Institute of Child Health, Guildford St, London WC1N 1EH
09.45 Coffee
Session 1: Chair – Professor Neena Modi, President of the Neonatal Society
10.30 F Asamoah, Queen Mary University of London
Blood Transfusion and Retinopathy of Prematurity – A Systematic Review And Meta-Analysis
10.45 P K Yajamanyam, Birmingham Women’s Hospital
Assessment of Myocardial Function in Infants Receiving Therapeutic Hypothermia using Tissue Doppler Imaging
11.00 J Green, Liverpool Women’s Hospital
Insulin Treated Hyperglycaemia, Hyperalimentation and Growth in Very Preterm Infants Receiving Parenteral Nutrition
11.15 E Anderson (Medical Student Award)
Surviving Birth in Rural Nepal: Baseline Data from a Community-Based Newborn Care Program in Dolpa and Baglung
11.30 Keynote lecture: Professor Ben Stenson, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
Oxygen Treatment for Preterm Infants and the Recent Trials
12.30 Lunch break
13.30 Tea / coffee
Session 2: Chair – Dr Topun Austin
14.00 D Dickie, University of Edinburgh
Preterm Infant Brain Pathology Revealed in Individuals by Voxel Ranking against a Normal Term Atlas
14.15 C Alviani, King’s College London
The Role of Caspase-2 in Neuronal Cell Death in Hypoxic-Ischaemic Brain Injury
14.30 S Darekar (presented by Professor F Kirkham and introduced by Professor H Clark), University of Southampton
Susceptibility Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging (SWI) in Newborns with Hypoxic-Ischaemic Encephalopathy (HIE)
14.45 H Toulmin, King’s College London
Preterm Birth is Associated with Decreased Functional Connectivity within Specific Cortico-Thalamic Networks
15.00 P Lally, Imperial College London
Neurite Density Index Correlates with Childhood Neurological Outcome after Neonatal Encephalopathy
15.15 Tea / coffee
Session 3: Chair – Professor Howard Clark, Treasurer of the Neonatal Society
15.45 R Janes, University of Nottingham
Flashing Timer Results in Marked Improvement in Heart Rate Assessment During Simulated Newborn Resuscitation
16.00 E Hutchinson, Imperial College London
Mode of Delivery and Allergic Sensitisation to Food in Infants and Preschool Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
16.15 C Gale, Imperial College London
Early Growth and Infant Adiposity: Results from a Prospective Cohort Study
16.30 The McCance Lecture: Professor Tim Cole, Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, UCL Institute of Child Health
Describing Growth in Infancy and Childhood
17.30 Drinks and close of meeting