# Mississippi Perinatal COVID-19 Registry

> **NIH FDA U18** · UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MED CTR · 2021 · $2,000,000

## Abstract

Perinatal COVID-19 Databank
Project Summary
The COVID-19 pandemic affected mostly adult population over 60 years of age during the first
months of its inception around the world. However, due to the rapid spread of the virus in the
community children and pregnant women were affected within the first year of the pandemic. The
effect of COVID-19 in children was reported in over two thousand articles since the beginning of
the pandemic. The majority of these articles focused on the clinical feature of acute COVID-19
onset in the pediatric population. Moreover, reports of COVID-19 cases in children are growing
steadily since March 2020 according to the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report on 6/
2021. The perinatal exposure to SARS CoV-2 in infants from mothers diagnosed with COVID-19
is a topic characterized by controversy and lack of clear understanding on the etiology of the
condition, and the short and long term consequences. Therefore, the best approach to
understand the etiology, management and consequences of COVID-19 is to study its natural
progression. Birth cohort studies provide critical information for the investigation of the origins,
and natural progression of diseases. This project proposes the development of a shareable
compendium of perinatal COVID-19 cases from the State of Mississippi. The Patient Cohort
Explorer and COVID-19 Research Registry databases developed at the University of Mississippi
Medical Center will serve as the foundation to build a compendium of perinatal COVID-19 cases
including mother/infant dyads. This database will capture clinical and demographic information
from mother and newborns infant affected by COVID-19, and receiving medical care in the
University of Mississippi Medical Center, which is the only referral center for maternal fetal
healthcare in the State. In addition, the database will include information from satellite clinics
associated with the Medical Center, and COVID-19 data from public health datasets from the
Mississippi State Department of Health. This database will provide shareable de-identified
patient information with query, pairing and follow-ups capabilities on medical conditions,
diagnosis, management, treatment and outcomes. In addition, this project will incorporate and
link data from the University of Mississippi Medical Center biobank management system and the
geographic information system providing access to biological samples and geolocation of
COVID-19 cases.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10446634
- **Project number:** 1U18FD007490-01
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MED CTR
- **Principal Investigator:** Norma Beatriz Ojeda
- **Activity code:** U18 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** FDA
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $2,000,000
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2021-09-01 → 2023-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10446634

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10446634, Mississippi Perinatal COVID-19 Registry (1U18FD007490-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10446634. Licensed CC0.

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