Brian Walsh, MB, BCh, PhD is a neonatologist at Cork University Maternity Hospital Cork, Ireland with a clinical and research interest in neuro-monitoring and neuro-protection. His initial training in neonatology was in Ireland, where he underwent several years of post-graduated NICU training, before enrolling in the Harvard Perinatal-Neonatal Fellowship Program. During his training, he was awarded a Clinician Scientist Fellowship by Molecular Medicine Ireland and was awarded a PhD for his thesis “Early biomarkers to predict grade of encephalopathy following hypoxic ischaemic injury” which focused on novel methods to detect injury immediately following oxygen deprivation during delivery. His thesis resulted in numerous publications, additional grants and collaborative research as we attempted to validate the promising biomarkers he discovered. After working as an attending neonatologist at Brigham and Women, he was recruited to work at Cork University Maternity Hospital which he joined in 2017.