2024 - PSANZ Conference

 The trust sponsored one of the guest speakers, Professor Terrie Inder

Professor Terrie Inder is a dual-boarded neonatologist and child neurologist and is the current Chair of the Department of Pediatric Newborn Medicine. A native of New Zealand, she previously worked at the University of Melbourne, and Washington University in St. Louis before joining the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. 

Dr Inder's primary research is targeted at understanding the timing, mechanisms and impact of cerebral injury and altered cerebral development in infants at high risk for adverse neuodevelopmental outcome, including the prematurely-born infant, the sick term-born infant, and the infant with congenital heart disease. Her aim in her investigations is to investigate means of accurate, early diagnosis of brain injury as well as developing treatments and preventive strategies to reduce subsequent disabilities.

The trust also supported approximately 37 nursing staff to register and attend the conference. 

It was an informative and busy three days full of exciting topics and current studies and trends. Conferences are always a good opportunity to collaborate with colleagues about our current care of neonates and  women during pregnancy.