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Join the RECAP preterm E-Learning course

You are a researcher in the fields of neonatology, epidemiology, and psychology and are interested to learn more about cohorts, registers, and the use of the RECAP preterm Cohort Platform? Discover the RECAP preterm E-Learning course!  The RECAP preterm Cohort Platform is a sustainable, geographically diverse, and multidisciplinary database of national and European cohorts of babies born very preterm or with very low birth weight. It contains cohorts constituted over a 30-year time span and…
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New series on cohorts of the Research on European Children and Adults born Preterm (RECAP preterm) project

Our new series presents the cohorts of the EU-funded project „Research on European Children and Adults born Preterm“ (RECAP preterm), which aims at contributing to a better understanding on the long-term effects of preterm birth and thus to an improvement of the follow-up of these children. A research cohort is a group of people who share a defining characteristic, e.g. in the case of RECAP preterm, the cohorts consist of children (and later adults) born very preterm or with very…
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Neonatal real world data for research purposes – what is the parents’ view?

Real world data (RWD) in medicine is data derived from a number of sources, for instance surveys or focus group interviews that are associated with outcomes in a heterogeneous patient cohort in real-world settings. It is increasingly used for research purposes, yet there is a lack of data about parental views on the use of this data which had been collected in routine practice for research purposes. But…
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Meeting of RECAP preterm consortium in Rome

In January, the RECAP preterm consortium (Research on European Children and Adults born Preterm) met in Rome to wrap up and evaluate the project's second working year. 85 professionals from various fields of medical research gathered to discuss the project's milestones and deliverables. The meeting also featured an Early Career Researcher’s workshop and two additional work package sessions. View more about the RECAP preterm project Please note: The RECAP…
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