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On Thursday 4^th July, we were honoured to be joined by colleagues, past and present, who attended an afternoon of celebration and reflection on the enduring 60-year collaboration between UCL Medical Physics & Biomedical Engineering, UCL Institute for Women’s Health and the UCLH Neonatal Unit.

We commemorated the journey (thus far!), including key milestones and fruitful relationships as well as exploring the next generation in neonatal care which included a poster exhibition and networking social.

On the day we heard from a range of speakers who really brought the research and collaboration to life:

PAST

• Topic: Early monitoring of baby oxygenation withÌýProf David Delpy, Emeritus Professor of Medical Photonics, UCL
• Topic: The development of early NIRS withÌýDr Mark Cope, Systems Architect, Analog Devices and Prof John Wyatt, Emeritus Professor of Neonatal Paediatrics, Ethics and Perinatology, UCL
• Topic: Brain metabolism by 31P NMR spectroscopy withÌýProf Antony Costello, Professorial Research Associate, UCL and former Director of Mother, Child and Adolescent Health at WHO and Prof David Delpy, Emeritus Professor of Medical Photonics, UCL
• Topic: Brain oxygen metabolism and supply withÌýProf Chris Cooper, Honorary Professor in Medical Physics, UCL and Prof David Edwards, Professor of Paediatrics and Neonatal Medicine, KCL and Consultant Neonatologist, Evelina London Children's Hospita
• Topic: Functional NIRS withÌýProf Clare Elwell, Professor of Medical Physics, UCL
• Topic: 3D NIR imaging withÌýProf Topun Austin, Consultant Neonatologist, Rosie Hospital; Director, Evelyn Perinatal Imaging Centre and Honorary Professor of Neurophotonics, UCL and Prof Jem Hebden, Professor of Biomedical Optics, UCL

PRESENT

• Topic: Developing an app to detect jaundice in newborn babies and infantsÌýwithÌýProf Terence Leung, Associate Professor, UCLÌý
• Topic: Metabolic brain monitoring in newborn babies using optics withÌýDr Gemma Bale, Gianna Angelopoulos Assistant Professor in Medical Therapeutics, University of CambridgeÌý
• Topic: Placental oxygenation measurement using MRI withÌýDr Rosalind Aughwane, Clinical Lecturer, UCL and Dr Andrew Melbourne, Senior Lecturer, King’s College London
• Topic: Cerebral autoregulation monitoring using optics in newborn infants with ProfÌýTerence Leung, Associate Professor, UCL and Dr Flora Wong, Consultant neonatologist, Monash Newborn and Associate Professor, Hudson Institute of Medical Research/Monash University

FUTURE

• Topic: Developing an infant brain NIRS device and its clinical application withÌýArchie Barraclough, i4Health PhD candidate, UCL and Kelly Harvey-Jones, Senior Clinical Fellow in Neonatal Intensive Care, UCLH and Senior Research Fellow and PhD candidate, UCL
• Topic: Developing a NIRS device to monitor the placenta and its clinical application withÌýDr Frederic Lange, Researcher, UCL and Dr Niccole Ranaei-Zamani, Clinical Research Fellow, UCL and Obstetrics and Gynaecology Registrar
• Topic: Developing a wearable NIRS device to monitor placenta and brain function and its future application in pre-term infants with Dr Olayinka Kowobari, Consultant Neonatologist and Honorary Research Fellow in Neonatology, UCL and Musa Talati, PhD Candidate

A huge thank you to the organising committee; Dr Kathy Chant, Prof David Delpy, Prof Clare Elwell, Prof Jem Hebden, Dr Judith Meek, Prof Subhabrata Mitra, Prof Ilias Tachtsidis, Prof John Wyatt, Naomi Britton and Sarah Mayhew

As well as our fantastic speakers who took us on a journey through the past, present and future of neonatology research and collaboration.

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