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 (NICHD) has supported the cost of bringing young investigators to the Perinatal Research Society's annual meetings. Mead-Johnson and Abbott Nutrition. 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 Abbott Nutrition, the Perinatal Research Society receives welcomed support from the CIHR - Institute of Human Development, Child and Youth Health (IHDCYH).