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 News
New paper published by Prof Keelin O’Donghue
📣New paper by INFANT Research Centre Principal Investigator Prof Keelin O'Donoghue, Deirdre Murphy, Prof. Declan [...]
National Breastfeeding Awareness Week
🤱It's #NationalBreastfeedingAwarenessWeek 💡Breastfeeding is recommended, where possible, because it has many [...]
Call for Participants #TheMILESTONEstudy
📢Do you know someone who has been pregnant with non-identical [...]
INFANT is at the International Child Neurology Congress 2022
📢INFANT Research Centre is at the International Child Neurology Congress 2022 💡The International [...]
INFANT Lead Investigator Dr Simon Woodworth
Meet INFANT Lead Investigator Dr Simon Woodworth. Simon is a [...]
UCC Magazine ‘Independent Thinkning’ article on pHetalSafe
📢Check out this University College Cork Magazine 'Independent Thinking' article 💡INFANT researcher sarusha [...]
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Join @carolinemjoyce (Clinical Biochemist & @IrishResearch PhD Scholar @PregnancyLossIE @infantcentre), Dr Rebecca Hunter, Prof John Coulter & Mary Kate O'Neil for this webinar on Gestational Trophoblastic Disease @RCPI_ObsGyn tonight! https://twitter.com/RCPI_news/status/1576987980404858882
The Institute of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists presents the live webinar series, How I Do It. This month's topic is: Gestational Trophoblastic Disease.
Book your place now 👉 https://bit.ly/3SyJVQO
@caroline_o @EscanuelaTamara https://twitter.com/BMC_series/status/1577554181203759105?s=20&t=zb1N3f4dMZPkeYRWg6qEoQ
Researchers in #BMCPregnancyChildbirth investigate the facilitators and barriers influencing weight management behaviours during pregnancy. To learn more, visit <https://bit.ly/3fD8v4H>. @keelinodonoghue
@KarenMSikar @sarahmeaney5 @MollyByrneIre @caroline_o @la_linehan
đź“ŁNew paper by INFANT PI @keelinodonoghue, Deirdre Murphy, @decdevane, @MolloyElesean, @BolandFiona, et al.
đź’ˇ'Digital fetal scalp stimulation versus fetal blood sampling to assess fetal wellbeing in labour -a multi-centre randomised controlled trial'
🔎https://trialsjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13063-022-06794-9
🤱It's #NationalBreastfeedingAwarenessWeek
đź’ˇBreastfeeding 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://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32284077/
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