Pediatric Research Observing Trends and Exposures in COVID-19 Timelines (PROTECT): Protocol for a Multisite Longitudinal Cohort Study

Joy Burns   ^{1 *} , PhD ;   Patrick Rivers   ^{2 *} , MPP ;   Lindsay B LeClair   ^{1 *} , MS, MPH ;   Krystal S Jovel   ^{2 *} , MA ;   Ramona P Rai   ^{1 *} , MPH ;   Ashley A Lowe   ^{2 *} , MSPH, PhD ;   Laura J Edwards   ^{1 *} , MPH ;   Sana M Khan   ^{2 *} , MPH ;   Clare Mathenge   ^{3 *} , BS ;   Maria Ferraris   ^{4 *} , MEd, MSPM ;   Jennifer L Kuntz   ^{5 *} , PhD ;   Julie Mayo Lamberte   ^{6 *} , MSPH ;   Kurt T Hegmann   ^{7 *} , MD, MPH ;   Marilyn J Odean   ^{8, 9 *} , MS ;   Hilary McLeland-Wieser   ^{1 *} , MPH ;   Shawn Beitel   ^{2 *} , MSc ;   Leah Odame-Bamfo   ^{3 *} , MPH ;   Natasha Schaefer Solle   ^{4 *} , PhD ;   Josephine Mak   ^{6 *} , MPH ;   Andrew L Phillips   ^{7 *} , MD, MOH ;   Brian E Sokol   ^{1 *} , MSPA ;   James Hollister   ^{2 *} , MS ;   Jezahel S Ochoa   ^{4 *} ;   Lauren Grant   ^{6 *} , MS ;   Matthew S Thiese   ^{7 *} , MSPH, PhD ;   Keya B Jacoby   ^{1 *} , BA ;   Karen Lutrick   ^{2 *} , PhD ;   Felipe A Pubillones   ^{4 *} , DO ;   Young M Yoo   ^{6 *} , MSPH ;   Danielle Rentz Hunt   ^{1 *} , PhD ;   Katherine Ellingson   ^{2 *} , PhD ;   Mark C Berry   ^{1 *} , MPH, PhD ;   Joe K Gerald   ^{2 *} , MD, PhD ;   Joanna Lopez   ^{1 *} , MSPH ;   Lynn B Gerald   ^{2 *} , MSPH, PhD ;   Meredith G Wesley   ^{1 *} , MPH ;   Karl Krupp   ^{2 *} , MSc, PhD ;   Meghan K Herring   ^{1 *} , MPH ;   Purnima Madhivanan   ^{2 *} , MPH, PhD ;   Alberto J Caban-Martinez   ^{4 *} , MPH, DO, PhD ;   Harmony L Tyner   ^{8 *} , MD, MPH ;   Jennifer K Meece   ^{10 *} , PhD ;   Sarang K Yoon   ^{7 *} , MOH, DO ;   Ashley L Fowlkes   ^{6 *} , SCD ;   Allison L Naleway   ^{5 *} , PhD ;   Lisa Gwynn   ^{4 *} , MSPH, MBA, DO ;   Jefferey L Burgess   ^{2 *} , MD, MPH ;   Mark G Thompson   ^{6 *} , PhD ;   Lauren EW Olsho   ^{1 *} , PhD ;   Manjusha Gaglani   ^{3, 11 *} , MBBS

¹ Abt Associates, Atlanta, GA, United States

² Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States

³ College of Medicine, Texas A&M University, Temple, TX, United States

⁴ Leonard M Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States

⁵ Kaiser Permanente Northwest Center for Health Research, Portland, OR, United States

⁶ COVID-19 Response Team, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States

⁷ Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental Health, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, UT, United States

⁸ St. Luke’s Regional Health Care System, Duluth, MN, United States

⁹ Whiteside Institute for Clinical Research, St. Luke’s, Duluth, MN, United States

¹⁰ Marshfield Clinic Research Institute, Marshfield, WI, United States

¹¹ Baylor Scott and White Health, Temple, TX, United States

*all authors contributed equally