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Welma Lubbe, PhD, Midwifery & Neonatal Nursing

• Speaker Type: 2025 Main Presentations
• Country: South Africa

Biography:

Prof. Welma Lubbe is a professor in Nursing and Midwifery at North-West University and the director of the NuMIQ research focus area within the School of Nursing Science. She has published over 50 peer-reviewed articles, presented at numerous national and international conferences, and written professional and parenting articles. Her research centers on neurodevelopmental supportive care for preterm infants, leading the INDeSC program, and she holds a C1-rating from the South African National Research Foundation for international recognition.Prof.

Lubbe serves her third term as the South African representative on the Council of International Neonatal Nurses. She is a member of both the Graven’s Developmental Care Consensus panel and the SCENE research group. Additionally, she is an international advisor for the Journal of Neonatal Nursing.As founder of Little Steps®, a support organization for preterm parenting, she created South Africa’s first evidence-based website on prematurity and offers educational programs. Prof. Lubbe also collaborates with various media and professional organizations and is the author of Prematurity – Adjusting your dream (2008 & 2021). She is passionate about empowering parents of newborns and premature babies.