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| Emily Cohen |
Emily Cohen successfully defended her PhD thesis "From
Head to Heart: the effects of fetal growth restriction and preterm birth on the
cerebral and systemic circulation" this month in Utrecht.
Emily completed her PhD jointly between The Ritchie Centre
and Utrecht University in the Netherlands.
At the Ritchie Centre Emily
recruited total of 67 growth restricted and appropriately grown infants
throughout the first few months of life. She investigated a variety of
parameters that define cardiovascular function, such as heart function using
echocardiography and heart rate control.
Emily produced a review and four first
author manuscripts from this part of her thesis. She was supervised by Prof
Rosemary Horne, A/Prof Flora Wong and Dr Stephanie Yiallourou and received a
scholarship from Red Nose (formerly SIDS and Kids) for the Melbourne part of
her project.
Emily also analysed existing data from The Netherlands
on brain oxygenation and brain blood flow in IUGR and appropriately grown
newborns and wrote a second review and a further 3 peer reviewed
publications.
The thesis defense was held in the lovely Academiegebouw
with 6 examiners questioning Emily over 50 minutes with friends and family
present. Afterwards there was champagne and Dutch nibbles. Rosemary and
Stephanie travelled to Utrecht to celebrate.
Written by Prof Rosemary Horne.
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