Education Day about Infants, Parents, and Pain
24 november 2025 09:30 – 15:30 Tidefelsalen, Campus USÖ
POP stands for Parent-led pain management to Optimize neonatal Pain care. It is an international project with researchers, clinicians and parent representatives from Canada, Finland, Italy and Sweden. We hereby invite you to a free education day at Campus USÖ, Örebro University, Monday 24 November.
Program
9.30 Registration, coffee
10.00 Welcome and introduction – this is the POP-project
Emma Olsson, Associate Professor, Örebro University, Sweden
10.10 How can parents provide pain relief to their newborn infants?
Marsha Campbell-Yeo, Professor, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
11.05 Coffe break
11.20 Close collaboration with parents at the neonatal unit
Anna Axelin, Professor, University of Turku, Finland
11.45 Democratize singing – Parents’ live singing and music therapy in infants’ pain care
Alexandra Ullsten, PhD, Örebro University, Sweden
12.10 Interprofessional collaboration in neonatal pain management: driving change through research
Mariaana Mäki-Aisala, PhD, University of Oulu, Finland
12.35 Lunch
13.20 Pain at the neonatal unit from a parent’s perspective
Fabiana Bacchini, Canadian Premature Babies Association, Toronto, Canada
14.00 Interventions for promoting development and preventing morbidity in preterm infants
Mikaela Lenells, PhD-student, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
14.25 SWEpap - Parents, a pain-relieving resource in neonatal care
Martina Carlsen-Misic, PhD-student, Örebro university
14.50 Where do we go from here?
Mats Eriksson, Professor, Örebro University
15.00 Closing remarks
Karin Blomberg, Professor, Dean of Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro university
Registration
There is no cost for participation, but lunch is on own cost. Register here for the Education Day, no later than 14 November.