We will engage in substantive discussions commemorating the journey, acknowledging milestones, and exploring future endeavours in advancing neonatal care, followed by an evening reception and poster exhibition.
Dr Mark Cope, Systems Architect, Analog Devices and Prof John Wyatt, Emeritus Professor of Neonatal Paediatrics, Ethics and Perinatology, UCL
Topic: Brain metabolism by 31P NMR spectroscopy
Prof Antony Costello, Professorial Research Associate, UCL and former Director of Mother, Child and Adolescent Health at WHO and Prof David Delpy, Emeritus Professor of Medical Photonics, UCL
Topic: Brain oxygen metabolism and supply
Prof Chris Cooper, Honorary Professor in Medical Physics, UCL and Prof David Edwards, Professor of Paediatrics and Neonatal Medicine, KCL and Consultant Neonatologist, Evelina London Children's Hospital
Topic: Functional NIRS
Prof Clare Elwell, Professor of Medical Physics, UCL and Dr Judith Meek, Consultant Neonatologist, UCLH and Honorary Clinical Associate Professor, UCL
Topic: 3D NIR imaging
Prof Topun Austin, Consultant Neonatologist, Rosie Hospital; Director, Evelyn Perinatal Imaging Centre and Honorary Professor of Neurophotonics, UCL and Prof Jem Hebden, Professor of Biomedical Optics, UCL
The Present
Topic: Developing an app to detect jaundice in newborn babies and infants
Dr Terence Leung, Associate Professor, UCL and Dr Judith Meek, Consultant Neonatologist, UCLH and Honorary Clinical Associate Professor, UCL
Topic: Metabolic brain monitoring in newborn babies using optics
Dr Gemma Bale, Gianna Angelopoulos Assistant Professor in Medical Therapeutics, University of Cambridge and Prof Subhabrata Mitra, Associate Professor in Neonatology, UCL
Topic: Placental oxygenation measurement using MRI
Topic: Cerebral autoregulation monitoring using optics in newborn infants
Dr Terence Leung, Associate Professor, UCL and Dr Flora Wong, Consultant neonatologist, Monash Newborn and Associate Professor, Hudson Institute of Medical Research/Monash University
The Future
Topic: Developing an infant brain NIRS device and its clinical application
Archie Barraclough, i4Health PhD candidate, UCL and Kelly Harvey-Jones, Senior Clinical Fellow in Neonatal Intensive Care, UCLH and Senior Research Fellow and PhD candidate, UCL
Topic: Developing a NIRS device to monitor the placenta and its clinical application
The event will include oral presentations from past and current UCL and UCLH Researchers presenting their work, in addition to this, we will host a poster exhibition for postgraduate students, PhD candidates or Early-career Researchers. If you are interested in presenting please download the Abstract Submission form. Once completed please upload it to the 60 Years of Collaboration ONEDRIVE LINK, listing your name as the title of the file. Please note, all abstract submissions should be in PDF only.
* Please note, this conference will be an open meeting, so we advise you to speak with supervisors regarding any potential regulations related to intellectual property, before submitting abstracts *
The deadline for submitting is Tuesday 18th June at 09.00 am. You will be informed in due course of the outcome of your submission. Please note you must be registered to attend the conference at the time of submitting your abstract.
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