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WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY – Infant Mental Health
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 first 1,000 days of life are vital as the brain and biological pathways formed during this time can affect physical and mental health for the rest of a babies life. During pregnancy and infancy, it is obvious how physically reliant babies are on their parents and caregivers. They are socially and emotionally connected to us in so many fascinating ways. The way we interact with babies and infants shapes their brain development. Infant Mental Health is the term used to describe the ability of a child to form close relationships with those around them like mum and dad, siblings and grandparents, to understand and express their emotions and to explore and learn about their environment around them. When one hears the phrase ‘infant mental health’, there may be a tendency to be concerned that is it connected with mental illness and be puzzled as to how the term mental health could be associated with the stage of infancy. Babies are like scientists, exploring the world around them by sending out messages to see what happens, how things work, and where they fit in! They serve the ball and wait for us to return [...]
WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY
🧠It's #WorldMentalHealthDay 📚At INFANT we have conducted research into Maternal Mental Health 💡'The CATePILLaR Study assesses the impact of COVID and associated restrictions on maternal mental health' 🔎Find out more about The CATePILLaR Study here: https://www.infantcentre.ie/research/catepillar/
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📢INFANT Research Centre at the European Academy of Paediatrics Congress in Barcelona 🗣️PhD Scholar Daragh O'Boyle presents: 💡'Identifying autism biomarkers: a machine learning study in the Danish national birth cohort' 🔎Find out more about the #EAPS Congress here: https://eaps2022.kenes.com/scientific-programme/
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📢INFANT Research Centre at the European Academy of Paediatrics Congress in Barcelona 🗣️Prof Eugene Dempsey is an invited speaker at the '3350 - ESPR Session 56: Cord clamping (ID 211)' 🔎Find out more about the #EAPS here: https://eaps2022.kenes.com/scientific-programme/
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📢INFANT Research Centre at the European Academy of Paediatrics Congress in Barcelona 🗣️INFANT PI Prof Deirdre Murray chairs: 💡'ESPR Young Investigators Presentations' 💡'ESPR Session 51: Global health in paediatrics' 💡'Interdisciplinary Session 23: How to we achieve the holy grail of work-life balance?' 🔎Find out more about #EAPS here: https://eaps2022.kenes.com/scientific-programme/
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📢INFANT Research Centre at the European Academy of Paediatrics Congress in Barcelona 🗣️PhD Scholar Dr Carol Stephens presents: 💡'Postnatal epilepsy following EEG confirmed neonatal seizures' 💡'Use of a machine learining algorithm in the early prediction of HIE in infants' 💡'Feasibility of early EEG monitoring in the paediatric emergency department setting' 🔎Find out more about the #EAPS Congress here: https://eaps2022.kenes.com/scientific-programme/
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📢INFANT Research Centre at the European Academy of Paediatrics Congress, PhD Scholar Aisling Noone 🗣️Aisling presented her '#proteomics biomarker findings for #Autism in the Cork Baseline Cohort' 🔎Find out more about the #EAPS Congress here: https://eaps2022.kenes.com/scientific-programme/
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📢 INFANT Research Centre at The European Academy of Paediatrics Congress in Barcelona , Dr Brian Walsh 🗣️Dr Walsh chairs 'Educational Symposium - Management of mild hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy (ESPR)' 🔎Find out more about the #EAPS Congress here: https://eaps2022.kenes.com/scientific-programme/
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📢Next up this morning for THE INFANT Research Centre at the European Academy of Paediatrics Congress in Barcelona , Prof Geraldine Boylan 🗣️Prof Boylan is an invited speaker at the 'Educational Symposium - Management of mild hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy' 🔎Find out more about the #EAPS Congress here: https://eaps2022.kenes.com/scientific-programme/
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📢First up this morning for the INFANT Research Centre at the European Academy of Paediatrics Congress in Barcelona, PI Prof Deirdre Murray 🗣️Prof Murray is an invited speaker at the 'Educational Symposium - Navigation in long-term outcome assessment' 🔎Find out more about the #EAPS Congress here: https://eaps2022.kenes.com/scientific-programme/
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📢Up next for the INFANT Research Centre at the European Academy of Paediatrics Congress in Barcelona, PI Dr Juan Enrique Trujillo Wurttele 🗣️Dr Trujillo chairs 'Spanish Paediatric Association Session 40: Vascular malformations' 🔎Find out more about the #EAPS Congress here: https://eaps2022.kenes.com/scientific-programme/
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📢Up again for INFANT Research Centre at the European Academy of Paediatrics Congress, PI Prof Eugene Dempsey 🗣️ Prof Dempsey chairs ' ESPR Session 27: Optimizing therapeutics in preterm infants' 🔎Find out more about the EAPS Congress here: https://lnkd.in/eJFxRHz2
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📢Next for the INFANT Research Centre at the European Academy of Paediatrics Congress in Barcelona, PhD Scholar Mary Anne Ryan 🗣️Mary Anne Ryan chairs 'ESPR Session 25: New focus of Family-Centred Care' 🔎Find out more about the EAPS Congress here: https://eaps2022.kenes.com/scientific-programme/
PI Prof Gene Dempsey attends EAPS Congress
📢Next up for INFANT @EAPSCongress PI Prof Gene Dempsey 🗣️ @DempseyGene chairs 'Interdisciplinary Session 01: Finding a scientific basis for paediatric medicine' 🔎Find out more about the @EAPaediatrics Congress here: https://eaps2022.kenes.com/scientific-programme/
PI Prof Deirdre Murray presents at EAPS Congress
📢First up of the INFANT Research Centre team at European Academy of Paediatrics Congress is PI Prof Deirdre Murray 🗣️ Prof Murray presents 'Big data and machine learning for the prediction of outcome: potential and pitfalls' 🔎Find out more about the EAPS Congress here: https://eaps2022.kenes.com/plenary-speakers/
New paper published by Pregnancy Loss Research Group
📣Check out this new paper by INFANT & @PregnancyLossIE researchers 💡'How we define #RecurrentMiscarriage matters: A qualitative exploration of the views of people with professional or lived experience' 🔎Read full paper here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/hex.13607
#WorldCerebralPalsyDay
It's #WorldCerebralPalsyDay At INFANT we have conducted research into Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy - brain injury due to lack of oxygen that can result in a cerebral palsy diagnosis A study led by PI Prof Deirdre Murray could improve how doctors diagnose the condition Learn about the results of this research here: https://www.infantcentre.ie/2019/01/07/infant-research-identifies-biomarkers-to-detect-brain-injury-in-newborns/
New paper published by Prof Keelin O’Donghue
📣New paper by INFANT Research Centre Principal Investigator Prof Keelin O'Donoghue, Deirdre Murphy, Prof. Declan Devane, eleanor molloy, Fiona Boland, et. al. 💡'Digital fetal scalp stimulation versus fetal blood sampling to assess fetal wellbeing in labour -a multi-centre randomised controlled trial: Fetal Intrapartum Randomised Scalp Stimulation Trial' 🔎Read paper here: https://lnkd.in/evFFBcFG
National Breastfeeding Awareness Week
🤱It's #NationalBreastfeedingAwarenessWeek 💡Breastfeeding is recommended, where possible, because it has many health benefits for mum and baby 🔎Check out these papers by INFANT researchers to know more: https://lnkd.in/eVjde8Qs 📑https://lnkd.in/eDbYPEhZ Health Service Executive University College Cork Mairead Kiely Geraldine Boylan Alan Irvine MD DSc Deirdre Murray Eugene Dempsey Sonia Lenehan Vicki Livingstone Leanna Fogarty Teresa Berkery
Call for Participants #TheMILESTONEstudy
📢Do you know someone who has been pregnant with non-identical twins in <18 months ago? 💡INFANT Research Centre and Pregnancy Loss Research Group PhD Scholar Caroline O'Connor would like to speak with people about their antenatal care experiences to inform improvement efforts #TheMILESTONEstudy Irish Research Council NPEC National Perinatal Epidemiology Centre University College Cork UCC Medicine and Health UCC Innovation UCC Alumni and Development Cork University Hospitals Group
INFANT is at the International Child Neurology Congress 2022
📢INFANT Research Centre is at the International Child Neurology Congress 2022 💡The International Child Neurology Association are dedicated to promoting education & research in child neurology 🗣️Prof Geraldine Boylan is attending this congress as an invited speaker discussing 'Neonatal seizures:new horizons' 🔎Check out the full list of speakers and talks here: https://lnkd.in/eE5Snn9q
INFANT Lead Investigator Dr Simon Woodworth
Meet INFANT Lead Investigator Dr Simon Woodworth. Simon is a lecturer in Business Information Systems in Cork University Business School. He teaches technical topics such as programming, software development and mobile application development. Simon’s main research interests are: Connected Health in both community and hospital settings, in developed and developing countries. He is particularly interested in how improvements in patient outcomes can be brought about by replacing paper-based systems with electronic ones. Other areas of research which interest Simon include how information systems influence patient care pathways; how decision support systems and business intelligence influence patient care and care management; how disruptive low – cost technologies can be used in resource limited environments and information systems cybersecurity. Simon is currently involved in the following INFANT projects The KILIMANJARO COALESCE project, which aims to implement an electronic birth registry in the Kilimanjaro region, thus providing data to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality in the medium term. Providing technical resources to the CODALIFE SFI proposal. Providing technical assistance to the Conect4Children(C4C) project. Reusing the LEANBH technology platform for the C-CAMHS project. Investigating the use of smartphones for urinalysis. "I have been involved in INFANT as a researcher for over eight years. Working here has always been hugely rewarding as the research is high impact with a measurable effect on the care of women and infants. I am thrilled [...]
UCC Magazine ‘Independent Thinkning’ article on pHetalSafe
📢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
INFANT at the’from Molecules to People’ Research Conference
📢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
PhD Profile: Dr Aisa Shayo
Doctor Researcher: Aisa Shayo Aisa is pursuing a PhD in the area of improved care for premature babies in order to reduce neonatal mortality caused by Preterm deliveries which is among the top three causes of death in neonates. Aisa is a Paediatrician working in Tanzania at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center (KCMC) which is a consultant hospital in Northern Tanzania. She is also a lecturer at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College (KCMUCO). She supervises and teaches diploma students, Medical doctor students (MD) and Masters students (MMED). She also provides supervision on research thesis for MD four and Masters students. She is also involved in several board member committee both at the hospital and university college as well. She is current head of department of Paediatrics both at the hospital and university College. Aisa's planned thesis is titled: THE IMPACT, PERCEPTION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF KMC AT THE NEONATAL UNIT AMONG HCWs AND MOTHERS OF PREMATURE NEONATES AT KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL CENTER, NORTHERN TANZANIA Study Aim: · What is the impact of KMC at neonatal unit of zonal consultant hospital in northern Tanzania? · What is the perception and implementation of KMC by the mothers and health care providers from zonal consultant hospital? The Objectives of the study are: 1. To determine the timing of death and factors associated with mortality in all preterm neonates born between [...]