Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, London, W1G 0AE
09.30 Coffee
Session 1: Chair – Dr Richard Thwaites, General Secretary
10.00 L Sand, University of Nottingham
Bilious vomiting in full term newborn infants: does it always foretell an impending surgical catastrophe?
10.15 A Khashana, Suez Canal University Hospital
Ischemia modified albumin is a useful marker of early neonatal sepsis
10.30 COF Kamlin, Royal Women’s Hospital, Melbourne
Supporting fathers in the NICU
10.45 G Rajendran, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust
Analytical data review of neonatal perioperative care in a UK neonatal intensive care unit
11.00 Tea / coffee
11.30 Keynote lecture: Dr Amanda Drake, University of Edinburgh
Early life programming and intergenerational effects
12.30 Lunch
Session 2: Chair – Professor Helen Budge, Treasurer
14.00 A Serag, University of Edinburgh
Automatic segmentation of human brain MRI across the life course
14.15 J Cartier, University of Edinburgh
Mapping developmental changes in gene expression and DNA methylation in astrocytes
14.30 I Ng, University of Cambridge
Transfer function analysis of dynamic cerebral autoregulation in preterm infants
14.45 D Anblagan, University of Edinburgh
Effect of histologic chorioamnionitis on white matter development in preterm infants: a tract-based spatial statistics study
15.00 C Binder, Imperial College London
Is there a difference in body composition in preterm infants after necrotising enterocolitis (NEC) surgery in comparison to infants without NEC surgery?
15.15 T Gergely, Semmelweis University
Plasma vitamin D levels at birth and immune status of preterm infants
15.30 Tea / coffee
Session 3: Chair – Dr James Boardman, Meetings Secretary
16.00 J Ashton, University of Southampton
Growth assessment of preterm infants using detailed anthropometry
16.15 LN White, Royal Women’s Hospital, Melbourne
Achievement of saturation targets in preterm infants less than 32 weeks gestational age in the delivery room
16.30 The McCance Lecture: Professor Kate Costeloe, Barts and the London School of
Medicine and Dentistry, QMUL
Forty years on: changes, challenges and new solutions
17.30 Drinks and close of meeting