INFANT Centre News

It's #WorldCerebralPalsyDay    At INFANT we have conducted research into Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy - brain injury due to lack of oxygen that can result in a cerebral palsy diagnosis   A study led by PI Prof Deirdre Murray could improve how doctors diagnose the condition   Learn about the results of this research here: https://www.infantcentre.ie/2019/01/07/infant-research-identifies-biomarkers-to-detect-brain-injury-in-newborns/

📣New paper by INFANT Research Centre Principal Investigator Prof Keelin O'Donoghue, Deirdre Murphy, Prof. Declan Devane, eleanor molloy, Fiona Boland, et. al. 💡'Digital fetal scalp stimulation versus fetal blood sampling to assess fetal wellbeing in labour -a multi-centre randomised controlled trial: Fetal Intrapartum Randomised Scalp Stimulation Trial' 🔎Read paper here: https://lnkd.in/evFFBcFG

🤱It's #NationalBreastfeedingAwarenessWeek 💡Breastfeeding is recommended, where possible, because it has many health benefits for mum and baby 🔎Check out these papers by INFANT researchers to know more: https://lnkd.in/eVjde8Qs 📑https://lnkd.in/eDbYPEhZ Health Service Executive University College Cork Mairead Kiely Geraldine Boylan Alan Irvine MD DSc Deirdre Murray Eugene Dempsey Sonia Lenehan Vicki Livingstone Leanna Fogarty Teresa Berkery

📢Do you know someone who has been pregnant with non-identical twins in <18 months ago? 💡INFANT Research Centre and Pregnancy Loss Research Group PhD Scholar Caroline O'Connor would like to speak with people about their antenatal care experiences to inform improvement efforts #TheMILESTONEstudy Irish Research Council NPEC National Perinatal Epidemiology Centre University College Cork UCC Medicine and Health UCC Innovation UCC Alumni and Development Cork University Hospitals Group

📢INFANT Research Centre is at the International Child Neurology Congress 2022 💡The International Child Neurology Association are dedicated to promoting education & research in child neurology 🗣️Prof Geraldine Boylan is attending this congress as an invited speaker discussing 'Neonatal seizures:new horizons' 🔎Check out the full list of speakers and talks here: https://lnkd.in/eE5Snn9q

📢Check out this University College Cork Magazine 'Independent Thinking' article 💡INFANT researcher sarusha pillay  & commercial lead of the #pHetalsafe project explains how this novel technology could potentially revolutionise obstetric care 🔎https://lnkd.in/edZH76At

📢Last week INFANT PI Prof Deirdre Murray was a lead speaker at the UCC Medicine and Health 'from Molecules to people' Research Conference 💡This conference provided a forum where researchers at availed of the opportunity for network building and further collaboration Read more about the event here: https://www.ucc.ie/en/med-health/news/comh-research-conference-from-molecules-to-people.html

📣Check out this paper by INFANT Research Centre & Pregnancy Loss Research Group researchers 💡'Facilitators and barriers influencing weight management behaviours during pregnancy: a meta-synthesis of qualitative research' 🔎Read paper here: https://lnkd.in/ewTGfx2A Tamara Escañuela Sánchez Caroline O'Connor Keelin O'Donoghue Karen Matvienko-Sikar

📢Last week members of the INFANT team attended the @AllergyEaaci School on Nutrition   💡This school focused on the role of nutrition in the prevention and treatment of allergies and asthma   #eaaci #nutrition #allergy #uccresearch

📣Check out Echo Live.ie's coverage of INFANT and Musgrave's recent partnership in #foodallergyresearch 💡'The partnership will advance critical research from University College Cork’s INFANT Research Centre into anaphylaxis management' 🔎 https://lnkd.in/eaPPdzbS

Eoin Brophy is a PhD candidate; his research focuses on developing deep learning methods as a reliable tool to generate and process medical time-series data that adhere to privacy-preserving regulations. Ultimately, this will allow for sharing and disseminating of medical data and, in turn, advancing clinical research in the relevant fields, such as in the NICU. Eoin is passionate about using AI for improved consumer health and patient outcomes and has extensive research expertise in developing machine learning applications and rich time series data solutions. In addition, he successfully developed novel deep learning techniques to generate synthetic physiological data.   In 2017, Eoin received his MEng in Electronic Engineering from Maynooth University and worked as a lecturer for IADT in Electronics and Microcontrollers. Following this, Eoin held a research assistant position in SAP and Insight SFI Research Centre for Data Analytics in 2018. He started his PhD journey in late 2018, working out of DCU School of Computing and INFANT Research Centre.   Eoin recently defended his PhD entitled "Deep Learning-based Signal Processing Approaches for Improved Tracking of Human Health and Behaviour with Wearable Sensors"   The outcomes of his PhD were as follows: · The first contribution lies in forwarding the field of medical time series data generation using recurrent Generative Adversarial Networks. He developed a custom architecture and loss function towards improved physiological [...]

📣Check out this article published by INFANT researchers Dr Juan Truhillo and @caoimhe_cronin   💡'Benefit of educational intervention on Autoinjector Technique for caregivers and paediatric patients with food allergies: A literature review'   🔎https://www.all-imm.com/index.php/aei/article/view/582  

PRESS RELEASE Musgrave, Ireland’s leading food retailer, wholesaler and foodservice company, has collaborated with University College Cork (UCC) to advance allergy education and research. New funding will provide grants to students on the new Allergy and Clinical Immunology Postgraduate Programme at UCC Sponsorship will also fund essential studies into anaphylaxis management In keeping with the Musgrave’s long-standing history of innovation and commitment to supporting communities, this partnership will advance critical research from UCC’s INFANT Centre into anaphylaxis management, which is the management of a severe, potentially life-threatening allergic reactions, in care settings. It will also support the launch of a new online postgraduate programme in Allergy and Clinical Immunology within the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, UCC. Ray Bowe, Head of Food Safety and Quality at Musgrave, said: “At Musgrave, we feed one in three people across Ireland every day. We ensure that the food we supply is of the highest quality and safe for those who enjoy it, and this means the continuous management of allergens is a key cornerstone across our supply chains to the end consumer. Food allergens are a significant health risk to vulnerable consumers, with the rate of allergen sufferers increasing in the developed world over the past 30 years. As a result, we were happy to have the opportunity to support this allergy education and research at UCC and [...]

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