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60 Years of Collaboration

04 July 2024, 2:00 pm–6:00 pm

UCL and UCLH logos on a pink background with the text "60 years of Collaboration in Neonatology: UCL Medical Physicis & Biomedical Engineering, UCL EGA Institute for Women's Health and UCLH Neonatal Unit"

60 years of Collaboration in Neonatology: UCL Medical Physics & Biomedical Engineering, UCL EGA Institute for Women's Health and UCLH Neonatal Unit

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UCL Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering

Location

Jeremy Bentham Room
Wilkins Building
Gower Street
London
WC1E 6AE

Join us for an afternoon of celebration, where we will reflect on the past, present and future of our enduring 60-year collaboration between UCL Medical Physics and Biomedical EngineeringUCL Institute for Women’s Health and the UCLH Neonatal Unit

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.

Please note that this event will be recorded. 

Topics and Speakers

The Past

Topic: Early monitoring of baby oxygenationProf David Delpy, Emeritus Professor of MedicalPhotonics, UCL
Topic: The development of early NIRS

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 spectroscopyProf 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 supplyProf 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 NIRSProf Clare Elwell, Professor of Medical Physics, UCL and Dr Judith Meek, Consultant Neonatologist, UCLH and Honorary Clinical Associate Professor, UCL
Topic: 3D NIR imagingProf 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 infantsDr 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 opticsDr Gemma Bale, Gianna Angelopoulos Assistant Professor in Medical Therapeutics, University of Cambridge and Dr Subhabrata Mitra, Associate Professor in Neonatology, UCL
Topic: Placental oxygenation measurement using MRIDr Rosalind Aughwane, Clinical Research Fellow, UCL and Dr Andrew Melbourne, Senior Lecturer, King’s College London
Topic: Cerebral autoregulation monitoring using optics in newborn infantsDr 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 applicationArchie 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 applicationDr Frederic Lange, Researcher, UCL and Dr Niccole Ranaei-Zamani, Clinical Research Fellow, UCL and Obstetrics and Gynaecology Registrar
Topic: Developing a wearable NIRS device to monitor placenta and brain function and its future application in pre-term infantsDr Olayinka Kowobari, Consultant Neonatologist and Honorary Research Fellow in Neonatology, UCL and Musa Talati, PhD Candidate

 

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Call for Poster Submissions

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. 


Photography

Please note photographs and recordings taken at this event may be included in future publications, on our website and on social media. You will have the opportunity to opt out at the event. If you have any questions, please contact medphys.comms@ucl.ac.uk


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