Outstanding research delivery

A TEAM of research midbabies at birth and from wives from Leicester’s babies in their first year of life.Hospitalshasscoopedan award for ‘outstanding Molly Patterson, senior research delivery’ for work research midwife at on the baby biome study. Leicester’s Hospitals said:

The midwives were pre“We would like to thank sented with the honour at Professor Tommy Mousa the National Institute for for putting the team forHealth Research (NIHR) ward for this award. Clinical Research Network “We would also like to East Midlands annual thank all the obstetriresearch awards ceremocians, midwives, research ny. support officers, mid

The Baby Biome study wifery care assistants and aims to find out how Anthony Nolan staff who microbes and the immune participated in the system in early life work recruitment to this study. together to influence We recruited a phenomhealth and disease in enal 2,018 participants childhood and in later life over 22 months equating – such as eczema, asthma to 19 per cent of our and obesity. babies born, plus their

To do this, the team colmothers, over that perilected biosamples (materod. nal and baby poo, cord “It is a fantastic achieveblood and vaginal swabs) ment that stands the team from mothers and their in a wonderful position for taking on the main Baby Biome study in the future, working closely with Peter Brocklehurst and Nigel Field who lead the study at University College London.

“The team has managed to set new standards of team work and have created an innovative workforce model that encouraged many midwives to apply to join the research team, working part-time clinical and part-time research.

“The team has not only managed to engage and train local staff but was also involved with training staff in other centres.”

Back in April, participants from the study were interviewed for a threepart series called ‘The Second Genome’ that was aired on BBC Radio 4.