Wednesday 04 November 2015 Minister for Skills, Research and Innovation, Damien English TD, announced Professor Geraldine Boylan and Professor Louise Kenny as the Science Foundation Ireland Joint Researchers of the Year 2015 at the SFI Science Summit in recognition of their global leadership in reducing the burden of disease and disability associated with the period just before and [...]
Thursday 22 October 2015 PRIMARY SCHOOLS INFANT researchers will be visiting schools in Cork with Blood & Brains – a mix of the “Bloody Detectives: Mystery Molecules” hands-on workshop and “Electric Brains: Mind Control” demonstration. Find out what blood is made of, solve mysteries of hidden clues and protect the evidence! Discover how these mystery molecules [...]
Tuesday 04 August 2015 The 9th International Conference on Brain Monitoring and Neuroprotection in the Newborn will be held from 1–3 October 2015 in Cork, Ireland. We are pleased to inform you that the 9th International Conference on Brain Monitoring and Neuroprotection in the Newborn was granted 15 European CME credits (ECMEC) by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing [...]
Monday 07 September 2015 This article was originally published on September 7th, 2015. For World Preeclampsia Day, May 22nd, 2017, read about INFANT's research in preeclampsia prediction. Award for Preeclampsia Research Ground-breaking work on preeclampsia, a life threatening complication of late pregnancy, has earned researchers in Cork a major award from the American Heart Association. The [...]
Tuesday 14 July 2015 We are thrilled that the INFANT team has reached the final stage of the international Saving Lives at Birth Grand Challenge. This funding programme is dedicated to identifying and scaling up transformative prevention and treatment approaches for pregnant women and newborns. The team are at the final to compete for funding to [...]
Wednesday 08 July 2015 New research by INFANT researchers on the link between C-Sections and Autism Spectrum Disorder has been published. Autism spectrum disorder, a condition characterized by an inability to connect to other people and repetitive, often unusual behaviours, is thought to affect about 0.62% of all children. Although it is understood that the condition [...]
Wednesday 03 June 2015 The INFANT Centre and College of Medicine and Health are delighted to host INFANT’s Inaugural Research Day on June 16, 2015. Better Outcomes for Maternal and Fetal Health Click here for FULL Research Day Programme Keynote Speakers: Prof Lucilla Poston, King’s College London Prof Charles Lockwood, University of South Florida Prof [...]
Tuesday 19 May 2015 A report in the Irish Times highlights studies that seek to meet the needs of tiny babies in neonatal intensive care units. The article explores work being done at INFANT to test a cot-side monitor to detect brain seizures in babies in the NICU. “Some babies are at risk of having brain seizures, [...]
Thursday 26 March 2015 On Thursday Novermber 13th, Dr Ali Khashan organised INFANT’s hosting of a public forum on C-sections. The event was attended by over 200 people. Speakers included clinicians, patients and INFANT researchers. Details of this and future related events can be had by contacting Ali by emaila.khashan@ucc.ie
Tuesday 02 December 2014 New partnership announced to develop biomarker test for spontaneous preterm birth with Waters Corporation and INFANT. Prof. Louise Kenny and Dr. Anthony Morrissey of INFANT, Cork and Mike Harrington, Waters Corporation pictured here in Washington DC with the Taoiseach, Enda Kenny and Prof. Mark Ferguson, Director General, SFI. Attending an event hosted [...]