Perinatal Science International is a meeting of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine
EAPM President – Neena Modi, United Kingdom
President – Elect – Apostolos Athanasiadis, Greece
Secretary General – Valentina Tsibizova, Italy
- Promoting and disseminating the study, research and knowledge of all aspects of perinatal medicine, to attain the optimal physical and mental health for mothers and their children by improving the quality and provision of perinatal care in Europe.
- Contributing to the improvement of teaching standards in the profession.
- Proposing guidelines and standardizing criteria for auditing, evaluation and clinical care in perinatal medicine.
- Fostering collaboration between the various disciplines interested in perinatal care as well as friendship between individuals from different European Countries.
Conference organisers
Diogo Ayres-de-Campos
Lisbon, Portugal
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Medical School, University of Lisbon and Consultant in Obstetrics at the Santa Maria Hospital
Neena Modi
London, United Kingdom
Professor of Neonatal Medicine and Vice-Dean (International), Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London; Consultant, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London; Past-President: Medical Women’s Federation; Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health; British Medical Association; Academic Paediatrics Association of Great Britain and Ireland; Neonatal Society
Bo Jacobsson
Gothenburg, Sweden
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Sahlgrenska Academy University of Gothenburg Sahlgrenska University Hospital/Ostra
PSI Faculty
Renaud Becquet
Université de Bordeaux
Conducting mother and baby research in conflict, post-conflict or insecure settings
James Boardman
University of Edinburgh
The gut-brain axis of preterm infants
Victoria Cornelius
Imperial College London
What is a life-course platform trial and how to design one
Yap Seng Chong
National University Hospital, Singapore
Enhancing brain development in infants and young children: research and policy considerations
Janine Felix
Department of Paediatrics, Erasmus Medical Centre, The Netherlands
Epigenetic clocks: what are they and what insights can they provide
Eric Jauniaux
University College London
Environmental impacts on perinatal health
Marian Kacerovsky
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital Olomouc, Palacky University Olomouc, Olomouc Czech Republic
Preterm pre-labour rupture of membranes: a global unsolved issue. Could assessment of the intra-uterine environment improve child outcomes?
Joy Lawn
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
4 million neonatal deaths and stillbirths: where, when and how for high impact research?
Edward Melhuish
University of Oxford
Translating science into policy: lessons from infant and child development
Josef Neu
University of Florida
Probiotics and preterm care: what have we learnt after 62 randomised controlled trials?
Susan Ozanne
University of Cambridge
Bringing precision medicine to gestational diabetes
Mario Rüdiger
University of Dresden
The research and development pathway for stem cell therapies in perinatal medicine
Masoud Zamani Esteki
University of Maastricht
Cytogenetic mechanisms of pregnancy loss
PSI Discussants
Boris Kramer
Poznan University of Medical Sciences
Daniele De Luca
Université Paris Saclay
Jacqueline Barnes
University of Oxford
Laura Fabbri
Chiesi Farmaceutici
Mark Hanson
University of Southampton
Ramon Luengo-Fernandez
University of Oxford
Victoria Niklas
Oak Hill Bio