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Welcome to the EGA IfWH & UCLH WH Division 18th Annual Conference - Report page.
This year the format included oral presentations from IfWH/UCLH Researchers presenting their work, and undergoing a Q&A session. Presentations were judged by our panel, and prizes awarded for the overall best performances.
In addition to this, as like every year, we had our poster presentations and prizes, including highlights from our Institute staff of the high profile research that has been undertaken and audit presentations from UCLH clinical staff.
At this meeting we celebrated how staff are delivering breakthroughs across women’s health. Digital health innovation is being touted as the next big thing but will artificial intelligence and robiotics really replace human beings in women's health? Go to our recordings below to listen to the Debate we had on this. In neonatology we learnt about innovations that are using light to save babies and their families from preventable harm, how this is being applied in Uganda and how novel surfactant may improve lung function. In maternal fetal medicine we highlighted how the new genetics is impacting fetal medicine, complications and outcomes of fetal shunt procedures and the potential long-term impact of fetal growth restriction on the maternal heart. The Audit and Quality improvement session gave two presentations featuring gestational diabetes and how we can improve outcomes in our busy maternity service.
Reproductive health topics focused on healthcare and research priorities for women with polycystic ovary syndrome, minimally invasive gynaecologic surgery, and we were introduced to the new NIHR Policy Research Unit in Reproductive Health lead by Jenny Hall and Judith Stephenson.
In women’s cancer we learnt about cervical cancer vaccination, endometrial cancer awareness, novel markers of ovarian cancer and fertility preservation techniques for women of reproductive age with cancer.
Professor Marian Knight, Professor of Maternal & Child Population Health at the National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, University of Oxford presented our Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Keynote Lecture on 'Inequality in Women's Health'.
Recordings and pictures of the event can be found below.
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If you didn't manage to get to any of the sessions you can catch up via the recording links below:
Recording - Morning sessions
Recording - Afternoon sessions
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Introductions to the Day, and Session 1: Innovation & The Women's Health Lifecourse
Session 2: Debate: This house believes that Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Robotics will replace Human Beings in Women's Health Care
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Session 3: Early Career Researcher Presentations:
PDF Presentations - Break Out Room 1 (Maternal & Fetal Medicine & Neonatology)
PDF Presentations - Break Out Room 2 (Reproductive Health, Neonatology)
Session 4: The NIHR Policy Research Unit in Reproductive Health
Session 5: Medical Student Prize Talk
Session 7: EGA Key Note Lecture - Inequality in Women's Health
Professor Marian Knight (Professor of Maternal & Child Population Health at the National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, University of Oxford)
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Session 8: EGA Hospital Charity Presentations
Anne Boutwood Travelling Fellowship
Dr Hajra Khattak - Optimising oocyte viability in cryopreserved ovarian tissue - Dr Hajra Khattak, NIHR Clinical Lecturer in Obstetrics % Gynaecology, EGA IfWH
Dr Neerujah Balachandren - Covid-19 conception and pregnancy study, a successful collaboration of clinicians and academics
PDF Presentations
Prize Categories & Winners
Oral Presentations - Winners
| Oral Presentations - Prize Category | Winner | Title |
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| Best Overall Medical Student | Alicia Walker | Obstetric and Perinatal Outcomes in Women with Turner's Syndrome: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis |
| Oral - Session 1 - First Prize | Tania Castillo Hernandez | Plasma levels of surfactant protein D support the interpretation of oxygenation parameters in COVID-19 patients with ARDS |
| Oral - Session 1 - Runner up | Kimberley Botting | Fetal Growth Restriction Promotes Pathological Hypertrophy and Fibrosis int he Maternal Guinea Pig Heart |
| Oral - Session 2 - First Prize | Ojone Illah | A Focus Group Discussion on Endometrial Cancer Awareness and Attitudes towards Research Participation among Black Women in the UK |
| Oral - Session 2 - Runner up | Emily Vaughan | Experiences of ovarian transposition in children and young adults: a case series |
Poster Presentations - Winners
| Poster Presentations - Prize Category | Winner | Title |
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| Best Medical Student | Emma Van de Stede | Exploring black women's experiences of the vaginal examination consent during labour |
| Best PhD Student | Anna Keegan | Comparative analysis of novel AAV-F capsid vs AAV9 after neonatal intravenous delivery |
| Best MSc Student | Francesca Lanzarotti | Investigating the role of stigma on the pregnancy experiences of women with disabilities in Kathmandu: a qualitative study |
| Best Clinician or Researcher | Charlotte Colley | Pregnancy outcomes following Cervical Cerclage Insertion at UCLH 2022-23 |
| Best Overall | Georgina Brown | The anti-inflammatory interaction of human surfactant protein D (SP-D) with monocyte-derived dendritic cells in allergic asthma |