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Research shows comforting babies eases parental stress in painful procedures

Neuroimaging Parents & Carers Research

The Neuroimaging Group, at the Department of Paediatrics, in collaboration with Bliss, the charity for babies born premature or sick, has launched a new suite of information resources for parents of neo-nates, designed to make them feel more confident about being involved in the care of their babies.

New animation series to support parents of premature infants

Children's Health Department Neuroimaging Parents & Carers Public Engagement Research

Professor Caroline Hartley, Principal Investigator, and Dr Marianne van der Vaart Postdoctoral Researcher, in the Paediatric Neuroimaging Group at the Department of Paediatrics, have today launched a series of animations aimed at improving parental understanding of brain development in premature infants, and the effect it has on breathing and apnoeas (the cessation of breathing).

There is now clear data on Covid-19 and children: it should be safe to reopen English schools

Parents & Carers Vaccinology

In an opinion piece for The Guardian, Professor Matthew Snape discusses the initial results of his team's antibody study in the context of coronavirus risk to school children.

Coronavirus: is it safe for children to return to school?

COVID-19 Children's Health General Parents & Carers

Stéphane Paulus and Else Bijker explore the topic in their article for The Conversation.

Sharing the benefits

Athena Swan Neuroimaging Parents & Carers University

At the beginning of the year our family leave policies were updated. Employees can now take up most of our family leave schemes from the first day of employment, meaning that more parents can now enjoy the benefits of our generous provisions. Hayriye Cagnan from the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, and husband Eugene Duff from the Department of Paediatrics, discuss their experience of shared parental leave following baby Ida’s arrival ten months ago.

Pregnant women invited to take part in pioneering diabetes prevention research

Clinical Trials Parents & Carers Recruitment Research

Dr Matthew Snape leads a study investigating if giving small amounts of oral insulin to babies can prevent type 1 diabetes, thus allowing mothers to protect their children from injecting insulin.