Purpose of Perinatal Research Society
The Perinatal Research Society was established in 1969 to foster scientific
interchange among people whose research interests are in the area of perinatal
medicine and developmental biology. Currently the membership is limited to
165 active scientists, 55 from each of three disciplines: obstetrics,
pediatrics, and basic sciences. The original and continuing purpose of the
Society is to encourage communication and collaboration between young
investigators and those more established, and to provide active and productive
interchange between scientists of different disciplines who share a common
research interest in perinatal biology.
Lectures on current developments and state-of-the-art presentations are followed by active discussion periods. These
lectures are presented by scientists in the forefront of research activities in
their areas. Informal interaction of young investigators with senior
established investigators is a high priority of the annual Perinatal
Research Society meeting.
From the Society's start in 1969, the National Institute of Child Health and
Human Development has supported the cost of bringing young investigators to the Perinatal Research Society's
annual meetings. Mead-Johnson and Ross Products Division, Abbott Laboratories, Inc.
also have been unfailingly generous in providing grants to help defray
the costs of the meetings for over 30 years from our beginnings in
1969. Today, in addition to the NICHD, Mead-Johnson and Ross-Abbott
Laboratories, the Perinatal Research Society receives welcomed support
from the the March of Dimes, Natus Medical, Inc., the Perinatal Society of Australia & New Zealand,
and the IHDCYH.
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