INFANT Director, Prof Geraldine Boylan wins prestigious award

By |2023-09-05T15:36:11+01:00August 31st, 2023|

Geraldine Boylan, Professor of Neonatal Physiology, Department of Paediatrics & Child Health, University College Cork and Director of the INFANT Research Centre was awarded the 2023 Tom Connor Distinguished Investigator Award from Neuroscience Ireland.

Professor Boylan was presented the prestige award at the Royal College of Surgeons Ireland (RCSI) during the annual Neuroscience Ireland conference. This conference brings together an international audience of neuroscience researchers, clinicians, and industrial partners to share knowledge and expertise, fostering the advancement of excellence in neuroscience research within Ireland.

The NSI Distinguished Investigator Award is presented every two years to an exceptional research scientist from Ireland or based on the island of Ireland who has made an exceptional contribution to the field of neuroscience. This award is given in memory of the former President of Neuroscience Ireland, Tom O’ Connor, who passed away in 2013.

Accepting the award, Professor Boylan said: “I am very honoured and humbled to receive the Tom Connor Distinguished Investigator Award from Neuroscience Ireland. This recognition for neonatal neuroscience represents the collective efforts and hard work of the research team at INFANT over many years and I am truly grateful.”

Professor John Cryan, UCC Vice President for Research and Innovation at UCC, and recipient of the award in 2017 said: “Congratulations to Professor Geraldine Boylan on receiving this prestigious award, a testament to her dedication and expertise in neuroscience research. Professor Boylan’s remarkable achievements in neuroscience exemplify the spirit of innovation that drives our institution’s research ambitions. It is also fitting to see someone of Professor Boylan’s calibre hold this award in the name of Professor Tom Connor, one of Ireland’s exceptional scientists who passed away far too soon.”

 

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INFANT Researchers Contribution to PAS 2022 Meeting

By |2022-04-20T12:04:25+01:00April 20th, 2022|

INFANT is delighted to be involved in the PAS 2022 Meeting in Denver 21-25 April.

Members of the INFANT team will join thousands of physicians, researchers, and Allied health professionals from 60 + specialty areas as they come together to share research, explore new collaboratives, and experience the best the paediatric research community has to offer.

Professor Geraldine Boylan and Professor Deirdre Murray are giving invited talks while other members of the INFANT team will be presenting oral and poster presentations.

 

See a list of INFANT speakers and schedule of presentations below:

 

Geraldine B. Boylan, PhD

Professor of Neonatal Physiology
University College Cork

Director of the Infant Research Centre, University College Cork

Presentation(s):

  • Making the Most of Neonatal Brain Monitoring

Sunday, April 24, 2022
11:35 AM – 11:50 AM US MT

  • Role of EEG and machine learning algorithms

Sunday, April 24, 2022
1:25 PM – 1:35 PM US MT

 

Deirdre M. Murray, MB BAO BcH FRCPI FPAEDPhD

Chair of the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health
University College Cork

Presentation(s):

  • Clinical importance of long term follow up

Sunday, April 24, 2022
1:15 PM – 1:25 PM US MT

 

Eugene Dempsey, FRCPI

Horgan Chair in Neonatology
University College Cork

Poster(s):

  • 463 – Early cerebral desaturation events in extremely preterm infants are associated with intraventricular haemorrhage in the first week of life

Sunday, April 24, 2022

3:30 PM – 6:00 PM US MT

 

Aisling A. Garvey, MB BCh BAO MRCPI

Neonatal Neurology Fellow
Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Infant Research Centre, University College Cork

Presentation(s):

  • Serial MRI facilitates early detection of White Matter Injury in Preterm infants (Poster Board 4)

Sunday, April 24, 2022
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM US MT

Poster(s):

  • 352 – Multi-modal Monitoring of Infants with Hypoxic-Ischaemic Encephalopathy and Prediction of Short-term Outcome.

Monday, April 25, 2022

3:30 PM – 6:00 PM US MT

 

Roberto Chioma, MD

Clinical Fellow
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Infant Research Centre, University College Cork

Poster(s):

  • Development of a Lung UltraSound Targeted Recruitment (LUSTR) protocol to improve the outcome in critically-ill neonates undergoing mechanical ventilation (Poster Board 3)

Saturday, April 23, 2022
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM US MT

 

David B. Healy

Research Fellow
University College Cork

Poster(s):

  • 188 – Agreement of Cardiac Output Estimates between Electrical Cardiometry and Transthoracic Echocardiography in Very Preterm Infants

Saturday, April 23, 2022

3:30 PM – 6:00 PM US MT

  • 219 – Electrical Cardiometry in the transitional Period is not associated with short-term Outcome in Very Preterm Infants

Saturday, April 23, 2022

3:30 PM – 6:00 PM US MT

  • 369 – Thoracic fluid content as measured by bioimpedance is not associated with respiratory outcome or death in very preterm infants

Monday, April 25, 2022

3:30 PM – 6:00 PM US MT

 

Mark O’Sullivan, PhD

Lead Investigator
Infant Research Centre, University College Cork

Poster(s):

544 – Neurobell: Portable EEG Monitoring with On-Board AI for Neonatal Seizure Detection

Friday, April 22, 2022

6:15 PM – 8:45 PM US MT

 

Learn more about the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS)

and more about PAS 2022 Meeting

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IWD 2022: Celebrating The Achievements of Our Female Research Team

By |2022-03-08T10:56:18+00:00March 8th, 2022|

On this International Women’s Day, we are delighted to celebrate the achievements of UCC female researchers based at the INFANT Research Centre, by demonstrating leadership in research that is transforming the future of maternal and child healthcare.

Led by Director Professor Geraldine Boylan, INFANT is answering the international need for research and innovation to improve health outcomes across the continuum of pregnancy, infancy and childhood.

Here are just examples of their work:

INFANT spin out company, Liltoda, led by Professor Deirdre Murray in collaboration with Hello Games, a global gaming company, is harnessing the power of innovative gaming technology to assess cognitive function in young children. This technology was developed by the team at INFANT and is now being rolled out across the world.

Dr. Jane English is leading a transformative study that aims to identify biomarkers in the blood (e.g. proteins or metabolites) that predict the onset of severe childhood autism. Early prediction will help support early intervention, improvements in health outcomes and enhance the quality of life of children with severe autism, and their families.

Professor Geraldine Boylan has led the world’s first clinical trial of an automated seizure detection device for newborn infants, a device which was developed by researchers at INFANT in UCC.  This technology was recently commercialised and launched in Ireland and Japan by industry partner Nihon Kohden, a Tokyo based global leader in patient monitoring technology.

Prof Mairead Kiely, Dr. Elaine McCarthy and Dr. Áine Hennessy’s are the team of female researchers leading the way internationally in maternal and child nutrition research. This team are tackling problems such as iron deficiency in pregnancy and childhood, assessing iodine status in pregnancy and have developed novel technology to support a personalised nutrition approach for preterm infants in the intensive care unit.

Dr. Mairead O’Riordan, a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist, is leading recruitment to a clinical trial at Cork University Maternity Hospital that investigates the use of low-dose aspirin therapy for the improvement of pregnancy outcomes in women with diabetes.

Professor Keelin O’Donoghue leads pregnancy loss research at INFANT and is working closely with many stakeholders to increase awareness of pregnancy loss, to encourage more effective services/supports within the health care system and to ensure this research leads to the implementation of healthcare policy changes.

These are just some of the 53 female researchers based at INFANT who are dedicated to improving health outcomes for pregnant women, infants, and children.

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INFANT Researchers Contribute to International Newborn Brain Conference

By |2022-02-15T09:50:35+00:00February 15th, 2022|

Professor Geraldine Boylan and Professor Deirdre Murray, alongside Ph.D candidates Minoo Ashoori and Dr Aisling Garvey, presented INFANT’s cutting edge research in areas such as neonatal sleep and neonatal encephalopathy at the International Newborn Brain Conference.

The annual International Newborn Brain Conference sees a host of acclaimed researchers from leading North American and European institutions explore new ways of understanding, monitoring, protecting and treating the newborn brain.

Now in its 13th year, the conference provides continuing medical education to multidisciplinary professionals working to improve the neurological and developmental health outcomes of premature and high-risk newborns.

The prestigious conference took place between February 9-12 and saw both Professor Boylan and Professor Murray included among the list of globally renowned invited speakers.

Both Professor Boylan and Professor Murray were also members of the organising committee for the conference, they moderated panels and presentations, took part in debates and presented papers at what was a hugely engaging and incredibly successful conference.

Learn more about the International Newborn Brain Conference.

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