Neonatal Society Summer Meeting, 24th and 25th June 2026 University of Newcastle
The Catalyst, 3 Science Square, NE4 5TG

Meeting Virtual Link: To be emailed to delegates on 23rd June 2026 Wednesday 24th June 2026

Session 1 Chairs: Gemma Sullivan and Kevin Goss
10:00. Veerapattra Apitidakul
Characterisation of the oral and gut mycobiome in late to moderate preterm infants

10:15. Jonathan Chapman
Investigating the eDects of human milk oligosaccharides on preterm intestinal epithelial inflammation

10:30. Anna Jackson
Calprotectin levels in preterm necrotising enterocolitis or late-onset sepsis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

10:45. Maria Cifuentes
Short-chain fatty acids in necrotising enterocolitis reflect microbiota metabolic activity and composition rather than disease status

11:00. Morning tea / coffee break (30 minutes)

Session 2 Chair: Chris Gale, President Neonatal Society
11:30 Tizard Lecture: Professor Janet Berrington, University of Newcastle Diagnosis and treatment of preterm intestinal disease- are we making progress?

12:30: Lunch Break (90 minutes)
Session 3 Chairs: Jon Dorling and Andy Ewer

14:00. Melissa Greenwood
Chondroitin sulphate in human milk: emerging ongoing observations in the context of NEC and LOS

14:15. Emily Wroot
Multiomics approach to characterising the preterm intestine at the site of necrotising enterocolitis

14:30. Lauren Beck
Longitudinal metagenomics reveals distinct gut microbial trajectories preceding necrotising enterocolitis and altered response to probiotics

14:45. Behrouz Nezafat Maldonaldo
Intestinal failure after surgical necrotising enterocolitis in England and Wales: a national cohort study

15:00. Behrouz Nezafat Maldonaldo
Outcomes of babies with simple and complex gastroschisis in a national cohort

15:15. Alice Aveline
Association between prophylactic hydrocortisone and focal intestinal perforations in preterm infants born before 28 weeks gestation

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

Session 4 Chair: Chris Stewart
16:00. Keynote Lecture: Dr Katherine Coyte, University of Manchester
Global development of the early life microbiome and what it means for human health

17:00. Close of day 1
1900: Conference dinner at Blackfriars, Friars Street, Newcastle, NE1 4XN

Thursday 25th June 2026

Session 1 Chair: Chris Gale, President Neonatal Society
09:30. Young Investigator Award: Raymand Pang
Smarter, Faster, Better: Rethinking how we translate therapies for HIE

10:00. Reynolds Shaw Lecture: Professor Petra Huppi, University of Geneva

Music and voices in the NICU- impacts on brain function 11:00. Morning tea / coDee break (30 minutes)

Session 2 Chairs: Subha Mitra and Gemma Sullivan
11:30. David Quine
SURV1VE 2- Sustained inflation and chest compression vs 3:1 chest compression to ventilation ratio during CPR of asphyxiated newborns – a multi-centre, international cluster randomized control trial Protocol

11:45. Kennosuke Tsuda
Short echo time magnetic resonance spectroscopy “lactate–lipid–macromolecule” complex improves sensitivity in mild HIE: a piglet study

12:00. Tim van Hasselt

Examining multiple long-term conditions in the first five years of life for preterm-born children born 2010 to 2018 – a retrospective cohort study

12:15. Niccole Ranaei-Zamani
Wearable antenatal placental optical monitoring with machine learning to predict adverse perinatal outcomes: a multicentre study in high- and low-middle- income settings

12:30 Lunch break (60 minutes)

Session 3 Chairs: Sabita Uthaya and Chris Stewart
13:30. Keynote lecture: Professor Sophie Hambleton, University of Newcastle Inborn errors of immunity: neonatal perspectives

14:30. Sadia Haider
Health and socioeconomic factors associated with education in preterm children: a cohort study

14:45.
Philippa Rees
School age outcomes after moderate-severe HIE: a population cohort study

15:00. Emily Prior
Physical activity in school aged children born preterm

15:15. Selina Abel
Neural evidence of preserved theory of mind reasoning in five-year old children born preterm

15:30. Afternoon tea / coffee break (30 minutes)

Session 4 Chair: Chris Gale, President Neonatal Society
16:00. David Harvey Fellowship Lecture: Professor Stavros Petrou, University of Oxford
Understanding health economic aspects of preterm birth and its management

17:00 Close of meeting