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Galveston County Daily News, NOV. 9, 2007 (link)

Experts on low birth weight babies to speak

By The Daily News

Understanding the risks and opportunities for the treatment and care of low birth weight babies will be the topic at a national conference scheduled in Galveston

The one-day event, “Babies at Risk,” will be at the Galveston Island Convention Center at the San Luis Resort on Nov. 27.

Presented by the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, the conference will feature experts on research, care and ethical issues who will address current strategies for the treatment of premature infants.

Topics include risk factors for preterm delivery, the influence of prenatal factors on postnatal outcomes, the current status of the care of preterm infants and ethics of the care of extremely low birth weight infants.

The keynote speaker will be renowned physician and researcher Dr. David Barker, professor at the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom and Oregon Health and Science University. The topic of his address will be “Chronic Disease in Adults Begins in the Womb.”

Guest speakers include Dr. Donald R. Mattison, of the Obstetric and Pediatric Pharmacology Branch of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, and Dr. Jon E. Tyson, of the Center for Clinical Research and Evidence-Based Medicine at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston.

J. Regino Perez-Polo, professor in UTMB’s Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, is the course director. David K. Rassin, professor in UTMB’s Department of Pediatrics, is co-director.

Major support is provided by the Daniel W. Kempner Visiting Professorship, the Harris and Eliza Kempner Fund, the UTMB Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Women’s Health and the UTMB School of Medicine.

The conference is open to the public and the registration deadline is Nov. 15. For information about the conference, applying for continuing education credit, or to register online, go to www.UTcme.net.