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NMH | 2024 220 Education FIGO Pregnancy Nutrition and Obesity Initiative We are developing clinical guidelines and a FIGO nutrition checklist that can be used globally to assist healthcare professionals caring for pregnancy women to advise them about appropriate nutrition before, during and after pregnancy Collaborators Prof Mark Hanson, University of Southampton Prof Hema Divakar, Divakars Speciality Hospital, Bengaluru, India. Breastfeeding friendly city indicators Study ongoing in Penang and Dublin developing indicators that a city is breastfeeding friendly Collaborators Dr Jacqueline Ho, Penang Amal Omer-Salim, World Alliance Breastfeeding Action VR baby and VR Bakri balloon We are developing a virtual reality model of pregnancy to enhance medical and midwifery students and trainees experience of learning and also a VR Bakri balloon insertion model Collaborators Prof Eleni Mangina, UCD School of Computer Science Dr Aoife McEvoy FeMo Fetal movement monitor In collaboration with Prof Niamh Nowlan, UCD Prof Biomedical Engineering, NMH is trialling a novel fetal movement monitor. We completed the first study during 2024 and are planning the next study for 2025. IronMother This is UCD Clinical Research Centre supported RCT of treatment of iron deficiency anaemia in pregnancy, run by multidisciplinary team at NMH led by Prof Jennifer Walsh Collaborators Dr Joan Fitzgerald, Ms Benedetta Soldati, Dr Karen Murphy, Ms AnnMarie Cruse Alcohol screening in pregnancy This anonymous study continued in 2023 in collaboration with Prof Aiden McCormick and Dr Ciara McCormick, Dr Liz Dunn Wexford and Dr Alfonso Rodriguez Herrera, Kilkenny National Maternity Cardiac database (A Smyth, C Canniffe, FMcAuliffe, NPEC) established the first national cardiac in pregnancy database IRELAND study Multicentre RCT in aspirin use to prevent pre-eclampsia in women with pre- gestational diabetes. This study was published in AJOG MFM in 2024. AI Premie This is a multidisciplinary study examining the role of AI in the prediction of pre- eclampsia. Healthcare training One Safe Act in the Labour and Birthing Unit, and Communication in Obstetric Emergency Birth are ongoing studies Ovarian Cancer Immunology Prof Brennan co-leads a group of 7 scientists (4 PhD Students, 3 post-doctoral scientists ) with Prof Walter Kolch in Systems Biology Ireland, UCD School of Medicine, which focuses on cancer immunology with a particular focus on the impact of aberrant intracellular signalling on T-cell activity. He also actively collaborates with Prof Lydia Lynch, Harvard Medical School, with whom he co-supervises a PhD student and post- doctoral scientist also working on ovarian cancer immune response. Women's Health Initiative – The GO Cancer Centre The GO Cancer Centre at the Mater Hospital funded by the Irish Cancer Society supports the delivery of numerous projects in the cancer survivorship arena and is coordinating numerous clinical trials in this area and led the development of the web portal www.thisisgo.ie . The GO Cancer Centre is managed by Ms Yvonne O'Meara and currently includes two MD students, two survivorship nurses. The Centre collaborates with many disciplines including oncology nurse specialists, dietietics, physiotherapy and psycho- oncology Placenta Accreta Spectrum The placenta accreta spectrum service is coordinated by a clinical fellow, Dr Helena Bartels who is also completing a PhD focused on multi-omic technology to predict severity of disease. We collaborate with Placenta Accreta Ireland and have been to the forefront of documenting the patient story and lived experience on both a national and international level. Medical Education ("MedEd") Electives Prof Mary Higgins We run highly successful electives in Medical Education with medical student participants. As well as students gaining increased knowledge in MedEd theories, student output includes the following: A 100-page handbook for final year students reviewing Obstetrics and Gynaecology "Obscast" podcast Multiple MedEd infographics on subject's that students identified as relevant and under resourced in the standard curriculum Presentations at the INHED, AMEE and ASME meetings Development of a module on peer assisted learning Medical education Prof Mary Higgins is spear heading research into the transition from clinical to research work for healthcare workers, patients as educators, transition to specialist training.