Working hand in hand to improve infant health and development

Join us for the Healthy Development Adelaide (HDA) and Women’s & Children’s Hospital Foundation forum.

The Women’s & Children’s Hospital Foundation (WCH Foundation) partners to create healthier futures for children and their families under the care of the Women’s and Children’s Health Network. This joint forum will highlight some of the research and programs being supported by the WCH Foundation which are working to improve infant health and development.

OUR SPEAKERS

Verity Gobbett, CEO, WCH Foundation

Introduction to the WCH Foundation

A/Professor Jaqueline Gould, Program lead of Supportive Neurodevelopment at SAHMRI Women and Kids

Omega-3 DHA to support the neurodevelopment of very preterm infants

Jill Newman, Arts in Health Manager, WCH Foundation

Music for Wellness

Professor David Lynn, Program Director, SAHMRI Precision Medicine, SAHMRI / Head of Strategic Partnerships and Professor of Systems Immunology, Flinders University Health and Medical Research Institute, Flinders University / Scientific Director, SA Genomics Centre

The impact of antibiotics on infant vaccine immune responses and how we may be able to mitigate these deleterious effects

Dr Malithi Hauser, Consultant Paediatrician and medical lead of the Cocoon Program, Women’s and Children’s Hospital  & Charlotte Watson, Social Worker, Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Women’s and Children’s Health Network

The WCH Foundation Cocoon Program

OUR CHAIR

Dr Chelsea Mauch, Head of Programs & Impact, WCH Foundation

Other event information:

Networking and light refreshments will follow the session from 7.00pm. This is a public forum and also open to the community, everyone is welcome to attend.

For the full program and to register please go here:  https://events.humanitix.com/working-hand-in-hand-to-improve-infant-health-and-development