The Cambridge Rosie Hospital ‘Neuro-NICU’ has been awarded two grants to help newborn infants and their families from across the East of England suffering from brain injury and seizures after birth. Seizures and epilepsy are the commonest neurological emergency in the newborn period, affecting 1:2000 live births in the UK, and they are associated with […]
£30,000 Grant awarded to East of England Neonatal Neuroprotection Group
The East of England Neonatal Neuroprotection group, led by Naz Merchant, Florence Walston, Claudia Chetguti and Topun Austin, have been awarded a £30,000 grant from the Health Foundation Q Exchange programme to improve parental communication for babies with neonatal encephalopathy (https://q.health.org.uk/news-story/announcing-the-q-exchange-2020-awards/) The theme of the Q Exchange programme was to ‘Embed positive changes emerging through […]
Paediatric Pint of Science – 6 October
We are excited to announce our next Pint of Paediatric Science (POPS) meeting for 6th October 2020, 18:30 – 20:00 (all welcome with their own food and drink!). These meetings are designed to encourage all Paediatric trainees as well as medical students, foundation trainees, clinical academics and senior clinicians to network, engage and help bridge the gap between […]