Equal opportunity, or health equity, is a central and cross-cutting issue in child and adolescent health, not only in our research and teaching. Children and adolescents from disadvantaged population groups face greater health challenges and are less likely to have access to preventive care and health services. The interdisciplinary research group on health equity in childhood and adolescence, led by Prof. Anna Lene Seidler, is championing this important issue at the University Medical Centre Rostock and the German Centre for Child and Adolescent Health (DZKJ) side Greifswald and Rostock.

The research group has a particular focus on neonatology and, consequently, on the health and health outcomes of newborns. The research group also addresses health equity throughout childhood and adolescence, and explores how health inequities can be identified and reduced across different life stages and care settings.

To this end, we are developing innovative methods to more effectively identify research gaps and health inequities. These include individual participant data meta-analyses (IPD-MAs), which enable us to examine and highlight differences in health outcomes in a nuanced way. In the field of implementation research, we investigate how effective interventions can be successfully translated into clinical practice and made accessible to different population groups. Our aim is to inform guidelines and clinical practice, thereby helping to make healthcare more equitable and responsive to people’s needs. Target groups affected by our research are actively involved in all phases of the research process.

How robust is the evidence on which clinical decisions are based—and what challenges arise in its generation and synthesis?
These questions are the focus of the colloquium “Evidence Synthesis in Neonatology,” to which the University Medical Center Rostock, in collaboration with the German Center for Child and Adolescent Health (DZKJ) and the Center for Transdisciplinary Neurosciences Rostock (CTNR), cordially invites you. Two internationally renowned experts have been invited as guest speakers: Prof. Dr. Roger F. Soll and Dr. James Sotiropoulos. The event will be moderated by Prof. Dr. Anna Lene Seidler (Health Equity in Child Health, KJPP, DZKJ).

Date: Thursday, October 22, 2026, 2:15–3:45 p.m.

Location: Surgery Lecture Hall, Rostock University Medical Center, Schillingallee 35, 18057 Rostock

Hybrid participation via Zoom: uni-rostock-de.zoom-x.de/j/69006182801

All interested parties are welcome—participation is free of charge, and registration is not required. Note: The event will be conducted in English.