National conference presentations and prize

The annual conference in perinatology organized by the Swedish Society for Perinatal Medicine took place in Stockholm on 24-25 October 2024.

Three members of the N4 research group had abstracts accepted and gave an oral presentation during the conference;

  • Medical student and aspiring researcher Erik Häggström presented ‘Updated growth charts for premature infants’
  • Pediatrician in training and aspiring PhD student Ludvig Henriksson Frithiof talked about ‘Management of neonatal hyperglycaemia in Sweden – A survey study’
  • Neonatologist and PhD student Pontus Challis presented ‘Advancement of enteral feeds and human milk fortifier are not risk factors for late Necrotising Enterocolitis: a dual national cohort study’

To then top this off, Pontus won the award for the best presentation of the conference – Congratulations to Pontus!

”Our research group was very visible at this national conference and we are very proud of Pontus – the award was very well deserved” said Magnus Domellöf, professor of pediatrics and involved in all three above-mentioned projects.