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INFANT researcher finds link between pregnancy and heart disease

By |2020-11-22T12:38:10+00:00September 24th, 2019|

Tuesday 24 September 2019 Research published today in the journal Circulation has found that women with high blood pressure in pregnancy, including conditions such as preeclampsia, have an increased risk of developing cardiovascular disorders later in life, including [...]

Stryker raise funds for INFANT

By |2020-11-22T12:38:42+00:00September 16th, 2019|

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 [...]

INFANT researchers ‘Stand up for Science’

By |2020-11-22T12:38:59+00:00September 9th, 2019|

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 [...]

INFANT PhD student making science accessible to all

By |2020-11-22T12:39:16+00:00August 22nd, 2019|

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 [...]

Interview with Dr Chris Schwarz

By |2020-11-22T12:39:28+00:00August 14th, 2019|

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 [...]

INFANT research links kidney failure to pre-eclampsia

By |2020-11-22T12:39:50+00:00July 30th, 2019|

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 [...]

Fulbright Award Success for INFANT PI

By |2020-11-22T12:40:28+00:00June 18th, 2019|

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 [...]

INFANT hosts HRB NEPTuNE Study Day

By |2020-11-22T12:40:50+00:00June 13th, 2019|

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 [...]

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