Annual Research Days 2023 - Tuesday 31 October - Wednesday 1 November 2023 Research Day Programme 2023 Research Day Abstract Booklet Day 1 (Tues, 31 October 2023) - Recorded Proceedings Day 2 (Wed, 1 November 2023) Morning Session - Recorded Proceedings Day 2 ( Wed, 1 November 2023) Afternoon Session - Recorded Proceedings Day 2 ( Wed, 1 November 2023) Late Session (Ethics Lecture) - Recorded Proceedings 2023 Research Day Poster Presentations Presenting Author – Benede, Ntombi (contact: bndnto005@myuct.ac.za) DISTINCT T CELL FUNCTIONAL PROFILES IN UNVACCINATED SARS-COV-2 SEROPOSITIVE AND SERONEGATIVE CHILDREN ASSOCIATED WITH ENDEMIC HUMAN CORONAVIRUS HKU1 CROSS-REACTIVITY. Open Presenting Author – Chetty, Nolene (contact: CHTNOL001@myuct.ac.za) RETURNING INDIVIDUAL GENETIC RESULTS TO RESEARCH PARTICIPANTS: EXPERIENCES OF STIGMA IN SOUTH AFRICAN FAMILIES WITH NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS. Open Presenting Author – Day, Jonathan (contact: jonathday@gmail.com) THE CYTOKINE PROFILE OF CEREBROSPINAL FLUID IN MULTI-SYSTEM INFLAMMATORY SYNDROME IN CHILDREN. Open Presenting Author – Dirks, Helishia (contact: helishia.dirks@uct.ac.za) SLEEP SPINDLE CHARACTERISTIC IN A NORMAL DEVELOPING INFANT COHORT FROM THE WESTERN CAPE OF SOUTH AFRICA. Open Presenting Author – du Toit, Derrik (contact: derrikdutoit@gmail.com) OUTCOMES FOLLOWING NEONATAL CARDIAC SURGERY IN CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA. Open Presenting Author – Franckling-Smith Zoe (contact: zoe.franckling-smith@uct.ac.za) CLINICAL PREDICTORS OF TUBERCULOSIS IN CHILDREN – A PROSPECTIVE STUDY IN FIVE LOW-MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES. Open Presenting Author – Franckling-Smith Zoe (contact: zoe.franckling-smith@uct.ac.za) MICROBIOLOGICAL DIAGNOSIS OF TUBERCULOSIS IN CHILDREN – A PROSPECTIVE STUDY OF MICROBIOLOGICAL YIELD IN LOW-MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES. Open Presenting Author – Kander, Veena (contact: veena.kander@uct.ac.za) ONLINE PAEDIATRIC EEG HANDBOOK: A SURVEY ON ITS USEFULNESS. Open Presenting Author – Moodley, Sashmi (contact: sashmi.moodley@uct.ac.za) RESILIENCE AND FAMILY QUALITY OF LIFE IN PARENTS OF CHILDREN WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES: A SOUTH AFRICAN PILOT STUDY. Open Presenting Author – North, Natasha (contact: natasha.north@uct.ac.za) ADVANCED AND SPECIALIST NURSING ROLE CONCEPTS IN AFRICA. Open Presenting Author – Nyakonda, Charmaine (contact: charmaine.nyakonda@alum.utoronto.ca / nykcha005@myuct.ac.za) WHITE MATTER MICROSTRUCTURAL CHANGES IN 6-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN WHO ARE HIV-EXPOSED UNINFECTED IN A SOUTH AFRICAN BIRTH COHORT – A DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING STUDY. Open Presenting Author – Phoya, Frank (contact: frankphoya@yahoo.com) LONG TERM QUALITY OF LIFE IN CHILDREN WITH PREVIOUS MIS-C IN CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA. Open Presenting Author – Raga, Sharika (contact: drsharikarga@gmail.com) NORMAL OUTCOME WITH PRENATAL INTERVENTION FOR RIBOFLAVIN TRANSPORTER DEFECT. Open Presenting Author – Salie, Moegamad (contact: SLXMOE005@my.uct.ac.za) A RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW OF ALL CHILDREN ADMITTED WITH ACUTE SEVERE ASTHMA TO THE PAEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE UNIT, RED CROSS WAR MEMORIAL CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL BETWEEN 2009-2019. Open Presenting Author – van Biljon, Noëlle (contact: anbnoe001@myuct.ac.za) CHARACTERIZATION OF LATENT CLASSES OF ANTHROPOMETRIC GROWTH IN EARLY CHILDHOOD IN A BIRTH COHORT THE DRAKENSTEIN CHILD HEALTH STUDY. Open Presenting Author – Verstraete, Janine (contact: janine.verstraete@uct.ac.za) ADOLESCENT HEALTH RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE: MIND THE GAP! Open