Long-time collaborators from Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center (KCMC), Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College (KCMUCo) and Kilimanjaro Clinical Research Institute (KCRI) visited INFANT, Unviversity College Cork from 25th - 29th November.
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Global Health: Collaborators from Tanzania visit INFANT, UCC
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Decade of Maternal and Child Health Research Celebrated at INFANT, UCC
08 Aug 2024
University College Cork’s INFANT Centre, Ireland’s first translational research hub dedicated entirely to pregnancy, birth, and early childhood, marks over a decade of groundbreaking work.
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Professor Hannah Smithson (Manchester Metropolitan University) - 'What next for youth justice?'
10 Sep 2024
On Tuesday 10th September the UCC Futures: Children Cluster welcomed Dr. Hannah Smithson who is Professor of Youth Justice at the Manchester Centre for Youth Studies, at the Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU). Hannah shared her expertise on participatory practice in youth justice and met with UCC colleagues and students to present a seminar titled “What Next for Youth Justice?”
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General Comment No. 17 and a Scottish perspective on incorporating the right to play in Scottish law in 2024
23 May 2024
On Friday 23rd May, the UCC Futures: Children Cluster, in collaboration with the Institute for Social Science in the 21st Century and the P4Play Joint Doctoral Network Programme Horizon 2020, welcomed Theresa Casey and Marguerite Hunter Blair to discuss the background of General Comment No. 17 and a Scottish perspective on incorporating the right to play in Scottish law in 2024.
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Dr Noel O’Connell presents the Science Foundation Ireland – Irish Research Council funded CODA (Children of Deaf Adults) Project.
10 May 2024
UCC Futures: Children in collaboration with Institute for Social Science in the 21st Century welcomed Dr Noel O’Connell, to present on the Science Foundation Ireland – Irish Research Council funded CODA (Children of Deaf Adults) Project.
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Professor Ursula Kilkelly (UCC), Dr Louise Forde (Brunel University London), Dr Sharon Lambert (UCC), and Dr Katharina Swirak (UCC) present new book 'Children in Conflict with the Law: Rights, Research and Progressive Youth Justice'
21 May 2024
On the 21st May, Professor John Cryan, VP for Research and Innovation, hosted the launch of ‘Children in Conflict with the Law: Rights, Research and Progressive Youth Justice’, published by Palgrave Pivot as part of their series ‘Palgrave Critical Studies in Human Rights and Criminology’.
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Dr. Pauline Frizelle to tackle speech and language gap of children from under-resourced areas
31 May 2023
Congratulations to Dr. Pauline Frizelle, School of Clinical Therapies who secured Health Research Board funding for ‘Happy Talk’. The ‘Happy Talk’ project aims to narrow the gap between the speech and language skills of children living in under-resourced areas compared to those growing up in a high-wealth areas.
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€11.6 million Cerebral Palsy research programme at University College Cork
22 Mar 2024
On Friday, March 22, 2024: The Tánaiste, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Defence, Micheál Martin TD, launched a new €11.6 million research programme focused on Cerebral Palsy at University College Cork (UCC).
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Cognitive impairment in preterm infants can be predicted at discharge, research shows
11 Jan 2024
Impaired cognition among preterm infants can be predicted prior to discharge from neonatal care, new joint Irish and Swedish research shows.
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Delaying umbilical cord clamping significantly reduces the risk of death in premature babies
20 Nov 2023
Waiting for at least two minutes to clamp the umbilical cord of premature babies at birth could decrease the child’s risk of death, two new studies find.
Researchers at the Irish Centre for Maternal and Child Health Research (INFANT) at University College Cork were part of the major international iCOMP collaboration which examined clinical trial data and outcomes of thousands of premature babies across the world.
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Early detection of infant brain injury and cerebral palsy and why it matters
22 Mar 2024
On Friday 22 March, Professor Deirdre Murray gave her first public lecture as The Cerebral Palsy Foundation Chair in Early Brain Injury and Cerebral Palsy at INFANT, UCC at the UCC Medicine and Health's Inaugural Philanthropic Lecture.
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What Child/Youth Climate Action Means for Human Rights Law
13 Mar 2024
On 13 March 2024, Professor Aoife Daly delivered her inaugural lecture ‘What child/youth climate action means for human rights law’.
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New Chair in Early Brain Injury and Cerebral Palsy at UCC announced
06 Oct 2023
On World Cerebral Palsy Day, University College Cork (UCC) has announced the appointment of Professor Deirdre Murray as the new Chair in Early Brain Injury and Cerebral Palsy, as part of a new programme of excellence to revolutionise the delivery of cerebral palsy care in Ireland.
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Cerebral Palsy Foundation €1.6 million funding for cerebral palsy education and research at UCC
06 Jun 2023
- Funding of €1.6 million will support UCC’s appointment of a Chair in Early Brain Injury and Cerebral Palsy.
- The Cerebral Palsy Foundation Chair will lead research in early brain injury and cerebral palsy at the Irish Centre for Maternal and Child Health Research (INFANT), UCC.
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UCC leads priority areas to revolutionise Cerebral Palsy care in Ireland
22 May 2023
- Cerebral Palsy Foundation Launches Programme of Excellence to Revolutionise Cerebral Palsy Care in Ireland
- Foundation partnering with University College Cork, Trinity College Dublin, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences, and Children’s Health Ireland to establish Ireland as an international leader for Cerebral Palsy care and research