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60 Years of Collaboration in Neonatology

04 July 2024, 2:00 pm–6:00 pm

60 Years of Collaboration UCL Medical Physics & Biomedical Engineering & UCL EGA IfWH

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

This event is free.

Event Information

Open to

All | UCL staff | UCL students

Availability

Yes

Cost

Free

Organiser

Sarah Mayhew – Director's Office, Institute for Women's Health

University College London campus
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 Engineering, UCL 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. 

 

More information on the programme will be released shortly, but if you would like to join us on the day to celebrate, please register your attendance below.

Register to attend In Person

Register to attend remotely via Zoom Link 


The in person event will this year be held at the Jeremy Bentham Room, Wilkins Building, UCL

Followed by an evening reception and poster exhibition

Event details

The format will include oral presentations from past and current UCL and UCLH Researchers presenting their work, 

In addition to this, we will have a poster exhibition and if you are interested in presenting please download the Abstract Submission formOnce 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 Monday 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. 


Please note that the the meeting will be recorded.

If you have any queries, please get in touch with the Conference Organising Committee via either Naomi Britton or Sarah Mayhew 


Topics and Speakers


THE PAST

Talk TopicSpeaker
Early monitoring of baby oxygenationProfessor David Delpy, Emeritus Professor of Medical Photonics, UCL
The development of early NIRSDr Mark Cope, Systems Architect, Analog Devices and Professor John Wyatt, Emeritus Professor of Neonatal Paediatrics, Ethics and Perinatology, UCL
Brain metabolism by 31P NMR spectroscopyProfessor David Delpy, Emeritus Professor of Medical Photonics, UCL
Brain oxygen metabolism and supplyProfessor Chris Cooper, Honorary Professor in Medical Physicis, UCL and Professor David Edwards, Professor of Paediatrics and Neonatal Medicine, KCL, and Consultant Neonatologist, Evelina Children's Hospital
Functional NIRSProfessor Clare Elwell, Professor of Medical Physicis, UCL and Dr Judith Meek, Consultant Neonatologist, UCLH and Honorary Clinical Associate Professor, UCL
3D NIR imagingProfessor Topun Austin, Consultant Neonatologist, Rosie Hospital, Director, Evelyn Perinatal Imaging Centre and Honorary Professor of Neurophotonics,, UCL and Professor Jem Hebden, Professor of Biomedical Optics, UCL
Brain metabo9lism by 31P NMR spectrocopyProfessor Anthony Costello, Professional Research Associate. UCL and former Director of Mother, Child and Adolescent Health at WHO and Professor David Delpy, Emeritus Professor of Medical Photonics, UCL

 

THE PRESENT

Talk TopicSpeaker
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
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
Placental oxygenation measurement using MRIDr Rosalind Aughwane, Clinical Lecturer, UCL and Dr Andrew Melbourne, Senior Lecturer, King’s College London
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

Talk TopicSpeaker
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
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
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