Members of the Pregnancy Loss Research Group (PLRG) attended the International Stillbirth Alliance (ISA) Conference 2023 at The University of Sheffield from 30 June to 02 July, showcasing a variety of work through invited, oral and poster presentations.

Members of the Pregnancy Loss Research Group participated in the COMET Conference, held at University College Cork from 20-22 June.

Marita Hennessy PhD presented an overview of the Group’s recently published graphic narrative “Why my baby died” at the Irish Hospice Foundation (IHF) Arts and Creative Engagement Roundtable Gathering on 15 June.

Sinead Harkin, second year graduate entry medical student at University College Cork, begins her Health Research Board (HRB) Summer Student Scholarship with the Pregnancy Loss Research Group today.

Tamara Escañuela Sánchez presented her latest study on behaviour change interventions for stillbirth at the Annual Psychology, Health, and Medicine Conference, organised by the Health Psychology Division of The Psychological Society of Ireland, last month.

In recognition of his outstanding commitment to spiritual and pastoral care and education in perinatal bereavement and palliative care, Dr Daniel Nuzum, recently received a Civic Award from the Lord Mayor of Cork, Councillor Deirdre Forde.

The Pregnancy Loss Research Group has curated the production of a graphic narrative in collaboration with Amy Lauren, an illustrator based in Dublin, to show bereaved parents’ views and experiences of hospital processes to find out why their baby died. The project was funded through an Irish Hospice Foundation Seed Grant, with the support of the Creative Ireland Programme.

In an opinion piece in today’s Irish Times, Professor Keelin O’Donoghue outlines why we do a disservice to all when we don’t talk about pregnancy loss.

Caroline Joyce, Clinical Biochemist and PhD Student, recently presented her work on the use of capillary blood collection for human chorionic gonadotrophin (hCG) analysis in early pregnancy at the 11^th European Organisation for Treatment of Trophoblastic Diseases (EOTTD) Meeting.

The results of the National Maternity Bereavement Experience Survey 2022 were published on Thursday, 18 May 2023.