Research Studies

Read about INFANT's world-leading research studies.

Maternal Research Studies

AI4LIFEII

Artificial Intelligence for Fetal Wellbeing II.
⇒ Elevate programme.

ACHIEVE

Structured evaluation and implementation of a national perinatal mortality review tool for Ireland.

IDEA

Iron Deficiency Assessment for protection of the newborn brain.

IMPROvED ⊗

IMproved Pregnancy Outcomes by Early Detection; personalized medicine for pregnant women: novel metabolomic and proteomic biomarkers to detect pre-eclampsia and improve outcome

LINDA-FAMILIA

Scale up a digital health systems across East Africa for maternal and child health

Opt-I-Mum

Prediction of At-Risk Pregnancies and Sentinel Perinatal Events Associated with Perinatal Death, Early Brain Injury and Cerebral Palsy.

MILESTONE

Multiple pregnancy: An investigation of the risk factors and outcomes in the Republic of Ireland.

pHetalSafe

A minimally invasive, real-time fetal monitoring device for the detection & prevention of perintal hypoxia.

PREDICT

Prediction of At-Risk Pregnancies and Sentinel Perinatal Events Associated with Perinatal Death, Early Brain Injury and Cerebral Palsy.

⇒ Elevate programme.

Long term follow up of women affected by preeclampsia

An investigation of the long-term impact of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy on maternal health, and exploration of optimal models of follow-up care for affected women in Ireland.

Prioritising Pregnancy Loss at Political & Policy Level

1) Establish and all-party Oireachtas Interest Group on Pregnancy &INFANT Loss. 2) Conduct policy & political discourse analysis

The Coronial Investigation into Perinatal Deaths

The Coronial Investigation into Perinatal Deaths – Impacts on Coroners, Bereaved Parents, Healthcare Professionals and The Community.

Newborn Research Studies

ACUMEN

Acute High Dose Melatonin for Encephalopathy of the Newborn.

AI4NICU

Intelligent physiological monitoring of preterm infants to predict brain injury associated with CP and confirmed CP in the first days after birth.
⇒ Elevate programme.

ANSeR ⊗

The Algorithm for Neonatal Seizure Recognition Study

CANDIDATE

Clinical And Neurophysiological Detection In Asphyxiated Neonates, Aimed at Determining an Accurate Selection for Hypothermic Treatment in the Early Neonatal Period.

COOLPrime

Comparative Effectiveness for Cooling Prospectively Infants with Mild Encephalopathy.

EDI-CPI

Early Detection and Intervention of CP in Ireland.

DiFuSE

Assessment of Diastolic Function during the Transitional Period and Infancy using Serial Echocardiography in Neonates.

ETAPA

Randomised Placebo-Controlled Trial of Early Targeted Treatment of Patent Ductus Arteriosus with Paracetamol in Extremely Low Birth Weight Infant.

FOOTPRINTS

A study to find how well OHB-607 works and how safe it is compared to standard neonatal care in premature babies with bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD).

Newborn Brain Test (NBT) ⊗

CergenX Feasibility & Pivotal Study of NBT: Assessment of Newborn Brain Function using automated AI assessment.

GIRAFFE

Generating Intervals of Reference FFor Early Life Brain Biomarkers.

Hi-LO

Does the use of higher versus lower oxygen concentration improve neurodevelopmental outcomes at 18-24 months in very low birthweight infants?

PREMI-NIRS

Predictive Machine Learning Models for Brain Injury in Extremely Preterm Infants.

PROMETEUS

Prometeus and the “social culture of prematurity”: from a new model of metabolic homeostasis to the creation of the first prematurity archive.

SOPHIE

School-aged Outcomes Post Hypoxic Ischaemic Encephalopathy.

Treocapa LT

Long Term follow up observational study, assessing neurodevelopment at 2 years of age for children that were enrolled on the CTIMP Treocapa.

Child Health Research Studies

AIM-HIGH

Assessing Intellectual and Motor outcomes in High Risk infants.

⇒ Elevate programme.

BASELINE ⊗

Babies After SCOPE: Evaluating the Longitudinal Impact using Neurological and Nutritional Impact

CArla

Children with Allergies on the Ladders.

Enhance

Establishing Natural History in an Advanced New Cystic Fibrosis Care Era.

ENIGMA (Ethereal) ⊗

Environmental influence on mental illness via modifications of genomes and metabolomes in adolescents with Autism.

Glycaemic Control and the Microbiome

Environmental influence on mental illness via modifications of genomes and metabolomes in adolescents with Autism.

Imagine

Imaging Morphea: Advancements for DiaGnosis and INtensive Evaluation.

Kadic

Assessing healthcare workers’ knowledge of eczema/atopic dermatitis diagnosis and first line.

Mapping Early Intervention

Mapping Early Intervention Services in Ireland for ‘High-Risk’ Children.

Microbiome in Acute Stage

Microbiome in Acute Stage of New Onset Paediatric Type 1D.

Nitro

Non-Invasive Thermal measurements preceding allergic Reactions during routine Oral food challenges.

PAMS

Non-Invasive Thermal measurements preceding allergic Reactions during routine Oral food challenges.

Preventing adolescent gambling in Ireland – an emerging public health problem

Secondary Data Analysis of the Planet Youth West of Ireland 2024 dataset which contains up-to-date information on 5,000 teenagers.

TEAAM ⊗

Telemedicine as an Educational tool for caregivers regarding Auto-injectors and Anaphylaxis.

TRAPEDS 2

Tralokinumab in combination with topical corticosteroids for children and infants (age 6 months to <12 years) with moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis.

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