Hosted at University College Cork (UCC), Cork, Ireland, The Irish Centre for Maternal and Child Health Research has local impact with a global reach.
INFANT is 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
Impactful Scientific Breakthroughs
Our Latest Publications
- Gillian M. Maher, Lisa Ryan, Fergus P. McCarthy, Alun Hughes, Chloe Park, Abigail Fraser, Laura D. Howe, Patricia M. Kearney & Linda M. O’Keeffe (2021) “Puberty timing and markers of cardiovascular structure and function at 25 years: a prospective cohort study”. BMC Medicine.
- Aoife Campbell, Gareth Morris, Janosch P. Heller, Elena Langa, Elizabeth Brindley, Jesper Worm, Mads Aaboe Jensen, Meghan T. Miller, David C. Henshall & Cristina R. Reschke(2021) “Antagomir-mediated suppression of microRNA-134 reduces kainic acid-induced seizures in immature mice”. Scientific Reports.
- Änne Helps, Sara Leitao, Laura O’Byrne, Richard Greene, Keelin O’Donoghue (2021) “Governance of maternity services: Effects on the management of perinatal deaths and bereavement services”.Midwifery.
- Sumit A Raurale1,2, Geraldine B Boylan1,2, Sean R Mathieson1,2, William P Marnane1,3, Gordon Lightbody1,3 and John M O’Toole4,1,2 (2021) “Grading hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy in neonatal EEG with convolutional neural networks and quadratic time-frequency distributions”. Journal of Neural Engineering.
- Brooke Armistead, Leena Kadam, Emily Siegwald, Fergus P. McCarthy, John C. Kingdom, Hamid-Reza Kohan-Ghadr, Sascha Drewlo (2021) “Induction of the PPARγ (Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor γ)-GCM1 (Glial Cell Missing 1) Syncytialization Axis Reduces sFLT1 (Soluble fms-Like Tyrosine Kinase 1) in the Preeclamptic Placenta”. Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979).
- Clarke G. (2021) “Metformin, the gut microbiome and neurogenesis: Lessons learned in rebirth of an old drug”. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity.
- Tasneem Shetewi1,2, Melissa Finnegan2, Shane Fitzgerald2, Shuai Xu3,4, Emer Duffy2 and Aoife Morrin1,2 (2021) “Investigation of the relationship between skin-emitted volatile fatty acids and skin surface acidity in healthy participants—a pilot study”. Journal of Breath Research.
- (2021) “Altered inflammasome activation in neonatal encephalopathy persists in childhood”. Clinical and Experimental Immunology.
💡Five INFANT Researchers Contribute to @JENS_Congress
🗣️Professor Geraldine Boylan, Professor @demurray and Dr Sean Mathieson, all took part in the #jENScongress this week, alongside INFANT PhD candidates @SoniaMarieMayo and @maryan8564.
📖https://www.infantcentre.ie/2021/09/17/five-infant-researchers-contribute-to-jens-2021-congress/
📢INFANT @JENS_Congress 2021
🗣️Professor Geraldine Boylan will be offering her thoughts on "AI for the evaluation of HIE" during the plenary session to close the #jENScongress today between 1 - 1:20 pm CEST. #UCCResearch
Find out more - https://www.mcascientificevents.eu/jens/scientific-information/#scientific-programme
📢INFANT @JENS_Congress 2021
🗣️@IrishResearch scholar, @SoniaMarieMayo, will present two posters showcasing her research on eye-tracking for the assessment of cognitive development among infants between 1-2:30 pm CEST today. #jENScongress
Find out more - https://mcascientificevents.eu/jens/scientific-information/#scientific-programme
Another interesting and informative morning @JENS_Congress great talk by @infantcentre Prof Boylan on sleep in the NICU. @Newborn_brain #jENScongress #IrishResearch
Our News
The Irish Network for Children’s Clinical Research (In4Kids) and the INFANT Research Centre Contribute to Study on How the Pandemic Affected Paediatric Research
INFANT and the In4Kids Network (www.in4kids.ie) contributed to a study which quantified how the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic impacted paediatric clinical research being [...]
Five INFANT Researchers Contribute to jENS 2021 Congress
Professor Geraldine Boylan, Professor Deirdre Murray and Dr Sean Mathieson, all took part in the jENS 2021 Congress this week, alongside INFANT Ph.D candidates Sonia [...]
Harnessing gaming technology to assess brain development in young children: Liltoda grows from cutting edge research in the INFANT centre, UCC.
New technology to support non-verbal assessment of infants & young [...]
INFANT Student Secures IRC Scholarship
INFANT centre and UCC Departments of Biochemistry and Obstetrics & Gynaecology PhD student Caroline Joyce was awarded an Employment-Based Programme Postgraduate award by the Irish [...]
Professor Keelin O’Donoghue Co-authors Report on Implementation of National Bereavement Standards across all 19 Maternity Units
Infant’s Professor Keelin O’Donoghue - https://www.ucc.ie/en/obsgyn/staff/keelin/ - has co-authored a report [...]
HSE National Standards for Bereavement Care – Report
The Implementation of the National Standards for Bereavement Care Following [...]