by Stephanie Brush | Nov 13, 2023 | Blog
17 November marks World Prematurity Day, an annual event to raise awareness for the one in ten babies worldwide who will be born too early. Each year, 15 million babies worldwide are born preterm. Sadly, one million of these babies will not survive. Of those who...
by Stephanie Brush | May 11, 2023 | Blog
The PremmieEd project aims to understand parent’s perceptions and experiences of their child’s schooling and development. We also want to know whether parent’s views of their child’s education experience are impacted by extremely preterm birth (birth before 28 weeks...
by Stephanie Brush | Aug 13, 2022 | Blog
It’s on again! In July 2022, recruitment for the latest group of VICS study families began. All babies born extremely preterm (before 28 weeks gestation) or extremely low birth weight (less than 1000g) in Victoria between the 1st July 2022 and 30th June 2023 will be...
by Stephanie Brush | Feb 17, 2020 | Newsletters
FEBRUARY 2020 Greetings to all of our Victorian Infant Collaborative Study Families. Welcome to the 2019/2020 edition of our newsletter Firstly a big thankyou to all of our 2016/2017 Cohort families who came along with some very busy 2 year olds. We have almost...
by Stephanie Brush | Jul 3, 2019 | Press Releases
SBS NEWS| 19/08/2017 A leading neonatal doctor wants closer monitoring of extremely premature babies beyond the age of two. Parents of an extremely premature baby have every reason to be optimistic about their child’s future, with more than ever surviving...
