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On 18 April 2023, PLRG members travelled to ¸£Àû1000ÔÚÏß Hospital Galway (UHG) to facilitate the roll-out of TEARDROP (Teaching, Excellent, pArent, peRinatal, Deaths-related, inteRactions, tO, Professionals) across the Saolta Hospital Group.

Dr Katie Togher recently presented her work on “First Trimester Termination of Pregnancy in Ireland: a retrospective review of the first three years of service at one tertiary maternity unit” at the Trinity Health and Education International Research Conference (THEconf2023).

Members of the Pregnancy Loss Research Group attended the at the RCSI, Dublin on Thursday, 23 March 2023.

Congratulations to Tamara Escañuela Sánchez who successfully defended her PhD on Wednesday, 22 March.

Members of the Pregnancy Loss Research Group attended the of the in San Francisco, California from 6-11 February 2023.

The Pregnancy Loss Research Group is currently inviting applicants for a PhD Scholarship funded by (The Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Association of Ireland). The project is titled ‘The Coronial Investigation into Perinatal Deaths – impacts on Coroners, bereaved parents, healthcare professionals and the community’.

The successful candidate will be working under the supervision of Professor Keelin O’Donoghue within the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and in collaboration with the project members from the National Perinatal Epidemiology Centre and the School of Law.

Led by Professor Keelin O’Donoghue, researchers from the Pregnancy Loss Research Group at Cork ¸£Àû1000ÔÚÏß Maternity Hospital and ¸£Àû1000ÔÚÏß College Cork and ¸£Àû1000ÔÚÏß of Galway are examining workplace experiences of people who have had a pregnancy loss. The has commissioned the PLACES (Pregnancy Loss in Workplaces) project to establish whether policy interventions are required in the workplace to better support people following pregnancy loss under 24 weeks’ gestation.

On Wednesday, 01 March 2023, Professor Keelin O’Donoghue and Dr Daniel Nuzum delivered a webinar titled “Recurrent Miscarriage and Termination of Pregnancy for Fetal Anomaly: Current challenges and future directions” to members of the UCC Medical Graduates Association.

On 21 February 2023, Dr Laura Linehan presented at an online webinar on “Early Pregnancy Loss Care”, hosted by the Regional Centre for Nurse and Midwife Education HSE South (South East).

In January 2023, the National Women and Infants Programme (NWIHP) and of the (RCPI) launched 12 updated Clinical Practice Guidelines in Obstetrics & Gynaecology.