Institution identification

Institution ID

50786

Institution full name and acronym

Centre for Maternal, Fetal and Infant Research (MFIR), Ulster University

Institution countries

United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)

Type of institution

Educational Institution

Institution role

Researcher

Institution website

ENCePP partner

Yes
Institution description
The Centre for Maternal,Fetal and Infant Research (MFIR) at Ulster University has a programme of research including perinatal epidemiology, pharmacoepidemiology, maternal health and data linkage. The EUROmediCAT Coordinating Centre and EUROmediCAT central database is based within MFIR. EUROmediCAT is a collaborative network of congenital anomaly registries and institutions active in research on medication safety in pregnancy. MFIR is one of the public partners of the EU-IMI ConcePTION project. MFIR works with the congenital anomaly surveillance networks EUROCAT in Europe, RELAMC in Latin America, and sSCAN in sub Saharan Africa.
Institution details
Experience with collecting data directly from individual patients or respondents:
Yes
Interest in carrying out research that is funded by pharmaceutical companies:
Yes

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Studies conducted by the institution