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Brian DarlowMA BChir MA MD(Camb) FRCP FRACP FRCPCH

Email brian.darlow@otago.ac.nz

Tel +64 3 372 6735

Brian Darlow trained at Cambridge University, elsewhere in the United Kingdom and New Zealand, with a spell in Papua New Guinea.

He returned to the department as Senior Lecturer in 1982 and was appointed to the Chair of Paediatrics in 2001.  From 2007 until 2018 Brian held the Cure Kids Chair of Paediatric Research at the University of Otago, Christchurch.

Through most of his career he has worked as a clinical neonatologist with research interests including free radical disease in the newborn, particularly retinopathy of prematurity, neonatal networking and the epidemiology and outcome of complications of prematurity. In recent years he has led the NZ 1986 VLBW Follow-up Study assessing young adult outcomes of this national cohort of very preterm infants compared with term born control subjects.

Interests outside of medicine include ornithology and tramping.

Read about the NZ Very Low Birthweight study

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Publications

Mendonça, M., Ni, Y., Baumann, N., Darlow, B. A., Horwood, J., Doyle, L. W., … Woodward, L. J., Harris, S., … Wolke, D. (2024). Romantic and sexual relationships of young adults born very preterm: An individual participant data meta-analysis [Review]. Acta Paediatrica. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/apa.17397 Journal - Research Article

Martin, J., Darlow, B. A., Elsmore, A., Bothara, S., Horwood, L. J., & Harris, S. L. (2024). Self-reported health and socioeconomic outcomes in young adults born at very low birth weight compared to healthy birth weight peers: The New Zealand Very Low Birth Weight cohort. Journal of Paediatrics & Child Health, 60(Suppl. 1), (pp. 108-109). doi: 10.1111/jpc.16526 Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Harris, S. L., Jones, G. T., Pilbrow, A. P., Horwood, L. J., Martin, J., Frampton, C., Ip, W. T., Troughton, R. W., Greer, C., Yang, J., Epton, M. J., … Darlow, B. A., & Cameron, V. A. (2024). DNA methylation patterns at birth predict later-life health related pathobiology. Journal of Paediatrics & Child Health, 60(Suppl. 1), (pp. 107-108). doi: 10.1111/jpc.16526 Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Harris, S. L., Martin, J., Darlow, B. A., Horwood, L. J., Frampton, C., Elsmore, A., Bothara, S., & Troughton, R. W. (2024). Cardiovascular risk profile in young adults born at very low birth weight compared to healthy birth weight peers: The New Zealand Very Low Birth Weight (NZVLBW) cohort. Journal of Paediatrics & Child Health, 60(Suppl. 1), (pp. 50). doi: 10.1111/jpc.16526 Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Fielder, A. R., Quinn, G. E., Shah, P. K., Darlow, B. A., & Marlow, N. (2024). Retinopathy of prematurity comes full circle. Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal & Neonatal Edition. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2024-327003 Journal - Research Other

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