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P3 Cohort News

We will share updates about recent news articles, scientific publications and other updates about our study below.

Recent publications by our team members

December 22, 2022

Benlamri A, Murthy P, Zein H, Thomas S, Scott JN, Abou Mehrem A, Esser M, Lodha A, Noort J, Tang S, Metcalfe C, Kowal D, Irvine L, Scotland J, Leijser LM, Mohammad K. 2022. Neuroprotection care bundle implementation is associated with improved long-term neurodevelopmental outcomes in extremely premature infants. J Perinatol 42, 1380–1384. Cairncross ZF,…

P3 Cohort Summer Newsletter

June 9, 2022

We are very pleased to release our first P3 Cohort Newsletter. You can read it here. Thank you so much for your continued support and participation in this study!

Recent publications by our team members

June 8, 2022

Check out the recent publications by our team members related to preterm birth: Cairncross ZF, Couloigner I, Ryan MC, McMorris C, Muehlenbachs L, Nikolaou N, Wong RC, Hawkins SM, Bertazzon S, Cabaj J, Metcalfe A. 2002. Association Between Residential Proximity to Hydraulic Fracturing Sites and Adverse Birth Outcomes. JAMA Pediatr. 2022 Apr 4. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2022.0306 Gurram Venkata SKR, Srivastava A, Murthy…

The role of inflammation in brain injury and development of preterm infants

March 4, 2022

We have launched recruitment for Dr. Leijser’s substudy, The Role of Inflammation in Brain Injury and Development of Preterm Infants (P3 Brain Health Study). Premature or preterm birth (before 37 weeks of pregnancy) impacts approximately 8% of births in Canada annually and we don’t know why it happens. A child born preterm is at a greater…

Recent publications by our team members

November 24, 2021

Check out the recent publications by our team members related to preterm birth: Adhikari K, Patten SB, Patel AB, Premji S, Tough S, Letourneau N, Giesbrecht G, Metcalfe A. 2021. Data Harmonization and Data Pooling from Cohort Studies: A Practical Approach for Data Management. In press International Journal of Population Data Science Assis Z, Kirton A, Pauranik A, Sherriff M, Wei…

Biomarkers of imminent preterm birth in high risk women

November 15, 2021

We have launched recruitment for one of the P3 Cohort substudies: Biomarkers of imminent preterm birth in high risk women. You would be eligible for this study if: The purpose of this research study is to be able to: As part of this research study, participants will be invited to provide weekly blood and urine samples…

We have started participant recruitment!

September 27, 2021

On September 27, 2021, we officially started participant recruitment to the P3 Cohort! You can learn more about the study here, and can join the study here.

Calgary researchers target premature births with massive study – Calgary Sun

May 7, 2021

Bill Kaufmann /May 05, 2021 Source: Calgary Herald For unknown reasons, nine per cent of births in Alberta are premature, a rate among the highest in the country. More than a year after her daughter Gianna arrived four months prematurely, the effects of that early birth are still sinking in, said Molly Wilding. “We don’t know…

UCalgary research into preemies to receive $5M in community funding – UCalgary News

May 6, 2021

Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute Staff / Source: UCalgary News May 6, 2021 More than 40 scientists and clinical researchers launch initiative Molly and Patrick Wilding are parents of a preemie, Gianna, born in January 2020 at 23 weeks and six days gestation. They are one of the many families in Alberta who have welcomed a…

Major new Calgary study tackles ‘really big problem’ of premature births – Global News

May 5, 2021

By Gil Tucker Global News Calgarians Molly and Pat Wilding were having fun with their baby daughter on the playground outside the Alberta Children’s Hospital on Wednesday. They enjoyed putting Gianna on the teeter-totter and swings; it was such a long way from that morning in January 2020 when the little girl was born four months premature.…