Paediatrics & Child Health

Contact Details

Title	Post-Doctoral Fellow
Address	Neonatal Brain Research Group 2-17 Western Gate Building University College Cork Cork Ireland
Telephone:	+353-21-420-5940
Email:	ei.ccu@nosnevets.n

Biography:

I began my academic career studying electrical engineering at the University of Southern Queensland in Australia. I completed a Masters degree at the Queensland University of Technology when my itchy feet led me to the University of Queensland where I finished a PhD in medical science studying automated methods of diagnosing seizures in the newborn baby. I moved to Cork to pursue the field and work with the fantastic people at the Neonatal Brain Research Group.



My research involves the analysis of neonatal brain waves using advanced signal processing techniques.  I am using the computer to automate the visual interpretation of the experienced (some say wizened) neurophysiologist.  The automation of this interpretive process provides the experience of a trained neurophysiologist, around the clock, to clinical settings that may not have such access. Automation of neonatal brain wave analysis has the potential to be applied when long periods of data must be considered (for prognosis) or when the speed of a decision is crucial (for diagnosis).