Getting closer to the BiSC study!

The Drs. Julia Zanini and Carla Domínguez, from the obstetrics and gynecology team at the Hospital de Sant Pau and collaborators in the BiSC project, have held several talks in recent months at Barcelona Civic Centers to bring the BISC study in the population.

The Naves and Guinardó civic centers regularly hold science talks open to all the public who may be interested. Talks about the BISC project were very well received! Both with a small audience in person and subsequently viewed in streaming, many questions were generated and great interest arose towards the project.

Thank you all for your interest! 

The news has been written by Dra. Carla Domínguez, obstetrician at the Hospital de […]

This week we interview one of our volunteers who has been encouraged to participate in the project during her two pregnancies!

What is your concern regarding the impact of environmental pollution in the city where you live?

I certainly wasn’t worried before I got to know the study. As soon as you are interested in the study, you can read information about it on the web and you start to see the effects. The study investigates effects from the gestation of new lives, in the neuronal and cognitive development of the new living being. And this did concern me especially, not only for my son.

What initially motivated you to participate in this study initially?

When a researcher of BiSC, is also a volunteer!

First of all, Marta, we appreciate your participation in the BISC project both as a research gynecologist at the Hospital San Joan de Déu and as a volunteer.

1. To start, could you tell us something about yourself? (What have you studied, where were you born and how would you define yourself?)

I have studied Medicine in Madrid where I was born and I moved to Barcelona to do my residency in Gynecology. Fate wanted me to do a residency at HSJD, where my interest in research was born. I was lucky that I was offered the opportunity to collaborate with the BISC project. I consider myself a hard-working, motivated, and curious person and that is why […]

The 1st virtual meeting with BiSC families!

The BiSC project is already 2 years old and we are very happy to be able to have our first meeting even if it is virtual with our project volunteers with whom we have traveled all this time. The main objectives of the meeting are:

• Encourage interaction between the BiSC professional team and families.
• Update on the status of the project and the changes we have made to suit the COVID-19 context.
• Present the first results on air pollution and noise, magnetic resonance imaging (a test performed on a subset of children), and neurodevelopmental tests.
• Present the results of the MOOD-COVID study, in which […]
  

The essential involvement of the BiSC volunteers and their creativity!

Gradually, the BiSC project is reactivated, and some of the visits are starting again, such as the 32-week pregnancy environmental visit. Given the circumstances, we had to readjust the way the visit was carried out to be able to keep collecting information on certain air pollutants such as NO₂, or other factors such as temperature and humidity.

This week we received a photo of a volunteer who, following the instructions of the technicians, has managed to integrate the NO₂ tube and the USB for temperature and humidity in a curious and very original way at home, at the height and proper position.

We left the image, just in case, you want to get ideas!

Thank you […]

New point enabled at the “Hospital de Sant Pau” for pregnant women

On March 19, the “Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau”, enabled a new specific point for pregnant women who have suspicion of COVID-19, so people with presence of symptoms or very close contact with someone confirmed by COVID-19.

The point is located at the Infectious Day Hospital in Sant Pau (floor 0), and the hours of operation are from 8 to 17pm.

They have an active contact email in case you want to do any questions: covid_gestants@santpau.cat

We leave the link to the news here !!