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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

    Latest Publications

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    • Exploring temporal information in neonatal seizures using a dynamic time warping based SVM kernel.

      Ahmed, R., Temko, A., Marnane, WP., Boylan, G., Lightbody, G.

    • Trial of labour after caesarean section and the risk of neonatal and infant death: a nationwide cohort study

      O'Neill, Sinead M., Agerbo, E., Khashan, Ali S., Kearney, Patricia M., Henriksen, Tine B., Greene, Richard A., Kenny, Louise C.

    • "Transition Phase Nutrition Recommendations. Missing Link in the Nutrition Management of Preterm Infants."

      Brennan, A.M, Fenton, S., Murphy, B.P., Kiely, M.

    Our News

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    • Mother's hand touching premature baby's foot
      27 Feb 2017

      Learning From Bereaved Parents: Communication and Challenges Faced

      New Research From the Pregnancy Loss Research Group

    • Incereb
      27 Jun 2017

      Incereb Celebrates EEG Success in the United States

      Infant trial data helps Incereb to secure funding in US market.

    • Cubetto
      20 Jun 2017

      Robots and Rockets!

      Cubetto and Rocket Mice combine fun and science in St. Patrick's Infant National School.

    • NICU comfort holding
      19 May 2017

      #WorldPreeclampsiaDay

      A worldwide campaign to promote awareness of the signs of pre-eclampsia

    • PiNPoINT Team
      10 Apr 2017

      PiNPoINT Study Launched

      Science Foundation Ireland and Industry Partners Commit Funding to Support the PiNPoINT Study

    Upcoming Events

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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 by directors Louise Kenny and 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
    2 Directors
    11 Principal Investigators
    44 Researchers
    12 Postgraduate Students
    7 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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