PROGRAM
- Program
- Keynote Speakers
- Call For Papers
- Invitation to attend ISPID working group meetings
- ISPID/ISA New Investigator Awards
- ISPID/ISA New Investigator Travel Awards
| Time | Thursday 7/10/2010 |
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| 1800 - 1930 | Welcome Cocktail Reception Sydney Masonic Centre, Marble Foyer |
| Time | Friday 8/10/2010 |
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| 0845 - 9000 | Welcome Opening Address by Governor General, Ms Quentin Bryce AC The Grand Lodge, Sydney Masonic Centre |
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| 9000 - 1030 | Plenary Session 1 Perinatal and Infant Deaths A Global perspective Chair: A/Prof Vicki Flenady & Leanne Raven 0900 - 0920 - Making Stillbirth a Priority - Dr Frederik Frĝen 0920 - 0940 - 3 Million Stillbirths - where, when, why - Dr Joy Lawn 0940 - 1000 - The voices of Bereaved Parents - Ros Richardson 1000 - 1020 - SIDS/SUDI an International Perspective - Dr Peter Blair 1020 - 1030 - Question Time |
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| 1030 - 1100 | Morning Tea | ||
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New Investigator Presentations Chair: A/Prof Rosemary Horne & A/Prof Alison Kent Maternal sleep position: a potential modifiable risk factor for third trimester stillbirth Tomasina Stacey Hypoxia-related morphological abnormalities in villous trophoblast turnover in placentas from victims of SIDS Katie Widdows Bereaved mothers using internet peer-support message boards for pregnancy loss: an internet survey of user characteristics and depressive symptoms Katherine J. Gold The dummy debate - does dummy use affect infant arousability from sleep? Heidi Richardson Does sleeping position effect baroreflex sensitivity in infants? Implications for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Stephanie Yiallourou Risk Factors for Perinatal Death in the Eastern Highlands, Papua New Guinea (PNG) Bronwen Morrison |
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| 1230 - 1345 | Lunch | ||
| 1345 - 1530 | Concurrent Session 1A - Clinical Practice 1345 - 1405 - Implementation of Nationwide Perinatal Audit - impact on professionals Prof Jan Jaap Erwich |
Concurrent Session 1B - Physiology 1345 - 1405 - What can we learn about SIDS from Physiological studies in healthy infants A/Prof Rosemary Horne |
Concurrent Session 1C -Epidemiology 1345 - 1405 - Identifying and testing safer environments for infant co-sleeping in New Zealand Prof Barry Taylor |
| Confidential Enquiries into perinatal deaths: a regional programme to identify upstream causes Jason Gardosi |
Autonomic dysregulation after prenatal exposure to nicotine in newborn rats Jane Blood-Siegfried |
The relationship between bed-sharing and breastfeeding: A longitudinal population-based latent class analysis Peter Blair |
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| A 12 year audit of neonatal deaths not admitted to neonatal nurseries in a tertiary perinatal centre David Tudehope |
Prenatal exposure to ethanol blunts arousal during exposure to intermittent hypoxia Robert Darnall |
Postnatal parental smoking is an important risk factor for SIDS Germaine Liebrechts-Akkerman |
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| Infants on the CONI PLUS programme as a result of an ALTE: A High risk group Alison Waite |
Prone sleeping reduces cerebral oxygenation in healthy term infants Rosemary Horne |
Incidence and risk factors of fetal death in Norway - a population- and hospital-based case-control study Linda Bjork Helgadottir |
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| A Questionnaire Study of UK Obstetricians, Midwives' and Perinatal Pathologists' Knowledge and Practice regarding Postmortem after Stillbirth Alexander Heazell |
Oxygen desaturation events during overnight sleep in bedsharing and cot-sleeping infants Sally Baddock |
Maternal perception of decreased fetal movements: association with fetal growth restriction Vicki Flenady |
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| MSOAP Outreach Obstetric Training in Western Australia Improved Perinatal Outcomes Belinda Gail Jennings |
Car Safety Seat use in the First Six Weeks of Life in Full Term Infants Christine McIntosh |
Epidemiology of stillbirth in low and middle income countries Elizabeth McClure |
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| Improving sudden unexplained infant death investigation practices: an evaluation of US training academies Lena Teresa Camperlengo |
Longitudinal home assessment of oxygen saturation in preterm and full term infants during the first six months of age Carl Hunt |
Sudden unexplained death in childhood: An epidemiological profile Cliona McGarvey |
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| Harper's story: Teaching midwifery students about stillbirth Caroline Homer presented by Alison Homer |
Circadian Rhythm Development related to Sleeping Patterns in Human Infants Desaline Joseph |
Stillbirth, maternal obesity and fetal growth restriction Jason Gardosi |
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| Information and Communication with Parents About Autopsy for their Stillborn Baby Dell Horey |
Decreased arousability in alte infants Patricia Franco |
Is there still a role for a Birth Score and intervention programmes to reduce infant mortality? Robert Coombs |
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| 1530 - 1600 | Afternon Tea | ||
| 1600 - 1730 | Plenary Session 2 Coping with Loss Chair: Line Christoffensen & Emma McCloud 1600 - 1620 - Understanding Grief Emotions - Dr Peter Barr 1620 - 1640 - Bereavement Care Practises: A UK Perspective - Dr Janet Scott 1640 - 1700 - Children and Grief - Dr Elisa Agostinelli 1700 - 1720 - Thoughts from the Land of the Long White Cloud - Dr Vicki Culling 1720 - 1730 - Question Time |
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| 1730 - 1830 | Memorial Ceremony Ionic Room, Sydney Masonic Centre |
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| Time | Saturday 9/10/2010 |
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| 0900 - 1030 | Plenary Session 3 Priorities in Future Research Directions Chair: Prof David Elwood & Prof Carl Hunt 0900 - 0920 - Research Priorities in Maternal and Infant Health - Prof Robert Pattinson 0920 - 0940 - Predicting Stillbirth - Prof Gordon Smith 0940 - 1000 - Reducing stillbirths and infant deaths among Indigenous women - Philippa Middleton 1000 - 1020 - Research Directions and Current Advice for SIDS/SUDI - Prof Peter Fleming 1020 - 1030 - Question Time |
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| 1030 - 1100 | Morning Tea | |||||
| 1100 - 1245 | Concurrent Session 2A - Epidemiology 1100 - 1120 - A/Prof Vicki Flenady |
Concurrent Session 2B - Breaking the Silence on pregnancy and Infant Death 1100 - 1120 - Ms Liz Conway |
Concurrent Session 2C - International Perspectives 1100 - 1120 - Prof Heather Jeffery |
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| Bradford infant care study (bradics): infant care and sids prevention in abi-ethnic population Eduardo Fernandez Moya |
Losing contact with one's unborn baby - Mothers' experiences prior to receiving news that their baby has died in utero Mari-Cristin Malm |
Reducing the Risk of SIDS in Aboriginal Communities Shauna Lindy Gaebler |
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| Identifying Stillbirths from Three New South Wales Record Linked Population Health Data Sets, 2001-2005 Camille Raynes-Greenow |
Supporting Parents in Grief Through a "Help Yourself Concept", Annika M. E. Haaker - to be presented by Marie Herou |
SIDS amongst urban Aboriginal infants - is it more than putting baby to sleep the right way? Jennifer Knight |
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| When We Say SIDS What Do We Mean? Ian Mitchell |
What about the Children? Jane Warland |
The maternal, antenatal, intrapartum & neonatal (MAIN) classification system for perinatal death Jason Gardosi |
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| Cramer's Theorem proves that SIDS is a distinct entity and not a collection of different causes of death David Mage |
A bereaved father Steve Younis |
Stillbirth prevention in high income countries: population attributable risk for risk factors Laura Koopmans |
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| Stillbirth classification in Vietnam Jane Hirst |
To survive the loss of a child Bjorn Tornwall |
Neonatal admission and mortality in Kanombe Hospital in Rwanda Judy Orikiiriza |
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| Intimate partner violence and potentially preventable single and recurrent spontaneous fetal loss in an African Setting Amino Alio |
Am I Still a Mother?: Making Meaning of Motherhood Following Stillbirth, Neonatal and Infant Loss Vicki Culling |
Community perceptions, beliefs and practices on stillbirth in Sekondi/Takoradi Linda Vanotoo |
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| Analysis and Prevention of Neonatal Sudden Unexpected Deaths in NSW Lucia Wang |
Lucina survey: knowledge, thoughts and emotions of Italian midwives on stillbirth management Claudia Ravaldi |
Reducing infant mortality in a traditional Arab population in Southern Israel : A community-based project Ilana Shoham-Vardi |
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| Maternal and Perinatal Risk Factors in a South Australian SIDS Cohort Paul Goldwater |
Is the death of a child just another day at work for the ambulance crew? Peter Johansen |
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| 1245 - 1400 | Lunch | |||||
| 1400 - 1530 | Plenary Session 4 Genetic Factors, Vulnerability and Infection Chair: Prof Gordon Smith & Lesley McCowan 1400 - 1420 - Infection and SUDI/SIDS: Possible Links to Stillbirth - Prof Caroline Blackwell 1420 - 1440 - Genetic Factors in SUDI/SIDS - Prof Debra Weese-Mayer 1440 - 1500 - Update on SUDI/SIDS Risk Factors - Prof Ed Mitchell 1500 - 1520 - Preventing Preterm Birth - Prof Roger Smith 1520 - 1530 - Question Time |
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| 1530 - 1600 | Afternon Tea | |||||
| 1600 - 1730 | Poster Session | |||||
| 1930 - 2400 | Conference Dinner Harbours Edge |
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| Time | Sunday 10/10/2010 |
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| 0900 - 1045 | Concurrent Session 3A - Pathology 0900 - 0920 - Brainstem Serotonergic Deficiency in Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Dr Jhodie Duncan |
Concurrent Session 3B - Speaking from the Heart; Parent and Professional Wisdom 0900 - 0920 Sherokee Ilse |
Concurrent Session 3C - Health Promotion 0900 - 0920 - Sustainable support for Health Professionals Delivering Evidence - based Safe Sleeping Messages to Families- A Multi-Agency Approach Adjunct Prof Jeanine Young, Presented by Alison Williams |
| Pre-natal obstetric risk factors and their association with SIDS: morphological evidence of aberrant placental villous trophoblast turnover Katie Widdows |
Healing Our Mob Shauna Lindy Gaebler |
Improving uptake of safe infant sleeping recommendations: teaching tools for parents and health professionals Alison Williams |
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| Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors (a7 and b2) in the brainstem of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and relationship to smoke exposure Rita Machaalani |
The Holding Time: Support for families experiencing the death of their baby Deborah De Wilde |
Creating an internet resource for parents seeking advice during pregnancy and after a baby has died Sheroke IIse, Liz Conway |
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| The role of human cytomegalovirus in stillbirth and other adverse outcomes of pregnancy Stuart Torrie Hamilton |
The Role of Peer Support in Addressing Long-Term Effects of Infant Loss Joan Noonan |
"Better Beginnings" - communicating the Reduce the Risk message to teenage parents Louisa Mullan |
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| Decreased Fetal Movement is Associated with Reduced Placental Size, Placental Infarction and Increased Syncytial Knots Alexander Heazell |
A research-based approach to the development of an information leaflet for bereaved parents Joyce Epstein |
Six plus one: communicators on the inside of priority groups Sharon Bennett |
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| SIDS pathology revisited. Organ weights of infants from two continents: evidence of prenatal infection? Prof Bert Little |
The extended role of the SUDI adviser Barbara Wright |
Safe sleeping advices: is a nationwide program an effective strategy? Bregje Elisabeth Van Sleuwen |
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| A review of the umbilical cord as a cause of stillbirth Adrian Charles |
Slow Down; Don't Move too Fast. Got to Make Some Memories to Last Sherokee Ilse |
Keeping safe in pregnancy project Jane Warland |
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| 10 years of sudden unexpected neonatal deaths referred to the Wellington Forensic Service Dawn Elizabeth Elder |
Mothers Clinical and Emotional needs During a Subsequent Pregnancy. A Follow up Study Line Christoffersen |
Influencing parents beliefs about reducing the risks of cot death Clare Louise Jolly |
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| Free fetal DNA, placental apoptosis and the prediction of placental failure atterm Dr Jasjot Kaur |
Knowledge, attitudes, and practices with regards to swaddling among a low-income U.S. population Rachel Moon |
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| 1045 - 1115 | Morning Tea | ||
| 1115- 1300 | Concurrent Session 4A - Prioritising stillbirth research 1115 - 1125 - Introduction to establishng global stillbirth research priorities Prof Yee Khong |
Concurrent Session 4B - Gene environment and other issues 1100 - 1120 A/Prof Karen Waters |
Concurrent Session 4C - SUDI and SIDS research directions 1100 - 1120 Prof Brad Thach |
| Stillbirth research prioritization methods Eckhart Buchmann |
Bacterial Virulence, Genetic Polymorphisms and SIDS Paul Goldwater |
Pacifiers and SIDS risk: would parents change their mind if they knew? Rachel Moon |
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| Epidemiology research priorites in low and middle income countries Joy Lawn |
Neonatal Screening Card Blood Spots: a Novel Source of DNA for Genetic Analysisin SIDS / Matched Comparison Babies Paul Goldwater |
Breastfeeding and reduced risk of sudden infant death syndrome: A Meta-Analysis, Fern R. Hauck |
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| Low and middle income countries interventions research priorities Eckhart Buchmann |
Whole Genome Association Study in SIDS Infants Mechtild Maria Theresia Vennemann |
Risk Factors and SIDS: Exploring Changes Over Time Ian Mitchell |
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| High Income countries research priorities Vicki Flenady |
CMV Infection is Frequently Detected in Stillbirths, In Association with Growth Restriction and Vascular Abnormalities Jenna Iwasenko |
Bed Sharing and the Risk of SIDS: a Discussion Document Mechtild Maria Theresia Vennemann |
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| Discovery research priorities Gordon Smith |
Sleep as a Window onto Brain Maturation: The Effect of Nidcap Care Versus Traditional Care in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Sonia Scaillet |
Turning Behaviour, Sleeping Sacks and Swaddling Bregje Elisabeth Van Sleuwen |
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| Moving forward with the global research agenda for stillbirth. Robert Goldenberg |
Risk Factors for Infants Who are Small for Gestational Age (SGA) by Customised Birthweight Centiles : Data from the International SCOPE (Screening for Pregnancy Endpoints) Study Lesley McCowan |
Infant Sleep Position, Bedsharing and Pacifier Use In a Population at High Risk for SIDS in the United States Eve Colson |
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| Effecting Behavioral Change in High Risk Populations - Development of a Low Literacy Safe Sleeping Resource Karen Faichney |
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| Industry Clean-Up: Aligning Product Promotion with Safe Sleep Advice Judith Clarke |
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| 1245 - 1400 | Lunch | ||
| 1400 - 1600 | Plenary Session 5 Call to Action Chair: Prof Peter Fleming & Craig Rubens 1400 - 1420 - The Success of Back to Sleep in SIDS/SUDI and New Challenges - A/Prof Fern Hauk 1420 - 1440 - Getting the Safe Sleeping Message to Disadvantaged Groups - Prof Rachel Moon 1440 - 1500 - Call to Action in the Broader Context of Maternal and Child Health - Prof Robert Goldenberg 1500 - 1520 - Healthcare Priority Setting for WHO - Dr Monir Islam 1520 - 1600 - Question Time |
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| 1600 - 1630 | Closing Ceremony The Grand Lodge, Sydney Masonic Centre |
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| 1630-1700 | Closing Drinks | ||
Program subject to change without notice
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Robert L. Goldenberg, M.D.
is Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Director of Research in The Department of OBGYN at the Drexel College of Medicine and was previously chair of the OBGYN Department at the University of Alabama Birmingham (UAB). He has served as Director of the Department of Maternal and Child Health within the Alabama State Department of Public Health from 1977 to 1981. As a member of the Institute of Medicine since 1995, Dr. Goldenberg has served as chairman of the IOM Pediatrics/Ob-Gyn section from 1998 to 2002 and has been a member of the IOM Committee on Improving Birth Outcomes in Developing Countries since 1999. He has published over 500 journal articles. He was the first chair of the US - India collaborative research program in Maternal and Child Health. With Dr. Goldenberg as P.I., UAB participated in the March of Dimes Prematurity Prevention Study, the NICHD-funded study of risk factors for growth retardation, the NICHD Preterm Prediction Study, and the AHCPR Low Birthweight Patient Outcomes Research Team. He was co-P.I. for the UAB site of the NICHD MFMU Network for over 8 years, and was the P.I. for the NIAID HIVNET 024 study (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Llongwe and Blantyre, Malawi and Lusaka, Zambia) of antibiotics to prevent chorioamnionitis - related maternal to child transmission of HIV. For the last 15 years, he has directed the National Program Office on Smoking in Pregnancy for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, managing and overseeing more than 40 individual grants. He is also P.I. for the Drexel/Aga Khan University site (Karachi, Pakistan) for the Gates/NICHD Global Network. He also chairs the NICHD Stillbirth Network and chairs the Section on HIV Perinatal Transmission for the NIAD-funded IMPAACT Network. He was a founder of CIDRZ, the Center for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia that in addition to undertaking substantial research on maternal and neonatal health and HIV MTCT, now has more than 200,000 HIV infected people under care. He is currently chairing a NICHD Global Network multi-country study on Emergency Obstetric and Neonatal Care. He has consulted on pregnancy outcomes in Egypt, Columbia, Zambia, India and Armenia.
Dr Joy Lawn, B MedSci, MB BS, MRCP (Paeds), MPH PhD
Director Global Evidence and Policy,
Saving Newborn Lives-Save the Children-US
Cape Town, South Africa
Joy Lawn is Director Global Evidence and Policy with the Gates funded Saving Newborn Lives programme of Save the Children-US. She is an African-born paediatrician and perinatal epidemiologist. She completed a medical degree and paediatric training in England, and then worked in several African countries, including Ghana for 4 years providing newborn care services and training. She shifted to public health whilst at the WHO Collaborating Center in Reproductive Health at the CDC Atlanta, USA (1998-2001), and then at the Institute of Child Health, London, UK (2001-2004) also completing a Masters of Public Health at Emory University, Atlanta and PhD at University College London.
Joy co-leds the Neonatal Group in the Child Health Epidemiology Reference Group (CHERG), which developed the first systematic cause of death estimates for 4 million neonatal deaths each year, published in The Lancet Neonatal series and the World Health Report 2005. The CHERG Neonatal group is leading work for the Global Burden of Disease regarding stillbirths, neonatal deaths and morbidity. Joy is based in South Africa, working with governments and partners to integrate, scale up and evaluate newborn care, particularly in Africa including large scale effectiveness trials in 6 African countries. She recently co-led the team of 60 authors from 14 organizations working on the book "Opportunities for Africa's Newborns" as well as the 7 country teams from the African Science Development Initiative for the report "Science in Action - Saving the lives of Africa's mothers, newborns and children". She is also on the Coordinating Committee for Countdown to 2015.
Dr Peter Blair
Senior Research Fellow at the University of Bristol
Dr Peter Blair, Senior Research Fellow at the University of Bristol, has a background in Medical Statistics and a particular interest in infant and childhood epidemiology. Born in Manchester, he studied Mathematics (BSc Hons) and Medical Statistics (MSc) before moving to Bristol where he completed his doctorate (Epidemiology of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) in 1997. From his work on several major studies he is a recognised expert in the SIDS field and was made an honorary fellow and advisor to UNICEF (UK) in 2009. Peter also has research interests in infant and childhood care practices, sleep physiology and growth. He is the chair of the epidemiology working group for the International Society for the Study and Prevention of Perinatal and Infant Death (ISPID) as well as on the editorial board for the Journal of Paediatric & Perinatal Epidemiology. He lives with his partner Helen and two sons, Jacob & Sam, aged 9 and 12 years.
CALL FOR PAPERS
THE DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACT SUBMISSION IS NOW CLOSED
INVITATION TO ATTEND ISPID WORKING GROUP MEETINGS
ISPID has established scientific working groups on a number of important topics. In these groups, international experts meet on a regular basis, exchange latest information and collaborate on scientific publications or projects. Currently, there are three working groups:
The physiology working group comprises scientists and clinicians who are working to try to understand the physiological mechanisms which make some infants more vulnerable to sudden death and also how the known risk factors for SIDS may alter normal infant physiology, particularly during sleep, and thus at increased risk. The individual members of the working party have published widely in this area and have jointly produced a number of review articles.
The epidemiology working group monitors the evidence of characteristics and risk factors associated with infants who die suddenly and unexpectedly. We try to meet at least once a year and attempt to clarify where we have consensus of opinion, and - just as importantly - outline precisely where we may differ in our interpretation of any findings. This has led to several review publications
The pathology working group is composed of pathologists who are actively working in the area of sudden and unexpected infant and early childhood death. Collaborative activities by members of the group have involved the establishment and ratification of protocols for the autopsy evaluation of unexpected childhood deaths and the publication of papers on all aspects of pediatric forensic pathology.
The Epidemiology and Physiology ISPID working groups will be meeting on Thursday 7 October between 1300-1500 prior to the main Conference. There will also be an opportunity to form a new working group on Stillbirth at this time. All conference attendees are very welcome to attend any of these meetings. For further details of the epidemiology working group please contact Dr Peter Blair epidemiology@ispid.org for further details of the physiology working group please contact A/Prof Rosemary Horne physiology@ispid.org for those interested in forming a stillbirth working group please contact Stephanie Fukui stillbirth@ispid.org
ISPID/ISA NEW INVESTIGATOR AWARDS
Candidates must:
- Be a full time student or be within 3 years of the postgraduate qualification.
Four New Investigator Awards for excellence in the conduct and presentation of scientific research will be made at the Joint ISA/ISPID2010 Conference. Two awards will be provided by ISPID and two by ISA.
ELIGIBILITY
The work to be presented will have been carried out:
- During the candidate's first substantive research programme or project
- Over a period of two years or more, either part-time or full time
- In addition, those applying for an ISPID award must be a member of ISPID
For both Awards, the applicant will have been responsible for the major components of the work to be presented. The age of the applicant will not determine eligibility. The award will be based on the scientific merit, presentation and discussion of a paper to be presented orally at the Joint ISA/ISPID 2010 Conference. The presentation will be ten minutes followed by five minutes for questions. The panel of judges will comprise members of both ISPID and ISA.
Before the Joint ISA/ISPID2010 Conference the Conference Program Committee will evaluate applications based on a review of the abstract of the paper in which the background and significance of the work is outlined. These will be evaluated by each committee member, and individual scores from each member will be aggregated. Further details of the research may be required by the committee, and individuals will be contacted if this is the case.
A total of up to 6 abstracts will be selected for oral presentation at a plenary session to be held on the first day of the conference.
The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate:
- Excellence in the design, execution, analysis and critical appraisal of their research
- Ability to communicate key concepts clearly to an audience who have no specialised knowledge in the field
- Competence in dealing with the challenge of peers' questions
The judges will meet immediately after the presentations have been made, and their decision will be made by awarding points to each candidate comprising:
| Scientific merit (based on oral presentation) | 50% |
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| Standard of presentation and communication | 40% |
| Responses to questions | 10% |
The judges' decision will be communicated to the Presidents of the Associations and the winner of the Awards will be announced at the Conference Dinner. The judges' decision is final.
ISPID/ISA NEW INVESTIGATOR TRAVEL AWARDS
A number of travel awards will be made to assist full time students to attend the Joint ISA/ISPID 2010 Conference.
Candidates must:
- Be a full time student
- Have submitted an abstract for presentation at the Conference, as first author
- Register to attend the Conference and pay the registration fee
- Send an official letter requesting to be selected for this travel award with a curriculum vitae and a letter of recommendation from his/her department or laboratory director to isaispid2010@conexion.com.au
Applicants will be notified of the outcome prior to the meeting and certificates will be presented at the conference dinner.
The amount will be determined by The ISPID Board of Directors.
ISPID/ISA Distinguished Researcher Awards
Two awards will be made to Distinguished Researcher for their contribution to SIDS/SUDI and Stillbirth research. Selection will be made by the Conference Programme Committee from nominations received from members of both ISPID and ISA. The laureate will have made an outstanding contribution to research in the area as evidenced by their international reputation in the area and publications in the field over a number of years. Certificates will be presented at the Conference dinner.
ISPID/ISA Health Educator Awards
Two awards will be made to Senior Health Educators for their contribution to SIDS/SUDI and Stillbirth education and bereavement counseling. Selection will be made by the Conference Programme Committee from nominations received from members of both ISPID and ISA. The laureate will have made an outstanding contribution to education in the area as evidenced by their international reputation in the area over a number of years. Certificates will be presented at the Conference dinner.
ISA Parent Advocate Award
An award will be given to an individual that promotes the goals and objectives of ISA particularly with respect to improving bereavement care and support for parents and families who have experienced the death of a stillborn baby. Selection will be made by the Conference Programme Committee from nominations received from members of ISA. The laureate will have an understanding of the needs of bereaved parents and an enthusiasm and commitment to the vision of ISA. Certificates will be presented at the Conference dinner.