Research that starts with people.

We study how social, family and environmental experiences shape health across the life course.

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GPIS · FURG · Rio Grande, Brazil

Epidemiology · Mental health · Life course · Artificial intelligence

2019Birth
2020Pandemic
2021New follow-ups
2022
2023Post-COVID
2024Floods
2025Age 6
NowCameras
2,313 mothers interviewed in 2019. We follow the same families before and after the pandemic and the floods. See the Cohort's timeline For Cohort families

Different questions, one idea: following real lives and producing knowledge that makes a difference for them.

4 research areas 5 projects 1 cohort since 2019

Projects

Ongoing research, built on a cohort that follows families from birth.

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Core platform · since 2019

2019 Rio Grande Birth Cohort

We follow mothers, children and families from birth.

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perinatal interviews in 2019
2,313
at the current follow-up
Age 6

A scientific network across four countries

Research grows when different perspectives meet. We build projects with partners in Brazil and other countries.

  • BrazilFURG
  • United KingdomManchester Metropolitan University
  • ChileUniversidad del Desarrollo
  • PeruUniversidad Científica del Sur
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Active partner institutions · GPIS/FURG
Participants and GPIS team members in a group activity around a table.

Photo taken and published with the explicit permission of the mothers.

We want to do more and more research with people, not just about them.

Research that does not end with publication.

We want knowledge to circulate — and return to those who make research possible.

  • Training

    Training students within real projects.

  • Networked research

    Questions and methods built with partners in four countries.

  • Giving back to society

    A commitment to findings that travel beyond scientific publication.

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The people who make the research happen

Meet the team

Christian Loret de Mola Zanatti

Coordinator / Principal Investigator

Rafaela Costa Martins

Researcher / Data management

Cauane Blumenberg

Researcher / Data scientist

Romina Buffarini

Researcher / Data curation

Andressa Cardoso

Postdoctoral researcher / Interactions and child development

Júlia Freire Danigno

Researcher / Collaborating lecturer

Gabriel Chaplin da Silva

Master's student

Aline Barenho Pereira

Master's student

Leonardo Nunes da Costa

Undergraduate research

Camile Glanert Tecchio

Undergraduate research

Brenno Lopes Cavalcante

Undergraduate research

Does your family take part in the Cohort?

Since 2019, you have made this research happen. Talk to the team, follow the news and update your details when you change phone number or address.

Page for families

News

All news

  1. Fieldwork for the camera study has begun

    The new stage of the 2019 Rio Grande Birth Cohort uses wearable cameras to study interactions between mothers and children.

  2. GPIS and a Latin American network win the 2nd edition of the Pepe Mujica Award

    GPIS and partners from a Latin American research network were selected in the second edition of the Pepe Mujica Award.

Contact

Federal University of Rio Grande — FURG
Rio Grande, RS, Brazil

Coordination

2019 Rio Grande Cohort

GPIS is a research group at the Federal University of Rio Grande (FURG), linked to the Graduate Program in Public Health (PPGSP).

  • FURG
  • PPGSP