Irish Centre for Fetal and Neonatal Translational Research - Infant
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INFANT is a Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre led by University College Cork, situated in Cork University Maternity Hospital, Ireland. INFANT focuses on making pregnancy and birth safer, fast-tracking research discoveries to the bed-side and cot-side.
INFANT is Ireland's first dedicated perinatal research Centre. INFANT addresses the largely unmet worldwide clinical need for effective screening tests for the most common complications of pregnancy and the most significant problems for newborn babies.
INFANT strives to have fundamental societal impacts by changing the delivery of healthcare and improving outcomes for these vulnerable mothers and their babies.
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Fantastic work from our colleagues in the APC Microbiome Institute
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To celebrate International Clinical Trials Day 2017, our director, Prof Geraldine Boylan took to the stage at the Health Research Board Clinical Research Coordination Ireland conference in Dublin and gave a talk on why paediatric clinical research is so important: "The time has come to protect children through research and not from research"
Birth Becomes Her
Is there anything more incredible.
At the forefront of maternity care and research in Ireland - The Medical Independent
In the lead up to #WorldPreeclampsiaDay, our Prof Kenny on the developments in pre-eclampsia research and ongoing efforts to improve maternity services in Ireland
If I'd known it was preeclampsia, I could have saved my baby's life
#WorldPreeclampsiaDay is in less than 2 weeks! We want to make stories like this one a thing of the past. There is no 'cure' for preeclampsia, so our fantastic Improved researchers are working to predict it. Please join us in spreading the word - knowing the symptoms saves lives #mumsmatter #everybabycounts
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Irish Centre for Fetal and Neonatal Translational Research - Infant
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This month is all about mental health with Green Ribbon campaign - It's so important to start the conversation, to listen and support.... Mind you, and mind your baby's mental health! Some great resources for parents: https://www.zerotothree.org/resources/series/parent-favorites
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Our PI, Dr Deirdre Murray is an invited speaker at the Paediatric Academic Societies meeting in San Fransisco. Some very lively discussions about HIE - lots done, more to do!
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Today is #IDM2017 - International Day of the Midwife! We are proud to work alongside so many incredible midwives doing incredible work at the CUMH and around the country.
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Our Prof Boylan is at the #TechCork2017 summit today describing our work on Babies, Brainwaves and Artificial Intelligence - we have developed the world's first algorithm to detect seizures in infants.
Pandas Foundation (Pre And PostNatal Depression Advice and Support)
#MaternalMHMatters - join the conversation. Because #mumsmatter
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