Thursday 27th June
9.00 – 9:55 Registration, coffee and exhibits
9:55 – 10:00 Welcome by Professor James Boardman, President of the Neonatal Society
SESSION 1 Chair: Professor Lucy Chappell
10:00 H Wong, University of Cambridge
Copy number variants and preterm birth: findings from the pilot study of preterm Infants and Neurodevelopment Genes (SPRING)
10:15 F Outlaw, University College London
Screening for jaundice in Ghanaian neonates by smartphone sclera imaging
10:30 S Greenbury, Imperial College London
Applying big-data science to real-world neonatal data
10:45 S Martini, St Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, Bologna
Cerebrovascular and cardiovascular responses to cardio-respiratory events in preterm infants during the transitional period
11:00 – 11:30 Tea break and exhibits
11:30 – 12:15 Keynote Lecture:
Professor Howard Clark, University of Southampton
Surfactant therapy- Triumphs and future challenges
12:15 – 13:00 Keynote Lecture:
Professor Gordon Smith, University of Cambridge
Trials and tribulations in evidence based perinatal medicine
13:00 – 14:15 Lunch and exhibits
13:15 – 14:15 Poster Session A – guided by Professor Andy Ewer
SESSION 2 Chair: Dr Chris Gale
14:15 D Ene, University of Edinburgh
Socioeconomic deprivation and preterm birth predict speech, language and communication skills: evidence from a population cohort of 26,341 British children
14:30 A Beardmore-Gray, King’s College London
Can planned early delivery between 34+0 and 36+6 weeks’ gestation improve perinatal outcomes for women with pre-eclampsia in low- and middle-income countries
14:45 L Chappell, King’s College London
Planned delivery or expectant management for late preterm pre-eclampsia: a randomised controlled trial (PHOENIX trial)
15:00 – 15:45 Keynote Speaker:
Professor Gorm Greisen, University of Copenhagen
Circulatory sufficiency in the newborn
15:45 – 16:15 Tea break and exhibits
16:15 – 17:00 Keynote Speaker:
Professor Mary Dixon Woods, THIS Institute, University of Cambridge. Scientific Rigour in Healthcare Improvement
17:00 – 18:00 David Harvey Fellowship Lecture:
Professor Neena Modi, Imperial College, London
Reconceptualising preterm birth
Introduced by Professor James Boardman, President of the Neonatal Society
18:00 Close of day
19.15-19.45 Drinks Reception, Old Court, Clare College
19.45 Conference Dinner, Great Hall, Clare College
Friday 28th June
08.00 – 08:30 Registration
SESSION 3 Chair: Dr Ela Chakkarapani
08:30 JK Gundersen, University of Bristol
Morphine sedation during therapeutic hypothermia in term asphyxiated infants does not influence Bayley 3 developmental outcome at 18-24 months of age
08:45 D Jeyakumaran, Imperial College London
Optimising nutrition during neonatal therapeutic hypothermia in the United Kingdom: an observational study using propensity score matching
09:00 P Ivain, Imperial College London
Thalamic n-acetyl aspartate level predicts adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes in babies with isolated white matter/cortical injury after neonatal encephalopathy
09:15 O Gale-Grant, King’s College London
Parental age effects on neonatal white matter development
09:30 C Williams, University of Bristol
Visual impairments at 10-year follow-up after grades 3 or 4 intraventricular haemorrhage with ventricular dilatation: a prospective, masked evaluation
09:45 – 10:30 Keynote Speaker:
Professor Alistair Fielder, City, University of London
Advances in Detection and Management of Retinopathy of Prematurity
10:30 – 11:00 Tea break and exhibits
11:00 – 11:45 Keynote Speaker:
Professor Mark Hanson, University of Southampton
Evolution, development and mismatch
11:45 – 12:30 Keynote Speaker:
Professor Marianne Thoresen, University of Bristol
Cooling asphyxiated newborns before 2007 and today – the effect of time on practice, cohorts and outcome
12:30 – 13:45 Lunch and exhibits
12:45 – 13:45 Poster Session B – guided by Professor Helen Budge
SESSION 4 Chair: Professor Andy Ewer
13:45 – 14:15 Young Investigator Lecture
Paolo Montaldo
Genomic Imaging in Neonatal Encephalopathy
14:15 – 15:00 Keynote Lecture:
Professor Mary Fewtrell, University College London
Optimising infant nutrition for lifelong health
15:00 – 15:30 Tea break and exhibits
15:30 – 16:30 Tizard Lecture:
Professor David Edwards, Kings College London
Imaging the Developing Brain
Introduced by Professor James Boardman, President of the Neonatal Society
16:30 – 16:35 Prize-giving – best oral presentation and best poster by trainees
16:35 Close of Meeting
Poster Sessions
Poster Session A (27th June 2019)
A1. E Prior, Imperial College London
The ex-preterm infant in childhood (EPIC) study
A2. Y T Benchekroun, King’s College London
Prediction of age at scan and at birth from neonatal structural connectome with deep neural networks
A3. P. Busuulwa, King’s College London
Timing of antenatal steroids in women presenting with suspected pre-eclampsia and the role of PlGF in targeting their use
A4. S Martini, St Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, Bologna
Cardio-respiratory events in preterm infants during the first 72 hours of life: Clinical features and impact of neonatal characteristics
A5. C Howarth, Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Queen Mary University of London
Compromised cerebral oxygenation may explain worse neurodevelopmental outcome seen in infants with necrotising enterocolitis
A6. P Cawley, Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital
Enhanced rate of admission normothermia in extremely preterm newborn infants following implementation of continuous infant temperature monitoring in the delivery room
A7. K Chaudhari, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
To compare transcutaneous bilirubin with total serum bilirubin in preterm neonates receiving phototherapy
A8. T Robb, University of Bristol
CRP and white blood cell count response in infants cooled for neonatal encephalopathy is sex dependent and related to neurodevelopmental outcome
A9. P Cawley, Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital, UK
Continuous Intra-Venous Vancomycin Infusions: Reduced rate of sub-therapeutic blood levels on clinical audit
Poster Session B (28th June 2019)
B1. A Mainz, King’s College London
Uncovering effects of preterm birth on the developing brain using machine learning and MRI
B2. A Mitchell, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
Growth outcomes in infants undergoing surgery for spontaneous intestinal perforation
B3. A Young, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
Using early postnatal growth in a well-grown preterm cohort to generate weight centile charts
B4. FM Ridgway, University of Southampton
Effect of polyunsaturated fatty acid intake on growth and clinical outcomes in preterm infants on the neonatal intensive care unit
B5. B Johnson, The Royal London Children’s Hospital
Outcomes of surgical necrotising enterocolitis: Is it time to review the rule of thirds?
B6. M Sebastean, Imperial College London
Quality of informed parental consent in a randomised controlled trial of hypothermia for moderate/severe neonatal encephalopathy
B7. E Smit, University of Bristol
Intracranial haemorrhage in term infants undergoing therapeutic hypothermia
B8. P Cawley, Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital
Neonatal Network Facilitated Quality Improvements in The First Hour of Care: A Regional Experience
B9. A King, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
Using an early onset sepsis calculator reduces the proportion of babies receiving antibiotics
This meeting has been supported by the following companies through the purchase of exhibition stand space
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