# Prenatal Social Connection and Disruption During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Effects on Maternal and Infant Health

> **NIH NIH R01** · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · 2023 · $108,186

## Abstract

PROJECT ABSTRACT
 The proposed diversity supplement requests funding for Gabriel León, a first-
generation college graduate of Latino heritage (Mexican American) and Pell Grant recipient,
who is a graduate student working on the NICHD-funded project, 5R01HD104801, “Prenatal
Social Connection and Disruption During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Effects on Maternal and
Infant Health.” The PI of that project, Dr. Darby Saxbe, is Mr. León's primary graduate
research mentor and will work closely with him as he pursues his research interests in
interpersonal emotion synchrony between parents and their infants. His interests are directly
related to the primary aims of the funded R01 grant, which assesses how social connection
benefits maternal and infant health in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10702269
- **Project number:** 3R01HD104801-03S1
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
- **Principal Investigator:** Darby E. Saxbe
- **Activity code:** R01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2023
- **Award amount:** $108,186
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2021-06-01 → 2026-01-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10702269

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10702269, Prenatal Social Connection and Disruption During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Effects on Maternal and Infant Health (3R01HD104801-03S1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10702269. Licensed CC0.

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