Caroline Joyce presented her work on the use of the Abbott i-STAT®1 Point of Care device for hCG monitoring in early pregnancy at the 12^th European Organisation for the Treatment of Trophoblastic Disease meeting in Stockholm on 24 May.  

Congratulations to Dr Laura Linehan who successfully defended her PhD thesis titled “Infertility and recurrent miscarriage: An examination of pregnancy outcomes, services and patient experience” on Thursday, 30 May.

Congratulations to Samantha Ingham and Felicia Deonarine who passed their final year medicine exams with flying colours. Both Samantha and Felicia undertook their final year projects with the Pregnancy Loss Research Group.

New national clinical guidelines on the diagnosis and management of ectopic pregnancy, and reduced fetal movements, were launched at the National Women and Infants Health Programme (NWIHP) National Midwifery Conference on 02 May 2024.

Dr Daniel Nuzum was invited speaker at the 6^th All Island Children’s Palliative Care Conference, presenting on ‘Perinatal palliative care: spirituality, care and memory’.

Congratulations to Caroline Joyce who successfully defended her PhD thesis titled “Evaluation of biomarkers for the diagnosis, management and follow-up of women with gestational trophoblastic disease” on Friday, 19 April.

On Wednesday 17 April, a showcase marking National Health and Social Care Professionals (HSCP) Day 2024, was held at Cork University Hospital (CUH). Susan Dineen, Specialist Medical Scientist in Perinatal Pathology at Cork University Hospital (CUH) and PLRG member, spoke about the development of a novel perinatal specialist medical scientist programme, on behalf of the perinatal pathology team.

Dr Peter Jackson and Samantha Ingham presented their research at the Ireland South Women and Infants Directorate Grand Rounds on Friday 19 April.

Congratulations to Dr Peter Jackson who was conferred with a Master of Public Health at UCC today.

Our warmest congratulations to Dr Tamara Escañuela Sánchez who was conferred with her PhD during the UCC College of Medicine and Health Spring Conferring Ceremony held at Devere Hall on 21 March 2024.