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Nutrition, air pollution and lung disease - Professor Madeleine Ennis.

Pathophysiology of childhood asthma - Dr Mike Shields

Long-term outcome in relation to steroid use after birth in a population of very preterm children randomised to receive early or late systemic inhaled steroids in the neonatal period - Professor Henry Halliday

Examination of Homeobox gene expression in lung and blood cells of preterm Babies - Professor Henry Halliday

Habituation in the normal and abnormal fetus - Professor Hepper

Risk Factors and protective mechanisms in failure to thrive in young children - Dr Moira Stewart and Professor Dorota Iwaniec

Improving the outcome of pregnancy and early infancy with an intervention using mentors in socially deprived areas of Belfast" - funded by the R&D Office under the Targeting Social Needs initiative - Professor Henry Halliday, Dr Moira Stewart, Dr Margaret Cupples, Professor Peter Hepper, Mr Andrew Percy and Professor Dorota Iwaniec

Attitudes to breastfeeding in adolescents in Northern Ireland : a health educational initiative with adolescents. Dr Melanie Giles, Dr Carol McClenahan, Dr John Mallett, Dr Barbara Stewart-Knox and Dr Marion Wright.

The psychosocial impact of facial discrepancy requiring surgical correction. Dr Donald Burden, Dr Christopher Johnston, Dr Ciaran O'Neill, Dr Pauline Prior and Dr Mike Stevenson.

Can peer mentoring in first time mothers from socially deprived areas, during pregnancy and the first year of the infant’s life, have sustained effects on child growth, health and development and maternal health and well-being? - Professor Henry Halliday

Changing attitudes to breastfeeding: The evaluation of an evidence based intervention with adolescents in Northern Ireland - Dr Melanie Giles

A longitudinal investigation of teasing/bullying among children with cleft lip and/or palate - Dr Donald Burden