Congress in São Paulo, Brazil. Our director, Prof Louise Kenny gave a keynote address, Dr. Ali Khashan gave two oral presentations and Amy Aherne gave an early bird lecture [...]
Monday 24 October 2016 The wonderful Womens Fitness Gym are holding their second ever Fashion show on Friday 11 Nov in aid of The Irish Centre for Fetal and Neonatal Translation Research in the CUMH. There will be fantastic shops/Boutiques on board such as Verso & Quiz Clothing from Douglas Court Shopping Centre, Arcade Midleton, Butterfly Ladies Fashion Boutique [...]
Monday 24 October 2016 We are very proud of our team of INFANT Researchers who are presenting the work carried out at the INFANT Centre at the European Academy of Paediatrics Meeting in Geneva, Switzerland. Every single person attending from INFANT has either an invited talk, a platform presentation or a poster, some have more than one [...]
Tuesday 18 October 2016 The Wellcome-HRB ICAT Fellowship Programme is open for applications. Integrated with postgraduate medical training, ICAT will support 4 years of academic training at the beginning of higher specialist training (HST) or equivalent, with clinical and academic mentoring until completion of PhD and CCST/CCT. ICAT now seeks to appoint the first [...]
Friday 07 October 2016 INFANT is delighted to annouce that we will host the 10th Brain Monitoring and Neuroprotection in the Newborn Conference in Killarney, Co.Kerry, 5-7 October, 2017 See www.bmn2017.com for more details! Related Links Brain Monitoring & Neuroprotection in the Newborn Conference Website
Monday 03 October 2016 Research from the BASELINE Cohort study has found that some commensal bacteria may act as an anti-inflammatory or protective mechanism against the development of eczema in babies. The research, funded by the National Children’s Research Centre, and based on academic collaboration between Trinity College Dublin, University College Cork, University of Dundee [...]
Monday 03 October 2016 Congratulations to Prof Kenny who was honoured with a Leadership Award, nominated by staff in University College Cork. Full details of the University Staff Recognition Awards Programme 2016, including membership of the Awards Selection Committee, are available at http://www.ucc.ie/en/sdc/