Helen Dolk, Professor of Epidemiology & Health Services Research at Ulster University presents how the EUROmediCAT network works to optimise the use of congenital anomaly registries and healthcare databases for medication safety monitoring. youtube.com/watch?v=O4i9eQ…

Signal Detection in EUROmediCAT: Identification and Evaluation of Medication-Congenital Anomaly Associations and Use of VigiBase as a Complementary Source of Reference. Drug Saf. 2021 Jul;44(7):765-785. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33966183/

JUST PUBLISHED: From Inception to ConcePTION: Genesis of a Network to Support Better Monitoring and Communication of Medication Safety During Pregnancy and Breastfeeding 👇 doi.org/10.1002/cpt.24…

Our group is very pleased to contribute to the influential ENCePP guide on research methods. Our SAIL work on congenital anomalies is cited as an illustration of comprehensive identification of adverse drug reactions and confounders - journals.plos.org/plosone/articl…

#RareDiseaseDay Rare diseases are those that affect around 110,000 people in Northern Ireland. We work with NIRDP with the vision that no one is disadvantaged because of the rarity of their condition. We bring research to the heart of the community. youtube.com/watch?v=fCCjBH…

Taking 0.4 mg of folic acid daily before and during pregnancy can prevent birth defects #WorldBDday. #BirthDefects #ManyBirthDefects1Voice

March 3rd is World Birth Defects Day. Birth defects can occur in any family no matter which country they live. Help spread global awareness for #WorldBDday. bit.ly/39tAMm0 #ManyBirthDefects1Voice

TODAY IS WORLD BIRTH DEFECTS DAY, JOIN US IN SHOWING SUPPORT FOR PREVENTING DEATHS AND IMPROVING LIVES AFFECTED BY BIRTH DEFECTS #WorldBDDay

More than 8 million babies are born with a #birthdefect worldwide each year. Today is World Birth Defects Day, join March of Dimes, @Nacersano, @CDC_NCBDD & other organizations for a Twitter Chat to learn about birth defects and their impact #AcrossTheLifespan. #WorldBDday

WONDERING HOW TO MEET SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOAL 3.2 BY 2030? PREVENT NEWBORN AND CHILDHOOD DEATHS DUE TO BIRTH DEFECTS #WorldBDDay

New Publication: COVID‐19 in pregnancy—what study designs can we use to assess the risk of congenital anomalies in relation to COVID‐19 disease, treatment and vaccination? - Dolk - - Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pp…

In our new paper, published in the International Breastfeeding Journal, we argue that lack of BF data in population DBs is an information desert hampering our ability to research the impact of medicines taken during and after pregnancy on neurodevelopment …reastfeedingjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

The new blog post by Rachel Plachcinski 'Drug in pregnancy: a Q&A with parents' based on Q&A held on the Bump2Baby group with Professor Peter Brocklehurst, is out now. mumpredict.org/drugs-in-pregn…

JUST PUBLISHED: Families need support to reduce the risk of adverse drug reactions from breastfeeding by Sue Jordan, Emyr Jones, Sophia Komninou, Maria Loane & Christine Damase-Michel in Pharmaceutical Journal 👇 pharmaceutical-journal.com/article/opinio…

JUST PUBLISHED - A population-based matched cohort study of major congenital anomalies following COVID-19 vaccination and SARS-CoV-2 infection - Read the article nature.com/articles/s4146…

Medicines and Breastfeeding: complicated questions | Healthcare and Nursing Community - healthcommunity.nature.com/posts/medicine…