The European Research Council (ERC) today announced the winners of its 2021 Advanced Grants competition. I am pleased that my proposal entitled PRETERM-LIFECOURSE: Born very preterm: A natural experiment of how early adversity and social environment affect Life course development has received funding.
…We are delighted to announce a PhD Fellowship as part of the newly funded Big Baby 2 UP follow-up study (BB2UP). The fellowship is available for a PhD to start latest in October 2022.
…Microscopic studies in newborns and animal models indicate impaired myelination after premature birth, particularly for cortical myelination; however, it remains unclear whether such myelination impairments last into adulthood and – if so – are relevant for impaired cognitive performance. It has been suggested that the ratio of T1w and T2w MRI signal intensity (T1w/T2w ratio) is a proxy for myelin content. We hypothesized altered grey matter (GM) T1w/T2w ratio in premature-born adults, which is associated with lower cognitive performance after premature birth.
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Dr Sabrina Twilhaar has been awarded a Marie Curie Fellowship for the RIPTIDE project with @WolkeDieter @warwickpsych & @othevenon @OECD to understand how positive development can be promoted in children born #preterm and full-term growing up in different contexts.
Dr Twilhaar will be joining my research group in 2022-2024.
Professor Dieter Wolke to be awarded the title of doctor honoris causa, the University of Helsinki’s highest recognition, in connection with the conferment ceremony of the Faculty of Medicine in summer 2022.
…Bounce Together spoke with Developmental Psychologist, Dieter Wolke, the #2 world leader in the research and impacts of bullying, to explore how bullying behaviour can influence childhood development, mental health and quality of life.
On 10th June 2022 Professor Dieter Wolke will be promoted to Doctor Honoris Causa at the 2022 Conferment Ceremony by the University of Helsinki Faculty of Medicine at the fifteenth ceremony in a 200 year old tradition.
…The service configuration with distinct child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) and adult mental health services (AMHS) may be a barrier to continuity of care. Because of a lack of transition policy, CAMHS clinicians have to decide whether and when a young person should transition to AMHS. This study describes which characteristics are associated with the clinicians’ advice to continue treatment at AMHS.
…Background: In mental health, transition refers to the pathway of young people from child and adolescent to adult services. Training of mental health psychiatrists on transition-related topics offers the opportunity to improve clinical practice and experiences of young people reaching the upper age limit of child and adolescent care.
…Preterm birth has been linked with postpartum depressive (PPD) disorders and high symptom levels, but evidence remains conflicting and limited in quality. It remains unclear whether PPD symptoms of mothers with preterm babies were already elevated before childbirth, and whether PPD symptoms mediate/aggravate the effect of preterm birth on child mental disorders.
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