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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

Aakvik, K. A. D., Benum, S. D., Tikanmäki, M., Hovi, P., Räikkönen, K., Harris, S. L., Woodward, L. J., Darlow, B. A., … Evensen, K. A. I. (2024). Physical activity and cognitive function in adults born very preterm or with very low birth weight: An individual participant data meta-analysis. PLoS ONE, 19(2), e0298311. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0298311

Crowther, C. A., Ashwood, P., Middleton, P. F., McPhee, A., Tan, T., Harding, J. E., for the MAGENTA Study Group, including Austin, N., Darlow, B. A., Dixon, B., Gullam, J., Leishman, D., Dawson, P., Devenish, C., Gaerty, K., Tomlinson, P. A., & Miller, H. (2023). Prenatal intravenous magnesium at 30-34 weeks' gestation and neurodevelopmental outcomes in offspring: The MAGENTA randomized clinical trial. JAMA, 330(7), 603-614. doi: 10.1001/jama.2023.12357

Darlow, B. A. (2023). Primary prevention of ROP: More can be done in all settings. Expert Review of Ophthalmology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/17469899.2023.2245143

Cameron, V. A., Jones, G. T., Horwood, L. J., Pilbrow, A. P., Martin, J., Frampton, C., Ip, W. T., Troughton, R. W., Greer, C., Yang, J., Epton, M. J., Harris, S. L., & Darlow, B. A. (2023). DNA methylation patterns at birth predict health outcomes in young adults born very low birthweight. Clinical Epigenetics, 15, 47. doi: 10.1186/s13148-023-01463-3

Bolbocean, C., van der Pal, S., van Buuren, S., Anderson, P. J., Bartmann, P., Baumann, N., … Darlow, B. A., … Horwood, J., … Woodward, L., … Petrou, S. (2023). Health-related quality-of-life outcomes of very preterm or very low birth weight adults: Evidence from an individual participant data meta-analysis. Pharmacoeconomics, 41, 93-105. doi: 10.1007/s40273-022-01201-2

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