21st – 22nd June 2012
Canterbury Cathedral Lodge
Day 1, Thursday 21st June
12.00 – 13.30 Registration and Lunch
Session 1: Chair: Dr Matthew Hyde
13.30 Welcome from meeting organisers Dr Vimal Vasu and Dr Matthew Hyde
13.35 Kara Turner, University of Kent
Assay optimisation for telomere length analysis in newborn infants
13.50 Katrine Thorup, Brighton & Sussex Medical School, UK
Feasibility study using facial analysis software to document facial features associated with fetal alcohol syndrome in newborn infants
14.05 Reena Aggarwal, Clinical and Molecular Genetics, Institute of Child Health, London
The relationship of Insulin-like growth factor-2 IGF2 expression in Chorion Villus Samples (CVS) from fetal growth restriction (FGR)) and normal pregnancies
14.20 Keynote Speaker (introduced by Vimal Vasu): Prof Darren Griffin, University of Kent
Advances in assisted reproductive technology – from laboratory to newborn medicine
15.00 Tea Break and Poster Viewing
Session 2: Chair- Prof Howard Clark
15.30 Karen Logan, Imperial College London, UK
Infants of mothers with diabetes have altered urinary metabolic profile at birth
15.45 Medical Student Elective Prize Winner Report: Valerie Astle: Nottingham Medical School, Nottingham, England
Respiratory and associated atopy outcomes, at primary school age, in preterm infants born at < 30 weeks gestation and/or < 1000 gms with chronic lung disease
16.00 David Todd, Department of Neonatology, Canberra Hospital, Australia
CPAP weaning method: Effect on feeding, caffeine use and weight gain
16.15 Young Investigator Prize Lecture: Tamanna Moore, University of Nottingham
Are neurodevelopmental outcomes improving after EP birth?
Social Programme:
17.00 – 18.00 City Tour
18.30 – 19.30: Drinks at Deeson’s Restaurant
19.30: Conference Dinner at Deeson’s Restaurant
Day 2, Friday 22nd June
8.30 – 09.00 Registration
Session 3: Chair- Dr Richard Thwaites
09.00 Sam O’Hare, NICU, St. Michael’s Hospital, Southwell Street, Bristol
Gastroschisis: A change in surgical approach has not changed outcomes
09.15 Freya Pearson, Department of Neonatal Medicine, University of Southampton and University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton
Development of an electronic assessment tool to guide nutritional management in neonatal intensive care
09.30 Amy Chandler, University of Southampton
Serum urea nitrogen and albumin as biochemical markers of protein status in very preterm infants
09.45 Chris Gale, Department of Academic Neonatal Medicine, Imperial College, London
The effect of breast or formula feeding on infant body composition: A systematic review and meta-analysis
10.00 Shalini Ojha, Early Life Nutrition Research Unit, Academic Child Health, University Hospital, Nottingham
Maternal nutrient restriction affects neonatal brown adipose tissue development
10.15 Kevin Goss, Southampton Centre for Biomedical Research, NIHR Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit
Dynamic lipidomic mass spectrometry of endotracheal secretions and plasma from preterm infants mechanically ventilated on the neonatal intensive care unit
10.30 Coffee Break and Posters Session 4: Chair – Dr Helen Budge
11.00 Hilary Wong, Section of Neonatal Medicine, Chelsea & Westminster Campus, Imperial College London
Sociodemographic and neonatal factors associated with early childhood socialcommunication difficulties in children born preterm
11.15 Vidheya Venkatesh, Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
The safety and efficacy of red blood cell transfusions in neonates: A systematic review
11.30 Karthik Darmasseelane, Neonatal Medicine, Imperial College London, London
Mode of delivery and offspring Body Mass Index, overweight and obesity in adult life: a systematic review and meta-analysis
11.45 Prize Giving – Best Oral Presentation and Best Poster by Trainees
11.50 Keynote Speaker: Dr Ross Breckenridge, MRC National Institute for Medical Research and University College London
Cardiac remodelling around birth – interesting for the adult physician too
12.30 – 13.30 Lunch and Poster Viewing
Session 5: Chair – Prof Kate Costeloe
13.30 Dion Alexandrou, Imperial College, London
Antenatal inflammation & bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD): hypoxia matters
13.45 Matthew Hyde, Neonatal Medicine, Imperial College London, London
Propylene glycol: a natural protection against cold stress at delivery?
14.00 Tizard Lecture: Prof Evan Snyder, Director of the Stem Cell Research Center at the Burnham Institute for Medical Research, California
Cross-talk & developmental programs – A key to the potential role of stem cell biology in perinatal medicine
15.00 – 15.30 Tea and poster viewing
Social Programme:
15.30 – 16.30 Cathedral Tour