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    • A research centre focused entirely on pregnancy, birth and early childhood.

    Based in Cork, Ireland, INFANT has a local impact with a global reach, answering the international need for research and innovation to improve health outcomes for mothers and babies.

    Across pregnancy, birth, infancy and childhood, INFANT is solving challenges through its key research themes.

    Pregnancy

    Making pregnancy safer for mothers and babies

    Newborn

    Improving health outcomes for newborn babies

    Child Health

    Advancing the health and well-being of children

    Explore our research

    Latest Publications

    • Experience of miscarriage: an interpretative phenomenological analysis

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

    • AR101 Oral Immunotherapy for Peanut Allergy - The New England Journal of Medicine

      O Hourihane, J and the PALISADE Group of Clinical Investigators

    • Validation of Altered Umbilical Cord Blood MicroRNA Expression in Neonatal Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy - JAMA Neurology

      O Sullivan, M., Looney, AM., Moloney, G., Finder M., Hallberg, B., Clarke, G., Boylan, B., Murray, D.

    • Difference Between Body Composition of Formula- and Breastfed Infants at Birth - Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease

      Smith, H., O Hourihane, J., Kenny, L., Kiely M., Leahy-Warren, P., Dahly, D. and Murray, D.

    Our News

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    • Peanut allergy immunotherapy drug
      19 Nov 2018

      INFANT Centre research leads to breakthrough treatment for peanut allergy

      New England Journal of Medicine Publishes Oral Immunotherapy for Peanut Allergy co-authored by Prof. Jonathan Hourihane.

    • Doc and child
      19 Sep 2019

      New Research: The association between preeclampsia and autism spectrum disorder

      New research by INFANT PhD student Gillian Maher published in the JCPP.

    • Stryker donation
      16 Sep 2019

      Stryker raise funds for INFANT

      Generous support will allow us to continue our important research

    • Evidence matters
      09 Sep 2019

      INFANT researchers 'Stand up for Science'

      UCC researchers attend Cork's inaugural workshop

    • Sonia
      22 Aug 2019

      INFANT PhD student making science accessible to all

      Last November, our PhD researcher, Sonia Lenehan, was voted the winner of Neon Zone’s I’m a Scientis...