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Important announcement!

The Neonatal and Obstetric Departments o the Simpson Centre orReproductive Health are combining with Research Scientists rom the

Queens Medical Research Institute (QMRI) in an exciting new venture:

the frst Edinburgh Perinatal Festival Conerence.

This conerence will be a 2-day event in the outstanding new acilities o

the John McIntyre Centre, Pollock Halls, Edinburgh.

The principal sponsor o the Festival conerence will be PiggyBankKids

which unds the excellent research carried out in the Jennier Brown

Research Laboratory, in the QMRI.

Continued overleaf.

Jennifer Brown

Research Fund

The Edinburgh Perinatal Festival. 27th and 28th May 2010

www.rds.mvm.ed.ac.uk/EPF.html

The Edinburgh Perinatal Festival. 27th and 28th May 2010

www.rds.mvm.ed.ac.uk/EPF.html

The Edinburgh Perinatal Festival

27th and 28th May, 2010

The event is aimed at Neonatologists, Obstetricians and anyone working

in the feld o Perinatology, including Research Scientists, Midwives and

Neonatal Nurses. There will be extended times or discussion ater each

lecture. There will also be expert Perinatal debates which will stimulate agreat deal o interest in the audience.

We are delighted to announce that Proessor Caroline Crowther

(Australia) and Proessor Roger Soll (United States) have agreed to be our

distinguished speakers rom overseas. We are also very ortunate that

Proessor Colin Morley, Dr. Mandi de Mestre, Proessor Henrik Hagberg,

Proessor Donald Peebles, Proessor Kate Costeloe, and Dr Nicola Sibson

will be among those giving plenary lectures. All have been chosen or their

groundbreaking new research and their outstanding presentation skills.

Further research work will be presented as plenary talks or posters. There

will be generous prizes or the trainees who provide the best talk and best

poster o the meeting.

There will also be plenty o opportunities or un. Edinburgh is a antastic

city, and the weather is guaranteed to be excellent in late May. Delegates

will enjoy the history, architecture, paintings, sculptures and music which

characterise the city. Some may wish to travel urther afeld to the nearby

hills and seashores or a more extended visit. On the evening o 27th May

there will be a Ceilidh during which our guests will sample Scottish cuisine

and will be entertained by Scottish music and poetry. There will also be

compulsory Scottish Country Dancing ater dinner!Please put this important event in your diaries now. We want this frst

Festival to be a great success, providing opportunities or learning, sharing

data, building new research partnerships and cementing riendships.

For further information, please contact Jill McNaughton on 0131 242 6489

Email: Jill.McNaughton@ed.ac.uk

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