Thursday 19 September 2019 New research by our Sphere Programme PhD candidate, Gillian Maher and team, has been published in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry today. The work is exploring the association between preeclampsia and preeclampsia coupled with small gestational age (SGA), and autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This study is the largest epidemiological study to [...]
Monday 16 September 2019 A special thank-you to Marcus, Steven and all the team at Stryker who kindly donated €1, 231 from a recent fundraising event. The event in question was a penalty shoot-out, and by all accounts, was highly competitive! When asked why the team chose INFANT as the lucky recipient of the funds, Steven [...]
Monday 09 September 2019 Last Friday, INFANT had the pleasure of hosting Cork's first ever 'Standing up for Science' workshop. Standing up for Science is a programme created by the team at Sense about Science, a charity empowering the public to critically analyse evidence supporting scientific claims and discoveries. Over 45 Early Career Researchers from [...]
Thursday 22 August 2019 Last November, Our PhD researcher, Sonia Lenehan, was voted the winner of Neon Zone’s I’m a Scientist, Get me out of here! Sonia won €500 to be used for a public engagement project of her choice. I’m a Scientist is an online STEM engagement event where students chatted and interacted with scientists through online chats and [...]
Wednesday 14 August 2019 Christoph Schwarz has recently joined INFANT as a visiting clinical research fellow. Get to know him a bit better! Background I’m a Paediatrician and Neonatologist from Tuebingen in Germany where I did my training at the University of Tuebingen in Germany – in a very old nice university city like UCC [...]
Tuesday 30 July 2019 INFANT research finds pre-eclampsia increases risk of kidney disease. Women with pre-eclampsia during pregnancy have a five-fold increased risk of end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) later in life compared to women who don’t develop pre-eclampsia during pregnancy, according to a new study. Pre-eclampsia is a pregnancy complication that causes high blood pressure [...]
Monday 24 June 2019 One of INFANTs biggest supporters was among those conferred with an honorary doctorate at UCC earlier this month. The conferment of an honorary degree is one of the highest honours bestowed on and received by a person in Ireland. Honorary graduates are selected carefully to recognise outstanding distinction in their chosen [...]
Tuesday 18 June 2019 The Secretary General of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Niall Burgess and Chargé d’affaires of the U.S. Embassy in Ireland, Mr Reece Smyth, are pleased to announce 36 Fulbright Irish Awardees for 2019-2020. Recipients were presented with Awards at a ceremony in Dublin Castle on Friday. Academics, professionals and students [...]
Thursday 13 June 2019 Guest post by Beth Corcoran INFANT was host to HRB NEPTuNE’s third Study Day last Thursday June 6th. Scholars, Tim Hurley, Megan Dibble and Chelo del Rosario travelled to Cork to participate in the day’s workshops and presentations. As always, our Study Day schedule aspires to provide our scholars with an [...]
Tuesday 07 May 2019 Newborn babies in Tanzania die at a rate of 40 per 1000, a shocking 4% of all births. INFANT PI, Dr Deirdre Murray is raising money to send experienced nurses and doctors from Cork University Hospital to spend time with the staff in Kilimanjaro and to work with them to provide [...]