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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.
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.
House of Lords Preterm Birth Committee publishes report
Dieter Wolke talked about the long term effects of premature birth in the House of Lords Preterm Birth Committee report on Preterm Birth: Reducing Risks, and Improving Lives.
Baby Comfort Guide
Baby Comfort Guide published. Find out about the BABY COMFORT app here
Dieter speaking on Evolutionary Hypotheses
Dieter Wolke giving at Keynote speech on Preterm birth as a “Natural Experiment” to test Evolutionary Hypotheses at the Sigrid Juselius Symposium, Helsinki 5 June 2024
WDR5 Quarks: The long-term outcomes of premature birth
Regine Haunch talks about the long-term outcomes of premature birth and interviews Dieter Wolke (in german) for the WDR5 Quarks – Science and more Programme 14.5.24 Item 51:45 mins into broadcast. Dieter’s interview 1:00:00. Listen here
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.
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.