Friday 21 December 2018 AI is helping babies at risk of brain injury Time is critical for doctors treating newborn babies with suspected brain injuries. The sooner treatments such as whole body cooling can be used, the better the outcomes are likely to be. Doctors rely on the results of EEG brain monitoring to give them [...]
Friday 14 December 2018 Since its establishment through a research Centre award from Science Foundation Ireland, and under the continuous leadership of Professor Geraldine Boylan, the INFANT Centre at UCC has been responsible for a number of innovative breakthroughs that are saving lives and improving outcomes for babies and their families every day, as well [...]
Thursday 29 November 2018 We’ve reached a milestone! The ENRICH team recently reached a significant milestone in the study completing all the 4-month appointments. The Infant Baby Enrichment Research Programme, is better known as ENRICH. The programme - co-funded by Johnson & Johnson and Science Foundation Ireland - is focused on understanding how sleep contributes [...]
Wednesday 28 November 2018 Last Friday, Fáilte Ireland honoured 83 of its leading Conference Ambassadors at a glamourous award ceremony at Christ Church Cathedral. The recipients - from a variety of backgrounds, including academia, medical science, technology, environment, and culture amongst others - were nominated for an award by the Irish conference and meetings industry. [...]
Wednesday 21 November 2018 Our Phd researcher, Sonia Lenehan, was voted the winner of Neon Zone’s I’m a Scientist, Get me out of here! I’m a Scientist is an online STEM engagement event where students chatted and interacted with scientists through online chats and forums. The students then voted for their favourite scientist. Sonia was asked a [...]
Monday 19 November 2018 The world’s largest peanut allergy treatment trial, involving more than 30 Irish children, has found that a new oral treatment can successfully reduce senstivity to peanuts, and offers a real lifeline to those affected by the most common food allergy and the single cause of most food allergy deaths. Through his work as Principal Investigator at the INFANT Centre, Professor of Paediatrics [...]
Wednesday 07 November 2018 INFANT's preterm nutrition team last night received the Health and Social Care Professions Driving Quality and Improvement Award for their BabyGrow Project. The winners were announced at the Inaugural Best Practice and Innovation Awards hosted by the HSE’s Health & Social Care Professions Office in the Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin, on the [...]
Friday 02 November 2018 As published in UCC, College of Medicine and Health "The Research Impact Anthology - Research for a Healthier Future". When babies are born it is usually a joyous occasion. In most cases it goes well, but some babies are born either too soon or very sick. They may not have grown [...]
Wednesday 24 October 2018 Emma Snapes, INFANT’s Biobanking Manager received the National Standards Authority of Ireland award at the NSAI Annual Standards Forum in Dublin. The award was in recognition of Emma’s exceptional dedication to standards development. Emma is the Irish academic representative and International Expert to ISO TC276 for Biotechnology and was instrumental in the [...]
Monday 22 October 2018 INFANT research matters A huge thanks to everyone who contacted us or campaigned to raise awareness about INFANT over the last few weeks. Your generosity and support is extraordinary and we are immensely grateful. We want you to know that the INFANT team is determined to continue delivering high impact [...]