Meeting Virtual Link: To be emailed to delegates on 12th March 2025

Session 1

09:00. Zifan Zhang
Feasibility of using a smartphone camera to screen for neonatal jaundice in newborns younger than 48 hours

09:15. Alice Aveline
The effect of probiotics on severe necrotising enterocolitis in preterm infants born before 32 weeks gestation using the National Neonatal Research Database

09:30. George Bethell
A multicentre prospective qualitative study of surgical decision making in necrotising enterocolitis (NEC)

09:45. George Bethell
Neonatologists’ views on surgical decision making in necrotising enterocolitis (NEC) – A national survey

10:00. Maria Paula Cifuentes
Host-microbiome and immune-related protein interactions in the preterm milk fortification in neonates (PUFFIN) study

10:15. Morning tea/coffee break (30 minutes)

Session 2

10:45. Emily Prior
The Ex-Preterm Infant in Childhood Study

11:00. A Showan
Assessing inter-operator variance in measurements of head circumference and length in neonates

11:15. Helen Payne
Higher levels of saliva cytomegalovirus correlate with increased morbidity in premature infants with postnatal cytomegalovirus

11:30. Keynote Lecture
Professor Sailesh Kotecha, Clinical Professor, Cardiff University The role of Ureaplasma in preterm lung disease

12:30. Lunch break (75 minutes)

Session 3

13:45. R Garegrat
Cooling in mild encephalopathy (COMET) pilot randomised controlled trial: neurodevelopmental outcomes at two years

14:00. Z Halim
Adherence to BAPM guidelines and comparison of neurological assessments between referring hospitals and a transport service in infants transferred for therapeutic hypothermia in London

14:15. Anup Kage
Effect of antiseizure drugs on electrocortical background and seizures in newborns undergoing continuous monitoring for encephalopathy and seizures

14:30. David Wertheim
Rapid computerised visual and audio review of neonatal EEG seizure recordings

14:45. Katherine Roberts
Outcome of term infants with no heart rate detected at 10 minutes in the UK and Ireland: a prospective national cohort study using active surveillance

15:00. Afternoon tea/coDee break (30 minutes)

Session 4
15:30. Rising Star Annual Invited Lecture

Dr Sarah Seaton, Associate Professor in Perinatal and Paediatric Research, University of Leicester The use of national data to inform early life care

16:00. Ritu Khanna (Medical student bursary awardee)
Identifying gaps in sexual health knowledge and awareness among women and girls in slum communities of Mumbai: perceptions, barriers, and educational priorities

16:15. K Pettinger
Does neonatal care delivery vary by deprivation and ethnicity: a retrospective cohort study

16:30. Alexandra Bonthrone
Prenatal exposure to air pollution is associated with altered neurodevelopmental outcomes in early childhood

16:45. M Varsami
Survival and short-term outcomes of micro-preemies from neonatal unit admission to discharge home over 15 years

17:00. McCance Lecture-Introduced by Professor Chris Gale, President

Professor Phillip Bennett, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Imperial College London Prediction and prevention of preterm birth: Past, present and future

18:00. Drinks Reception