INFANT Centre News

📢Check out this University College Cork Magazine 'Independent Thinking' article 💡INFANT researcher sarusha pillay  & commercial lead of the #pHetalsafe project explains how this novel technology could potentially revolutionise obstetric care 🔎https://lnkd.in/edZH76At

📢Last week INFANT PI Prof Deirdre Murray was a lead speaker at the UCC Medicine and Health 'from Molecules to people' Research Conference 💡This conference provided a forum where researchers at availed of the opportunity for network building and further collaboration Read more about the event here: https://www.ucc.ie/en/med-health/news/comh-research-conference-from-molecules-to-people.html

📣Check out this paper by INFANT Research Centre & Pregnancy Loss Research Group researchers 💡'Facilitators and barriers influencing weight management behaviours during pregnancy: a meta-synthesis of qualitative research' 🔎Read paper here: https://lnkd.in/ewTGfx2A Tamara Escañuela Sánchez Caroline O'Connor Keelin O'Donoghue Karen Matvienko-Sikar

📢Last week members of the INFANT team attended the @AllergyEaaci School on Nutrition   💡This school focused on the role of nutrition in the prevention and treatment of allergies and asthma   #eaaci #nutrition #allergy #uccresearch

📣Check out Echo Live.ie's coverage of INFANT and Musgrave's recent partnership in #foodallergyresearch 💡'The partnership will advance critical research from University College Cork’s INFANT Research Centre into anaphylaxis management' 🔎 https://lnkd.in/eaPPdzbS

Eoin Brophy is a PhD candidate; his research focuses on developing deep learning methods as a reliable tool to generate and process medical time-series data that adhere to privacy-preserving regulations. Ultimately, this will allow for sharing and disseminating of medical data and, in turn, advancing clinical research in the relevant fields, such as in the NICU. Eoin is passionate about using AI for improved consumer health and patient outcomes and has extensive research expertise in developing machine learning applications and rich time series data solutions. In addition, he successfully developed novel deep learning techniques to generate synthetic physiological data.   In 2017, Eoin received his MEng in Electronic Engineering from Maynooth University and worked as a lecturer for IADT in Electronics and Microcontrollers. Following this, Eoin held a research assistant position in SAP and Insight SFI Research Centre for Data Analytics in 2018. He started his PhD journey in late 2018, working out of DCU School of Computing and INFANT Research Centre.   Eoin recently defended his PhD entitled "Deep Learning-based Signal Processing Approaches for Improved Tracking of Human Health and Behaviour with Wearable Sensors"   The outcomes of his PhD were as follows: · The first contribution lies in forwarding the field of medical time series data generation using recurrent Generative Adversarial Networks. He developed a custom architecture and loss function towards improved physiological [...]

📣Check out this article published by INFANT researchers Dr Juan Truhillo and @caoimhe_cronin   💡'Benefit of educational intervention on Autoinjector Technique for caregivers and paediatric patients with food allergies: A literature review'   🔎https://www.all-imm.com/index.php/aei/article/view/582  

PRESS RELEASE Musgrave, Ireland’s leading food retailer, wholesaler and foodservice company, has collaborated with University College Cork (UCC) to advance allergy education and research. New funding will provide grants to students on the new Allergy and Clinical Immunology Postgraduate Programme at UCC Sponsorship will also fund essential studies into anaphylaxis management In keeping with the Musgrave’s long-standing history of innovation and commitment to supporting communities, this partnership will advance critical research from UCC’s INFANT Centre into anaphylaxis management, which is the management of a severe, potentially life-threatening allergic reactions, in care settings. It will also support the launch of a new online postgraduate programme in Allergy and Clinical Immunology within the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, UCC. Ray Bowe, Head of Food Safety and Quality at Musgrave, said: “At Musgrave, we feed one in three people across Ireland every day. We ensure that the food we supply is of the highest quality and safe for those who enjoy it, and this means the continuous management of allergens is a key cornerstone across our supply chains to the end consumer. Food allergens are a significant health risk to vulnerable consumers, with the rate of allergen sufferers increasing in the developed world over the past 30 years. As a result, we were happy to have the opportunity to support this allergy education and research at UCC and [...]

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Congratulations to post-doctoral Researcher Marita Hennessy for this European Health Psychology Society Herman Schaalma Award for her Health research Board SPHeREprogramme  PhD in 2020!! Marita is a postdoctoral researcher with the Pregnancy Loss Group at INFANT. Prior to joining INFANT in January 2020, Marita was a Health Research Board-funded SPHeRE PhD Scholar within the Health Behaviour Change Research Group at NUI Galway. For her doctoral studies, she examined behavioural interventions delivered by health professionals during the first 1,000 days to prevent childhood obesity. Thesis Title: Obesity prevention during early life: Developing the evidence base to maximise the effectiveness of interventions delivered by health professionals Her research interests include maternal and child health, childhood obesity, health behaviour change, implementation science, commercial determinants of health, health inequalities and men’s health. She is experienced in a range of research methods including qualitative, mixed methods, systematic review, and creative approaches. Prior to commencing her doctoral studies, Marita held research roles with safefood, University College Cork, the Children’s Research Centre-Trinity College Dublin, the National Cancer Registry, and Waterford Institute of Technology. Marita is currently working on the RE:CURRENT study led by Prof Keelin O’Donoghue and funded by the Health Research Board, evaluating recurrent miscarriage (RM) services in Ireland to inform efforts to standardise and improve the quality of these services. Learn more about the RE:CURRENT study here https://www.infantcentre.ie/research/research-studies/recurrent/ Well done Marita, [...]

A big congratulations to INFANT Lead Investigator Mark O 'Sullivan on his recent success in qualifying as a finalist at the Parkview Health and MATTER 2022 Healthy Mom and Baby 3.0 Innovation Competition with the Neurobell project. Neurobell is an Enterprise Ireland-funded commercialization project and team from the INFANT Research Centre at University College Cork. Neurobell is developing a novel medical device for early detection and monitoring of seizures in newborns. Their pocket-sized and wireless EEG monitor provides bedside staff with easy-to-use EEG and automated alerts for seizures in real time. Launched in May 2022, the Parkview Health and MATTER 2022 Healthy Mom and Baby 3.0 Innovation Competition challenges innovators to submit innovative solutions to help improve access to care and management of chronic conditions for mothers, infants and children. The four finalists will participate in a two-month virtual accelerator where they will continue to build and test their solutions with leaders from Parkview Health, MATTER and Management Performance Hub. On November 10, 2022, the finalists will pitch their solutions to a community of healthcare professionals, Parkview leaders and outside investors for potential pilot and funding opportunities. All teams who participate in the final pitch day will receive a six-month global membership at MATTER. Best of luck in the final Mark!!

PhD student & ICAT Programme fellow Dr Cathal O’Connor has been selected by the executive board of the European Society of Paediatric Dermatology as a Future Leader in Paediatric Dermatology. He was presented with his certificate by ESPD president, Prof Veronica Kinsler, at the recent annual ESPD meeting in Munich, Germany. What is the Future Leaders Programme? The Future Leaders Programme is a three-year rolling programme to attract and support the careers of trainee/resident doctors who are interested in Paediatric Dermatology. Three positions will be available each year from 2021. What does the Future Leaders Programme give to successful applicants? Membership of the ESPD for three years Registration to the ESPD annual congress for three years Mentorship sessions from a senior ESPD mentor for three years Oral presentation at the ESPD congress in the first or second year of the programme ESPD Future Leaders lecture in the final year of the programme Organised networking sessions with other Future Leaders Programme members

🎉Everyone at the @infantcentre would like to wish a Happy #InternationalNeonatalNursesDay to all our beloved NICU nurses❤️   🙌You do an amazing job everyday & without you neonatology wouldn’t be the same!🥰A special thanks to the brilliant nurses working at #CUMH   @CUH_Cork