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 Lenehan and Mary Anne Ryan.  The prestigious event, which took place between 14-18 September, featured an exciting scientific programme with contributions from leading international speakers.  Taking place online, the Congress investigated topics such as neurology, perinatal practices and [...]

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 Research Council on 25th August 2021.     Caroline, who is a Principal Clinical Biochemist in Cork University Hospital, received the prestigious scholarship for her research into biomarker discovery for the diagnosis, management and treatment of women with Gestational Trophoblastic Disease (GTD). She was one of [...]

Infant’s Professor Keelin O’Donoghue - https://www.ucc.ie/en/obsgyn/staff/keelin/  - has co-authored a report that aims to develop and improve perinatal bereavement care across all of Ireland’s Maternity units. Read/Download the report (PDF) here -  https://www.infantcentre.ie/2021/08/18/hse-national-standards-for-bereavement-care-report/ Compiled by Prof O'Donoghue, [...]

Friday 19 June 2020 Here at the INFANT Research Centre, we specialise in the science of babies brains! The brain develops more in the first five years than at any other stage of our life. The [...]

Friday 12 June 2020 INFANT PhD student Mark O’Sullivan has won the top prize at Enterprise Ireland's Student Entrepreneur Awards 2020 for his Neurobell medical device. Mark was one of 10 finalists participating in the virtual [...]

Tuesday 09 June 2020 Researchers at INFANT  have received funding for a pilot project that aims to reduce the number of hospital check-up visits for pregnant women during the COVID-19 pandemic. With funding from Science Foundation [...]