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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
Thursday 11 October 2018 New Research by INFANT PhD candidate, Gwinyai Masukume has been published in Scientific Reports. The work is exploring the association between Caesarean Section (CS) and childhood obesity. Childhood obesity has been linked [...]
Wednesday 10 October 2018 Our research partners, Incereb Ltd, manufacturer of the neon neonatal EEG electrode array, have been aquired by Lifelines Neurodiagnostic Systems, Inc., provider of neurodiagnostic equipment and services. Simon Griffin, CEO of Lifelines, noted, “We have been [...]
Monday 08 October 2018 Our PhD researcher, Rachel Williamson, won a Young Investigator Award from the Preeclampsia Foundation at the ISSHP European Conference in Amsterdam. Eleni Tsiagas of the Preeclampsia Foundation and Rachel Williamson, winner of [...]
Tuesday 02 October 2018 As published in the Irish Examiner: Prof Geraldine Boylan, INFANT co-founder and director, and Professor of Neurophysiology at UCC, says it is vital to continue research into maternal and child health. INFANT is [...]
Monday 01 October 2018 Following an SFI Research Centre programme call for funding, the new proposal of the INFANT Centre at UCC has not been funded at this time but instead has been recommended to proceed [...]
Monday 24 September 2018 Rhodri Cusack is the Thomas Mitchell Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience in Trinity College Dublin, and a world-renowned expert in his field. Prof Geraldine Boylan, Director of the INFANT Centre noted that “The [...]