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Does premature birth affect romantic relations in later life?
In a paper published in JAMA Network Open today, researchers from The University of Warwick, Monash University, and the University of Bonn, reveal that adults who were born very prematurely, or with a very low birth weight have greater difficulty in forming romantic and sexual relationships and starting a family.
Simple is beautiful!
Developmental outcomes are more consistently explained by additive effects rather than by interaction effects.
EFCNI Feb 2025 Newsletter
Featuring insights into Growing up as a Premmie and Development of a new self-assessment tool to reduce inequality in neonatal care.
New Preprint available
Read about Taylor Barda et al’s research here: Barda, T., Schmitz-Koep, B., Menegaux, A., Bartmann, P., Wolke, D., Sorg, C., Hedderich, D. (2025 online first). The impact of socio-environmental factors on brain structure over the early life course of preterm-born individuals – A systematic review, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2025.106061
Research fellow career success with MSCA award
Professor Dieter Wolke and the Warwick Lifecourse and Neonatal Group congratulate Dr Yanlin Zhou from the R2D2-MH project on the award of an MSCA fellowship working with Dr Beate St Pourcain at the Max Plank Institute of Psycholinguistics on a 2 year project investigating the Genomic and Environmental factors of Resilience to Early-life stress.
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.