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    • A World Leading SFI Research Centre

    The Irish Centre for Fetal and Neonatal Translational Research (INFANT) is Ireland’s first dedicated perinatal research centre.

    Mission and Values

    Our mission is to make pregnancy safer and to improve health outcomes for mothers and babies. We are developing innovative technologies to improve the treatment and care available to mothers and babies worldwide.

    Our Partnerships

    INFANT is funded by Science Foundation Ireland. We are an industry-facing centre developing innovations that build commercial opportunities with our industry partners.

    Who We Are

    A World Leading Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre

    INFANT is a global force for development in perinatal healthcare, funded by Science Foundation Ireland.

    Although maternal and perinatal complications account for nearly 10% of the global burden of disease, R&D investment in perinatal health remains small and non-strategic. It has been estimated that equitable industry R&D and public sector research funding in perinatal health over the next 10-20 years could avert 3% of the global disease burden.

    Access to world-first technologies allows our industry partners to deliver innovative solutions to global markets, creating exciting and vast economic opportunities. Most importantly of all, INFANT will have fundamental societal impacts by changing the delivery of healthcare and improving outcomes for the most vulnerable members of our society – mothers and their babies.

    Our Research

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    • Skin Microbiome Prior to Development of Atopic Dermatitis: Early Colonization with Commensal Staphylococci at 2 months is Associated with a Lower Risk of Atopic Dermatitis at 1 year

      Kennedy EA, Connolly J, Hourihane JO’B, Fallon PG, McLean WHI, Murray D, Jo J-H, Segre JA, Kong HH, Irvine AD.

    • Experience of miscarriage: an interpretative phenomenological analysis

      Meaney, S., Corcoran, P., Spillane, N. and O'Donoghue, K.

    • Exposure to Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy Increases the Risk of Autism Spectrum Disorder in Affected Offspring

      Curran, E.A., O’Keeffe, G.W., Looney, A.M., Moloney, G., Hegarty, S.V., Murray, D.M., Khashan, A.S. and Kenny, L.C.

    Our News

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    • INFANT Stamp
      05 Sep 2018

      INFANT Research Honoured With Collector's Stamp from AnPost

      Stamps celebrate Ireland as a powerhouse of scientific discovery

    • Preterm baby being fed
      16 Jan 2019

      INFANT researchers successful in securing SIRG Awards

      SFI reveals 20 researchers to receive €10.8m research grant

    • Baby feet in incubator
      07 Jan 2019

      INFANT research identifies biomarkers to detect brain injury in newborns

      Breakthrough Research to Accelerate Diagnosis & Treatment of Newborn Brain Injury

    • Baby doll wearing EEG nodes
      21 Dec 2018

      INFANT research named in Wellcome Trust Top 10

      Throughout 2018 the Wellcome Trust featured stories about trailblazing research. The DELPHI project ...

    • Infant is 5 caption
      14 Dec 2018

      INFANT Celebrates Five Years of World Class Research

      This week we mark a milestone birthday for our centre.

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    Who We Are

    Get to know our international community of researchers, the multi-disciplinary team who implement our research programme across pregnancy, birth, infancy and childhood health.

    Our vision is to establish INFANT as the world’s leading perinatal translational research centre. The centre is led Prof Geraldine Boylan. A team of researchers and postgraduates drive the INFANT programme, underpinned by a dedicated and highly skilled research support team and operations team.

    Our Team
    1 Directors
    12 Principal Investigators
    16 Postgraduate Students
    13 Operations Team
    Alumni
    National and International Partners
    Mum and sleeping baby

    Get Involved

    INFANT brings people of all ages and interests together.
    Engage with our research team through our Events and Outreach Programmes.

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