Programme

The programme is not yet finalised, but confirmed speakers include the following:

THE DAVID HARVEY LECTURE - The fetal and infant origins of chronic disease
Professor David Barker

Prospects for fetal surgery
Professor N. Scott Adzick, University of Pensylvania

Management of short bowel syndrome in infancy
Dr Mark Beattie, University Hospital Southampton

The application of epigenetic epidemiology to newborn research
Professor Roberto Berni Canani, University of Naples

Suboptimal maternal nutrition and offspring health in adult life
Dr Helen Budge, University of Nottingham

Place of birth and protection from allergy
Professor Paul Cullinan, Imperial College London

Preventing stillbirth
Professor Jason Gardosi, Perinatal Institute

Surfactant delivery in spontaneously breathing infants
Professor Egbert Herting, University of Lübeck

Neonatal and longer term management following substance misuse in pregnancy
Dr Helen Mactier, University of Glasgow

Preterm birth and childhood psychiatric disorders
Professor Neil Marlow, UCL EGA Institute for Women’s Health

Birth into an unequal world
Professor Sir Michael Marmot, University College London

What is nutrigenomics?
Professor John C. Mathers, University of Newcastle

Reconstructing congenitally deformed limbs
Mr Fergal Monsell, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children

A diagnostic guide to congenital neuromuscular disorders presenting in the neonate
Professor Francesco Muntoni, UCL Institute for Child Health

StaR Child Health: Improving global standards for child health research
Professor Martin Offringa, University of Toronto

Techniques to prevent transmission of mitochondrial disease
Professor Doug Turnbull, University of Newcastle

The role of neuroimaging in newborn critical care decision making
Professor Dominic Wilkinson, University of Adelaide

Developments in newborn blood transfusion products
Dr Lorna Williamson, NHS Blood and Transplant

Left-right asymmetry and the developing brain
Professor Steve Wilson, University College London