D - Description
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Quality
Management |
Training and
Education |
Public
Involvement |
| Description | |
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Name |
INFANT - Irish Centre for Fetal and Neonatal Translational Research |
| Year of foundation | In 2003 Prof Geraldine Boylan founded The Neonatal Brain Research Group (NBRG). This group concentrates on research into newborn brain injury. NBRG was incorporated into the INFANT Centre in 2013. |
| Preterm and/or term newborn | Yes |
| Infants from 1 month to less than 24 months of age | Yes |
| Children from 2 years to less than 12 years of age | Yes |
| Adolescents from 12 years to less than 18 years | No |
| Paediatric age ranges of study participants covered by the network | 0-5 years |
| Multispeciality? Specify | Maternal, Perinatal and Neonatal Conditions |
| Speciality/disease specific? Specify | Maternal, Perinatal and Neonatal Research |
| Conditions covered? Specify | Hypotension in extremely preterm infants Neonatal Seizures Perinatal asphyxia Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy Neonatal Stroke, Pre-eclampsia and conditions of late pregnancy. Short and long term neurodevelopmental outcomes. Nutritional studies Cardio-respiratory conditional of the neonate |
| Procedure/Intervention specific? Specify | Biomarker discovery and identification. Seizure detection algorithms, Automated analysis of EEG and other physiological signals IMPs |
| Number of collaborating countries | 14 |
| List of collaborating countries | USA, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, UK, The Netherlands, Czech Republic, Hungary,Spain, Sweden, Finland, Germany, Austria, Denmark, France |
| Number of collaborating centres | 27 |
| List of collaborating centres | Karolinska University,Sweden EMC, Rotterdam, Netherlands UMC, Utrecht, Netherlands Keele University, UK University College London, UK Homerton & Royal London, UK GOSH, UK CUMH, Cork, Ireland University of Cologne, Germany University of Liverpool, UK University of Helsinki, Finland Uppsala University, Sweden University of Leuven, Belgium CUNI, Prague, Czech Republic CHU, Montreal, Canada CLIN, Lyon, France UALBERTA, Edmonton, Canada Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland BrepCo, Ireland Clininfo, France Duke University, USA INSERM, France MedSciNet, AB, Sweden Accelopment AG, Austria Metabolmic Diagnostics, Ireland Newsweaver, Cork, Ireland |
| Type of activity/studies | Perinatal and Neonatal Research |
| Clinical Studies | Yes |
| Experimental research | No |
| Other activity | Data Management, Statistical Analysis, Training in all aspects of clinical research, Facilitation of Masters, PhD's and Post-docs. Quality Assurance/Quality Control and Monitoring activities. Website generation and maintenance Conference Organisation |