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New Zealand
2026

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
65
Citations
20037
World Ranking
1020
National Ranking
10

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in New Zealand Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in New Zealand Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in New Zealand Leader Award

Overview

Lianne J. Woodward is affiliated with the University of Canterbury in New Zealand and conducts research primarily in the field of Medicine, with a focus on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Their scholarly work spans several related subfields, including Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Clinical Psychology, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

The research topics addressed by Woodward encompass:

  • Infant Development and Preterm Care
  • Neonatal Respiratory Health Research
  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Neonatal and Fetal Brain Pathology
  • Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Breastfeeding Practices and Influences

Woodward has contributed to the academic literature with multiple recent publications across a range of medical and pediatric journals. Notable recent papers include:

  • Association of Very Preterm Birth or Very Low Birth Weight With Intelligence in Adulthood, 2021, JAMA Pediatrics
  • Psychiatric disorders in individuals born very preterm / very low-birth weight: An individual participant data (IPD) meta-analysis, 2021, EClinicalMedicine
  • Neurobehavior of newborn infants exposed prenatally to methadone and identification of a neurobehavioral profile linked to poorer neurodevelopmental outcomes at age 24 months, 2020, PLoS ONE
  • Prenatal methadone exposure and child developmental outcomes in 2-year-old children, 2021, Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology
  • ADHD symptoms and diagnosis in adult preterms: systematic review, IPD meta-analysis, and register-linkage study, 2022, Pediatric Research

These publications reflect Woodward's engagement with themes such as preterm birth consequences, neurodevelopmental outcomes following prenatal substance exposure, and psychiatric diagnoses in populations born preterm.

Frequent co-authors contributing to collaborative research with Woodward include:

  • Brian A. Darlow
  • L. John Horwood
  • Jeanie L.Y. Cheong
  • Peter J. Anderson
  • Marit S. Indredavik

Woodward's research output is regularly published in journals including:

  • Pediatric Research
  • Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology
  • Children
  • PLoS ONE
  • PharmacoEconomics

Best Publications

  • Mental health, educational, and social role outcomes of adolescents with depression

    David M. Fergusson;Lianne J. Woodward

  • Neonatal MRI to Predict Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Preterm Infants

    Lianne J. Woodward;Peter J. Anderson;Nicola C. Austin;Kelly Howard

  • Life course outcomes of young people with anxiety disorders in adolescence.

    Lianne J. Woodward;David M. Fergusson

  • Risk factors and life processes associated with the onset of suicidal behaviour during adolescence and early adulthood.

    D. M. Fergusson;Lianne J. Woodward;L. J. Horwood

  • Preschool executive functioning abilities predict early mathematics achievement.

    Caron A. C. Clark;Verena E. Pritchard;Lianne J. Woodward

  • The stability of child abuse reports: a longitudinal study of the reporting behaviour of young adults

    D. M. Fergusson;L. J. Horwood;Lianne J. Woodward

  • Does Father Absence Place Daughters at Special Risk for Early Sexual Activity and Teenage Pregnancy

    Bruce J. Ellis;John E. Bates;Kenneth A. Dodge;David M. Fergusson

  • Maternal Smoking During Pregnancy and Psychiatric Adjustment in Late Adolescence

    David M. Fergusson;Lianne J. Woodward;L. John Horwood

  • Intergenerational transmission of warm-sensitive-stimulating parenting: a prospective study of mothers and fathers of 3-year-olds.

    Jay Belsky;Sara R. Jaffee;Judith Sligo;Lianne Woodward

  • Brain Injury and Altered Brain Growth in Preterm Infants: Predictors and Prognosis

    Hiroyuki Kidokoro;Peter J. Anderson;Lex W. Doyle;Lianne J. Woodward

  • Maternal age and educational and psychosocial outcomes in early adulthood.

    David M. Fergusson;Lianne J. Woodward

  • Development of emotional and behavioral regulation in children born extremely preterm and very preterm: biological and social influences.

    Caron A. C. Clark;Lianne J. Woodward;L. John Horwood;Stephanie Moor

  • Parenting Behavior Is Associated With the Early Neurobehavioral Development of Very Preterm Children

    Karli Treyvaud;Vicki A. Anderson;Kelly Howard;Merilyn Bear

  • Risk Factors and Life Processes Associated with Teenage Pregnancy: Results of a Prospective Study From Birth to 20 Years

    Lianne J Woodward;David M Fergusson;L. John Horwood

  • Very preterm children show impairments across multiple neurodevelopmental domains by age 4 years

    Lianne J Woodward;Stephanie Moor;Kelly M Hood;Patricia R Champion

  • Neonatal white matter abnormalities an important predictor of neurocognitive outcome for very preterm children.

    Lianne J. Woodward;Caron A. C. Clark;Samudragupta Bora;Terrie E. Inder

  • Early Delayed Language Development in Very Preterm Infants: Evidence from the MacArthur-Bates CDI.

    Susan H. Foster-Cohen;Jamie O. Edgin;Patricia R. Champion;Lianne J. Woodward

  • Object working memory deficits predicted by early brain injury and development in the preterm infant.

    Lianne J. Woodward;Jamie O. Edgin;Deanne Thompson;Terrie E. Inder

  • Unemployment and psychosocial adjustment in young adults: causation or selection?

    David M Fergusson;L John Horwood;Lianne J Woodward

  • Childhood Peer Relationship Problems and Later Risks of Educational Under-achievement and Unemployment

    Lianne J. Woodward;David M. Fergusson

Frequent Co-Authors

David M. Fergusson
David M. Fergusson University of Otago
Terrie E. Inder
Terrie E. Inder Brigham and Women's Hospital
Jamie O. Edgin
Jamie O. Edgin Virginia Tech
Deanne K. Thompson
Deanne K. Thompson Murdoch Children's Research Institute
Jay Belsky
Jay Belsky University of California, Davis
Karli Treyvaud
Karli Treyvaud La Trobe University
Vicki Anderson
Vicki Anderson Murdoch Children's Research Institute
Jeffrey J. Neil
Jeffrey J. Neil Washington University in St. Louis
P. Ellen Grant
P. Ellen Grant Boston Children's Hospital
Christopher D. Smyser
Christopher D. Smyser Washington University in St. Louis

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