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University of Otago

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5.04/23/2026

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Dr Sarah Harris is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health at the University of Otago, Christchurch, within the Faculty of Medicine. She holds qualifications of MBChB, DCH, PhD, and FRACP in Paediatrics. As a neonatal paediatrician and researcher, her work centers on the long-term outcomes of individuals born very preterm or with very low birth weight. Her research encompasses cardiovascular structure and function, mental health outcomes, socioeconomic disparities, fertility, romantic and sexual relationships, physical activity levels, cognitive function, visuospatial processing, and biomarkers of ageing in this cohort. She leads the New Zealand 1986 Very Low Birthweight Follow-up Study, having succeeded Emeritus Professor Brian Darlow, and contributes to international collaborations involving individual participant data meta-analyses.