NEW YORK, USA —
A T M Haidar Khan, author of the memoir The Silence Between Two Heartbeats, is scheduled to meet with a government scientist on Wednesday, September 30, 2026, to discuss family perspectives in neonatal hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy (HIE) research. The planned discussion will consider the prospectus “Integrating Family Narrative into Neonatal HIE Research,” which asks how caregiver observations may help shape future research questions.
The memoir recounts the family’s experience of neonatal HIE and neonatal intensive care. That lived experience informs the prospectus’s focus on caregiver perspectives. In correspondence arranging the discussion, the scientist said the research network values families’ lived experience and engages with families through a community board.
The conversation is prospective and exploratory. It is not a formal review or endorsement of the book or prospectus, and no research, funding, or institutional decision has been announced. The scientist and agency are not named; the account paraphrases private correspondence.
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