Tuesday 03 January 2017 Low Deficiency INFANT researchers have shown that Vitamin D deficiency is low in Irish toddlers. In comparision with figures for Irish adults, a small percentage of two year olds are deficient. However, the study shows that Vitamin D intake remains lower than international recommendations. Low Intake The average vitamin D intake was 3.5 µg per day. 96% of [...]
Thursday 22 December 2016 Consultant Obstetricians have their say on Twitter: #wearedelivering the maternity service On 12 Dec, the Irish Times published an opinion article entitled "Ireland’s Maternity Services: An Ongoing Horror Story" In response, 26 female Obstetricians & Gynaecologists came together, writing letters to the Irish Times about the woman-centered care they deliver and defending the maternity services. [...]
Tuesday 20 December 2016 Fundraising for mums and babies On 11 November, Women's Fitness Plus Gym hosted a fundraising fashion show. This incredible night, hosted in the Women's Fitness Plus bespoke studio, was all in aid of the research in the INFANT Centre. Incredible Generosity Women's Fitness Cork presented the INFANT Centre with a huge €2,553 raised by the [...]
Monday 19 December 2016 INFANT Awards 2016 The inaugural INFANT Awards 2016, held in the main auditorium Cork Maternity Hospital, showcased the incredible talent, teamwork and commitment to innovation which makes the work of the INFANT centre possible. Dr. Niamh Shaw: "Walking (Slowly) Towards Space" Engineer, scientist and performer Dr Niamh Shaw gave an opening talk [...]
Wednesday 14 December 2016 HIE and Therapeutic Hypothermia Research at the INFANT centre is focused on developing new ways to help mothers and babies. One of the treatment options being studied by our researchers is therapeutic hypothermia. When babies are deprived of oxygen or blood flow around the time of birth, this may result in a [...]
Wednesday 30 November 2016 Presenter Anne-Marie Tomchak, UK editor of Mashable, returned home to Ireland determined to explore a world where our digital fingerprints are being captured and applied in all areas of modern life. In INFANT, she met with our directors Prof. Louise Kenny and Prof. Geraldine Boylan to explore how INFANT uses big data to help make pregnancy [...]
Wednesday 26 October 2016 Researchers from the INFANT Centre are presenting their work at the International Society for the Study of Hypertension in Pregnancy XX World Congress in São Paulo, Brazil. Our director, Prof Louise Kenny gave a keynote address, Dr. Ali Khashan gave two oral presentations and Amy Aherne gave an early bird lecture [...]
Monday 24 October 2016 The wonderful Womens Fitness Gym are holding their second ever Fashion show on Friday 11 Nov in aid of The Irish Centre for Fetal and Neonatal Translation Research in the CUMH. There will be fantastic shops/Boutiques on board such as Verso & Quiz Clothing from Douglas Court Shopping Centre, Arcade Midleton, Butterfly Ladies Fashion Boutique [...]
Monday 24 October 2016 We are very proud of our team of INFANT Researchers who are presenting the work carried out at the INFANT Centre at the European Academy of Paediatrics Meeting in Geneva, Switzerland. Every single person attending from INFANT has either an invited talk, a platform presentation or a poster, some have more than one [...]
Tuesday 18 October 2016 The Wellcome-HRB ICAT Fellowship Programme is open for applications. Integrated with postgraduate medical training, ICAT will support 4 years of academic training at the beginning of higher specialist training (HST) or equivalent, with clinical and academic mentoring until completion of PhD and CCST/CCT. ICAT now seeks to appoint the first [...]