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Pregnancy & Birth Cohort Registry

Registry Makes Every Study Count

As part of GAPPS efforts to standardize pregnancy and birth research, we are leading the effort to build a “database of databases”—a centralized global database of pregnancy and birth cohort data and sample collections that will work as a “match.com for researchers.” The pregnancy and birth cohort registry will accelerate discovery by:

1. Facilitating collaboration between investigators
2. Helping philanthropic organizations better target funding efforts (For example, funders will be able to search the registry to learn how many sites around the world are studying preeclampsia and where they are located. This with help them to fund preeclampsia studies that will best complement or build on ongoing investigations.)
3. Informing future collection standards by providing a snapshot of the specimens researchers are currently collecting and how they are being collected

Expand Your Research Reach: Join the Registry

We are actively seeking investigators to file their perinatal research data with the pregnancy and birth cohort registry. We accept studies of any size. For more information about how to become an essential part of this global effort, please call (206) 884-8167 or email amber.sexton@seattlechildrens.org.