Trans-NIH COVID Workgroup on Pregnant & Lactating Women and Children

African American pregnant mother and her daughter.
NICHD and the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) lead this trans-NIH workgroup, which includes representation from 18 institutes, centers, and offices (ICOs).

This collaboration emerged from the existing NIH Pediatric Research Consortium, led by NICHD, to enable a nimble and immediate response to the pandemic. The workgroup coordinates funding strategies, data harmonization, and other activities related to COVID-19 in pregnant and lactating women and children across NIH.

NICHD’s activities related to the workgroup are in addition to its other efforts to understand COVID in pregnant and postpartum women , infants, children, and adolescents .

A series of COVID-related images, including a masked pregnant adult resting her hands on her stomach, a masked young boy in a hospital bed with a stuffed toy, a masked young girl, and a computer generation of an antibody with fork on the top and base on the bottom, overlaid with the words COVID-19 Research and NICHD.