Ryan Robertson, Georgina Whiteside, Ashley Stevenson and Bryn Stringer from North Coast Integrated School pictured with Professor James Dornan at the University of Ulster Guest Lecture.
Over 500 pupils from schools across Northern Ireland arrived at the University of Ulster’ s Jordanstown campus today for a guest lecture by a leading fetal medicine expert.
James Dornan, Director of Fetal Medicine at the Royal-Jubilee Maternity Hospital and a Visiting Professor at the University of Ulster drew a fascinating comparison between the processes of life in the womb with life after birth.
“Much of your habits, behaviour and health will be as a result of the nine months that you spent in your mother’s womb. Are you as good as it gets or could you have been improved?” asked Professor Dornan.
The pupils also heard from Professor Helene McNulty and Dr Tony Bjourson, from the School of Biomedical Sciences at UU, who delivered a lecture on advances in genetic screening and the role certain nutrients like Folic Acid may play in preventing the development of genetic disease.
