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    Professor Topun Austin

    University Position
    Consultant

    Interests

    I am a Consultant Neonatologist in Cambridge and Honorary Professor of Neurophotonics at University College London and have an interest in brain injury and imaging in the newborn. I lead the Evelyn Perinatal Imaging Centre (EPIC), based at the Rosie Hospital, Cambridge. The centre has a dedicated infant functional brain imaging unit and also houses a 1.5T MRI scanner for mothers and babies. The research interests of the group are in the development of monitoring and imaging technologies to identify vulnerable infants at an early stage. neoLAB is a formal collaborative group between EPIC and Biomedical Optics Laboratory at UCL. The group has been involved in developing an integrated optical-EEG system to study neurovascular coupling as well as a unique fast optical tomography system for 3D imaging of regional blood flow and oxygenation. I am also involved in the development of the NeuroNICU at the Rosie Hospital, in collaboration with Prof. David Rowitch.

    Key Publications

    Publications

    Fetal brain growth and infant autistic traits

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1101/2021.10.15.21264826
    Journal:
    E-pub date: 1 Aug 2021
    Authors: E Aydin, A Tsompanidis, D Chaplin, R Hawkes, C Allison, G Hackett, T Austin, E Padaigaitė, L Gabis, J Sucking, R Holt, S Baron-Cohen

    Fetal anogenital distance using ultrasound.

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1002/pd.5459
    Journal: Prenat Diagn
    E-pub date: 1 Jun 2019
    Authors: E Aydin, R Holt, D Chaplin, R Hawkes, C Allison, G Hackett, T Austin, A Tsompanidis, L Gabis, SI Ziv, S Baron-Cohen

    Whole genome sequencing reveals that genetic conditions are frequent in intensively ill children.

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-019-05552-x
    Journal: Intensive Care Med
    E-pub date: 1 May 2019
    Authors: CE French, I Delon, H Dolling, A Sanchis-Juan, O Shamardina, K Mégy, S Abbs, T Austin, S Bowdin, RG Branco, H Firth, NIHR BioResource—Rare Disease, Next Generation Children Project, DH Rowitch, FL Raymond