INFANT is delighted to be heading to the 17th International Newborn Brain Conference (INBBC) from 8-10 Feb in Naples🧠
👉 Interested in learning more about the conference?https://www.mcascientificevents.eu/inbbc/welcome/
Interested to learn more about the new Horizon Europe–funded LINDA-FAMILIA project?
In Nov '25, the project team came together in Istanbul for the official kick-off meeting which brought together 30+ participants from the project’s global consortium
Read more⬇️
www.infantcentre.ie/2026/01/19/l...
📢 Publication Alert!
📰 "Breath-by-breath lung gas volume detection using GASMAS in a neonatal mannequin" Pediatric Research
The paper is available at this link: doi.org/10.1038/s413...
🙌 Join us in congratulating Dr Elizabeth Bodunde for successfully defending her PhD.
🔎Elizabeth investigated how pregnancy and birth complications are experienced by mothers, and how these experiences can affect women’s mental health beyond the immediate postpartum period.
Well done👏
🗞️ New research projects in the areas of clinical risk prediction & gestational trophoblastic disease
👋 Officially welcoming Dr Barbara Burke & Dr Aoife Corcoran to the team!
🔗 www.ucc.ie/en/pregnancy...
@keelinodonoghue.bsky.social @carolinemjoyce.bsky.social @infantcentreucc.bsky.social @ucc.ie
"New University College Cork Research Links Iron Deficiency in Mothers During Early Pregnancy to Lower Language and Motor Skills at Age Two" - Highlighted in The Irish Times.
📰 Read more in The Irish Times:
www.irishtimes.com/health/2025/...
A busy but fantastic few days at the #jENsCongress connecting with a global #neonatology and #paediatric community of experts, sharing knowledge, and shaping the future of care for our tiniest patients. 💜
🏆 MASSIVE CONGRATULATIONS to Mark O'Sullivan, CEO and Co-founder of University College Cork and INFANT Research Centre spin-out company NeuroBell who was awarded the Enterprise Ireland High-Potential Start-Up (HPSU) Founder of the Year for 2025! 👏
www.infantcentre.ie/2025/10/17/e...
"UCC launches Irelands first Pregnancy Loss Support Policy for University staff"
The policy aims to provide employees with dedicated leave, resources & support they need following a pregnancy loss under 23 weeks informed by findings from the #PLACES project
👉 Read more: www.ucc.ie/en/news/2025...
NU25 - Day 2
'Optimising early childhood outcomes for children with developmental disabilities in diverse settings'
Professor @callytann.bsky.social
Register 👉https://bit.ly/NeonatalUpdate25
@lshtm.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk @infantcentreucc.bsky.social @imperialmed.bsky.social
#newbornbrainhealth
🤝 What an inspiring few days at the 19th #ECCN
INFANT, UCC research was showcased throughout the conference with poster and oral presentations and our Director, Prof Boylan, was proud to deliver the Opening Lecture: “Baby Brainwaves: Neonatal EEG Monitoring in the NICU in the 21st Century”
🌍INFANT at the Neonatal Stroke Conference in Utrecht.
With a poster presentation:
🧠 “Blood-Based Biomarkers Predict Cerebral Palsy and Cognitive Delay in Infants with Moderate-Severe Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy; A Secondary Analysis of the HEAL Randomized Controlled Trial.”
@jenscongress.bsky.social
INFANT is delighted to be attending the upcoming 6th #jENScongress 2025!
Our colleagues will be actively contributing throughout the event, including:
✅ Hosting a pre-congress workshop
✅ Invited speaker sessions
✅ Oral & poster presentations
✅ Chairing sessions
More here: lnkd.in/ec73p2DW
📢 UCC-led digital health project awarded almost €5m to save lives of mothers and babies in Africa.
Huge congratulations to all the research team which will be led by INFANT PI Prof. Ali Khashan 👏
www.linkedin.com/pulse/ucc-le...
Details of PLRG presentations at HSRUK25 - from Anne-Marie Farrell, Varsha Shetty & Keelin O'Donoghue
We're at #HSRUK25 this week - check out the full programme via www.eventsforce.net/eventage/fro...
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#PregnancyLoss #PerinatalDeath #Stillbirth #MaternityCare
🙌 Join us in congratulating Dr Soraia Ventura, for successfully defending her PhD titled
“Electroencephalographic Study of Sleep Architecture in Infants at Four Months”
👏 👏 Well done, Dr Ventura
➡️60% of pregnant women in a study group in Ireland show signs of iodine deficiency, according to new UCC research.
Iodine is essential for baby brain development, and requirements increase by 50% during pregnancy but can’t be produced by our bodies.
www.infantcentre.ie/2025/06/30/p...
📣 Do you provide healthcare to women affected by preeclampsia?
We need your experience and insights to help shape the future of follow-up care pathways in Ireland.
What’s involved? A 30-minute once-off interview.
📩 Interested? Express interest here: lnkd.in/dvSqGZPi to receive more information
📢 Publication Alert! 📱
📰 " High-risk infant follow-up: current practice and factors determining eligibility” Pediatric Research.
🔗 Read more: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
'The care people receive after a miscarriage can have a significant impact'
- @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social speaking with Deirdre McArdle @ EchoLive
@infantcentreucc.bsky.social @hrbireland.bsky.social @uccresearch.bsky.social @ucc.ie
#ReCurrentStudy
www.echolive.ie/wow/arid-416...
CanVas consortium receives €10.7m to advance new class of cell therapy to clinic for early brain injury
INFANT willlead the clinical development of the project bringing extensive expertise in newborn brain injury
➡️https://www.infantcentre.ie/2025/04/10/canvas-consortium-receives-e10-7m-dtif-grant/
🌎 INFANT will be at the Neonatal Brain Matters Symposium 2025 on 17th April in Dallas to discuss "Brain Monitoring to Shape the Future of Neurological Care in the NICU"
🎤 Prof Geraldine Boylan will be presenting throughout the day.
🔗 Register or learn more here:
lnkd.in/e5V_mtn5
🗞️ All-Ireland Maternity & Midwifery Festival 2025
🗣️ @mgtmurphy.bsky.social @caroline-oconnor.bsky.social
🔗 www.ucc.ie/en/pregnancy...
@midwiferyforum.bsky.social @isastillbirth.bsky.social @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social @infantcentreucc.bsky.social
#Stillbirth #TheMILESTONEstudy
INFANT Director, Prof Geraldine Boylan, keynote speaker at yesterday's
CUH Child & Family Nursing Conference talking about “Children’s Health Research in the Era of AI” 📣
🎉 We are delighted to announce that we have been shortlisted for the Best Research Project in The Education Awards
💜 The project is the Early Detection of Cerebral Palsy in Ireland (EDI-CPI)which is led by Prof Brian Walsh at INFANT,UCC & funded by the Cerebral Palsy Foundation
#EducationAwardsIrl
📣 New information resources to improve services & supports for miscarriage & recurrent miscarriage in Ireland
🔗 www.ucc.ie/en/pregnancy...
@keelinodonoghue.bsky.social @maritahennessy.bsky.social @infantcentreucc.bsky.social @ucc.ie @hselive.bsky.social #ReCurrentStudy
Last few hours to Register for the upcoming SPHeRE Network Online Symposium 'Can we harness obstetric information for chronic disease prevention? A public health perspective' with Dr Peter Barrett on Tuesday 1st April from 1-2 pm.
www.sphereprogramme.ie/5572-2/
