The TEARDROP has become the recognised symbol of pregnancy loss at Cork University Maternity Hospital. Initially designed in 2009 as a communication tool for multidisciplinary staff to alert colleagues when a pregnancy loss had occurred, the TEARDROP has evolved from a discreet alert symbol to one which promotes excellence in perinatal bereavement care.

Ruadh Kelly-Harrington attended and presented at the International Conference for Parental Policies and Supports at St John of York University, York on 20 and 21 July 2023.

Marita Hennessy attended the Broadly Conceived Conference 2023 at Birkbeck, University of London on 08 July 2023. She presented work from the PLATFORM project titled “It makes people uncomfortable”: How can we get pregnancy loss research evidence into policy and practice?” in a panel session on pregnancy loss.

Professor Keelin O’Donoghue and Marita Hennessy PhD attended the 16^th Health Services Research UK Annual Conference at the University of Birmingham from 04-07 July 2023, presenting work from a range of projects undertaken by the Pregnancy Loss Research Group.

Professor Keelin O’Donoghue was awarded the International Stillbirth Alliance (ISA) Distinguished Researcher Award for her contribution or her contribution to research on stillbirth/newborn death. The award was conferred at the closing ceremony of the 2023 conference, hosted at the University of Sheffield from 30 June to 02 July.

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.