Research is conducted in pursuit of our strategy: to halve the number of SIDS by 2020 and continue to reduce sudden and unexplained deaths in infancy. The Grantholders meeting is an opportunity for researchers from a diverse range of specialties to share their findings with colleagues and guests to further their own and others’ knowledge of sudden infant death.
This year’s Grantholders meeting is taking place on Thursday 14th September at the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH), London. Grantholders will present on the research they are undertaking and there will also be the opportunity to hear about new research projects which will be funded through 2017 and 2018.
RCPCH has approved this activity for continuing professional development (CPD) in accordance with the current RCPCH CPD Guidelines.
Registration opens at 12.15pm with a sandwich lunch and the Grantholders Meeting will start at 1pm.
Agenda
12.15: Lunch and registration
13.00: Welcome and opening remarks
Presented by Prof Helen Ball, Chair, The Lullaby Trust Scientific Committee
13.10: The feasibility of a new approach for improving infant sleep-sharing safety: Final report on Let’s Talk About Sleep! in NHS Sunderland and NHS Fife
Presented by Prof Helen Ball
13.45: Oto Acoustic Signals Investigation Study update
The limitations of post-hoc recruitment to research studies: the potential value of establishing disease registers for future research
Presented by Prof Peter Fleming, Consultant Paediatrician, University Hospitals Bristol
14.20: Sudden unexpected death in childhood (SUDC): characteristics, autopsy findings and investigation
Presented by Dr Victoria Bryant, Clinical Research Associate, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health
14.55: Coffee break
15.10: The prevalence of Long QT Syndrome gene variants in SIDS
Presented by Dr Robert Coombs, Consultant Neonatologist (retired), Sheffield Teaching Hospitals
15:45: New research projects for 2017 and closing remarks
- Investigating the microbiome of sudden unexpected deaths in infancy and childhood
- Cessation in pregnancy incentives trial (CPIT)
Presented by:
- Prof Helen Ball
- Prof Neil Sebire, Professor of Paediatric Pathology, Great Ormond St Hospital
- Prof David Tappin, Professor of Clinical Trials for Children, Glasgow University
16.30: Meeting close
Presented by Prof Helen Ball
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