Congratulations to Fionnuala McAuliffe NMH & UCD, Gillian Corbett and the rest of the PrePOP team for securing funding from the SFI Frontiers for the Future awards! The team will investigate the use of probiotic supplementation as a strategy to prevent preterm birth 🤰 The National Maternity Hospital University College Dublin

📣Calling all interested in infant and young child feeding on the island of Ireland. Aileen Kennedy RD PhD & I would be grateful if you could complete a survey about IYCF in emergencies. It's part of a HEA funded project to develop a preparedness plan. Link: surveymonkey.com/r/IYCF-E-Ire

Malak Ali presenting her PhD research on vitamin D intakes and food sources in breastfeeding women in Ireland: findings from the WellFed study 👏 #NSCongress24

Fiona O’Dwyer presenting her poster on “An examination of factors that influence infant growth in the first weeks of life” 🍼 #NSCongress24

Delighted to be attending the first Nutrition Society Congress in Belfast this week! #NSCongress24 Nutrition Society

Delighted to be representing UCD Perinatal Research Centre at the #NSCongress24 Presenting a poster on my research using the FIGO Nutrition Checklist investigating dietary intakes among pregnant women attending The National Maternity Hospital Fionnuala McAuliffe NMH & UCD Liz O'Sullivan FIGO HQ emma hokey Sarah Louise Killeen, RD, PhD

Really interesting lecture by Kevin Whelan on the role of our diet in gut health! #NSCongress24

Hot off the press! 🔥 Maternal immune responses undergo significant changes in pregnancy which are influenced by previous pregnancy and maternal BMI Fionnuala McAuliffe NMH & UCD Sarah Doyle Kiva brennan Sarah Louise Killeen, RD, PhD Grace Mealy The National Maternity Hospital doi.org/10.1038/s41598…

Celebrating World Breastfeeding Week with a new publication showing exposure to human milk in early life is associated with lower preteen adiposity, irrespective of duration, findings from #ROLOStudy #WBW2024 @ProfMcAuliffe The National Maternity Hospital UCD Medicine UCD Research Sophie Callanan

We're delighted to be celebrating the last day of #WorldBreastfeedingWeek with this blog by Liz McGovern IBCLC explaining the importance of breastfeeding confidence/self-efficacy & how ↗️ it supports women to breastfeed for longer and more exclusively. bump2babyandme.org/news/womens-be…

Absolutely thrilled to have defended my PhD yesterday🥳 Huge thanks to my supervisor Fionnuala McAuliffe NMH & UCD and all the team at UCD Perinatal Research Centre for such an enjoyable three years🎉 Thank you to my examiners for such an enjoyable viva experience!

Great day UCD Conway Institute festival with the team presenting on #FIGO nutrition checklist and urinary alcohol screening during pregnancy study Fionnuala McAuliffe NMH & UCD UCD Medicine The National Maternity Hospital Lucy murphy

Maternal factors associated w the vaginal microbiome First of my PhD chapters in print - thanks to our fantastic UCD Perinatal Research Centre collaborators for their guidance ✨✨ Conor Feehily Paul Cotter David MacIntyre Eileen O'Brien, PhD RD

Calling all #obstetricians #midwives #GP #sonographers involved in #antenatalcare we would love to hear your thoughts on #fetalmovement monitoring 📣📣 Follow the link to access more info + survey eu.surveymonkey.com/r/fetalmovemen…

One of my favourite days of the year as we celebrate the graduation of our BSc Public Health Nutrition students Here’s to your bright futures, your contributions to Nutrition, and to the journey ahead! 🥂✨ #Graduation2024 #PublicHealthNutrition School of Biological, Health & Sports Sciences #ANutr

Another exciting #ROLOstudy publication reporting #lowglycemicindex diet in pregnancy may ⬇️ risk of childhood asthma #logitudinalcohort #lowGI #ROLOkids #followup Fionnuala McAuliffe NMH & UCD Sophie Callanan UCD Medicine The National Maternity Hospital NMH Foundation UCD Clinical Research Centre University College Dublin

📣 Are you pregnant in the 3rd trimester or gave birth in the past year? If yes we need your help! We are doing research to understand how pregnant/new moms feel about using #wearable device to keep track of babies kicks Link to survey eu.surveymonkey.com/r/babykicks #pregnancy

Celebrating a very productive #2024 ⁦UCD Perinatal Research Centre⁩ Thankyou to an amazing team of innovative and enthusiastic clinical researchers! ⁦Gillian Corbett⁩ ⁦University College Dublin⁩ ⁦UCD Medicine⁩ ⁦UCD Clinical Research Centre⁩ ⁦A/Prof Sharleen O’Reilly⁩ ⁦Sophie Callanan⁩ ⁦

🎉Funding secured for an exciting collaboration to advance UN SDG 2: Zero Hunger, focusing on improving maternal child outcomes in Sub Saharan Africa. Fionnuala McAuliffe NMH & UCD UCD Medicine UCD Public Health, Physiotherapy & Sports Science The National Maternity Hospital University College Dublin

PLEASE SHARE We’re hiring a contract #bioinformatician (research officer) to analyse #microbiome data from an ongoing, exciting project focusing on preterm birth prevention with oral probiotics topjobs-teagasc.thehirelab.com/LiveJobs/JobAp… Fionnuala McAuliffe NMH & UCD Conor Feehily Gillian Corbett David MacIntyre