bayerische_entwicklungsstudie.de relaunch
January 2026 – English language version now available – click on Union Jack top right. Bayerische-entwicklungstudie.de/en September 2025. Bayerische-Entwicklungstudie.de website relaunched.
Care OutLoud PODCAST 17 August 2025
In this powerful episode of Care OutLoud, Mary Coughlin sits down with a pioneering developmental psychologist whose research has shaped our understanding of prematurity and its lifelong impact.
🕊️ Early Birds: Building the Future of Follow-Up Care in Ukraine
Over 2,800 participants joined two days of expert-led webinars focused on the long-term impact of preterm birth. Speakers included @dieterwolke.bsky.social, Mandy Daly (Irish Neonatal Health Alliance), Lauren Ingledow (Adult Preemie Advocacy Network CIC), and Ukrainian experts Yana Martynenko, Oksana Nazar, and Olga Tychkivska. Topics covered included developmental outcomes, family-centred care, and the latest research in neonatal follow-up.…
Miracle Babies Conference, Nicosia June 2025
Dieter Wolke presented to Miracle Babies delegates at the “Prematurity – From the first breath to adulthood” conference, on “Long Term development after very pre-term birth into adulthood”, alongside Silke Mader in “The European Standards of Care for Newborn Health. Parents at the centre of care”.
Successful APIC conference
The Adults Born Preterm International Collaboration (APIC) met up in Hawaii on 25 April 2025 to share the latest research including into the Fertility of VP/VLBS compared to term born into adulthood with Dieter Wolke.
NEOPEDIA launched!
Neopedia.org is here – a new multilingual platform for clear and reliable information on neonatal care, prematurity & the time after leaving hospital
Follow Warwick Lifecourse & Neonatal Group on Bluesky
Find out the latest news from the Warwick Lifecourse and Neonatal Group @WarwickLNG.bsky.social
Life Course outcomes
Dieter Wolke addresses delegates at the Hot Topics in Neonatology Conference, Washington, December 2024 on “What Can We Learn From Life Course Outcomes of VP/VLBW for Early Detection and Intervention?”
Bayerische Entwicklungstudie BLS (BEST) study celebrates 40 years
The Bayerische Entwicklungsstudie has been following the lives of
those born in Bavaria between 1 January 1985 – 31 March 1986.
2025 marks the 40th Anniversary of start of this groundbreaking research.
Watch Dieter talking to ZDF’s Volle Kanne programme
Dieter Wolke contributes to a report on ZDF programme Volle Kanne Friday 15 November 2024 (01:04 into the programme) on the long term outcomes of pre-term birth. View the item here.