Annual Meeting 2012

7th IfWH Annual Meeting Programme

Monday 21st May 2012

Venue – Darwin Lecture Theatre, University College London

0800	Registration Tea / Coffee	Darwin Lecture Theatre
0845	INTRODUCTION Highlights of 2011	Darwin Lecture Theatre Peter Brocklehurst
0900-1015	SESSION 1	Chair: Adeola Olaitan
0900-0930	Gynaecological cancers in resource-poor settings	Usha Menon
0930-0945	Submitted abstract 1: In postmenopausal women increased levels of testosterone and follicle stimulating hormone are associated with increased breast cancer risk: a nested case-control study within UK Collaborative Trial of Ovarian-Cancer Screening (UKCTOCS)	Evangelia-Ourania Fourkala
0945-1000	Submitted abstract 2: A prospective study of endometrial thickness >10mm among 3646 women aged 50-80 years undergoing transvaginal ultrasound screening for ovarian cancer	Robert Woolas
1000-1015	UCLP and Women’s Health update	Judith Stephenson
1015-1025	Comfort Break	Darwin Foyer
1025-1145	SESSION 2	Chair: Anna David
1025-1055	Global aspects of maternal health	Gwyneth Lewis
1055-1110	Submitted abstract 3: Prenatal Ad.VEGF Gene Therapy Increases Fetal Growth Velocity and Alters Uterine Artery Vascular Reactivity and Placental Gene Expression in an Ovine Paradigm of Fetal Growth Restriction	David Carr
1110-1125	Submitted abstract 4: Further developments in the use of cell free fetal DNA for non-invasive prenatal diagnosis of single gene disorders: digital PCR allows diagnosis of sickle cell disease	Angela Barrett
1125-1135	Medical student prize abstract presentation Cardiac output and systemic vascular resistance in normal pregnancy and in control non-pregnant women	Gemma Goodyear
1135-1145	Nursing and midwifery prize abstract presentation Routine testing of fetal D status in RhD negative women using cffDNA: an investigation into the preferences and information needs of women	Kerry McCall
1145-1200	Group photo	UCL Front Quad
1200-1255	Lunch, Networking Bingo and Poster Viewing	North Cloisters
1255-1330	SESSION 3 - Poster Presentations	North Cloisters

Briefing: There will be a number of small circuits of posters, with subject matter from across the four academic themes. Delegates are encouraged to join a circuit of their choice. Each presenting author will give a 2 minute summary of their work and take questions from judges and delegates. A member of the scientific committee will lead each circuit and moderate questions for each presenter as the circuit progresses.

1330-1345

Move back from North Cloisters to Darwin Lecture Theatre

1345-1530	SESSION 4	Chair: Judith Stephenson
1345-1400	UCL Faculty of Population Health Sciences update	Sir John Tooke
1400-1420	Update on Public Engagement Report from the UCLH Endometriosis Team	Ertan Saridogan
1420-1500	Female Genital Mutilation Research	Sarah Creighton and Efua Dorkenoo OBE
1500-1515	Submitted abstract 5: Effects of urbanisation on features of polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) in Kolhapur, Maharastra, India	Gerry Conway
1515-1530	Submitted abstract 6: Incidence of aneuploidy in embryos from fertile couples	Thalia Mamas
1530-1545	Tea	Darwin Foyer
1545-1740	SESSION 5	Chair: Neil Marlow
1545-1740	UCLH Specialist Hospitals update	Gill Gaskin
1600-1630	Neonatal research in resource-poor settings	Nikki Robertson
1630-1645	Submitted abstract 7: Effects of antenatal steroids, tocolysis, and delivery mode on extremely preterm delivery	Andrei Morgan
1645-1700	Submitted abstract 8: ‘In Depth’ Performance Analysis of a Novel Automated Seizure Detection Algorithm for Neonatal EEG	Sean Mathieson
1700-1730	Keynote lecture: Global Child Health now and the future	Anthony Costello
1730-1740	Prize awards	Peter Brocklehurst
1740	Close of Meeting
1740-1900	Drinks Reception	North Cloisters

Any queries? Please contact us on the following address ifwh.annualmeeting@ucl.ac.uk for assistance.

The IfWH Annual Meeting Co-ordinating Committee