Erin Knight, University of British Columbia

Research

Biorepository Feasibility Health Outcomes Infants Neonatal Withdrawal Opioids Pharmacogenomics Pregnancy

Latest funding

Perinatal Opioid Exposures, Trajectories, Insights and Concentrations: The POETIC Network
CIHR · 2023 · Principal investigator
$100,000

Perinatal Opioid Exposures, Trajectories, Insights and Concentrations: The POETIC Network

Principal investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant - PA: Research in First Nations, Inuit and/or Métis Health

Principal investigators: Patricelli, Charissa; Alcorn, Mary-Jane; Colantonio, David; Drogemoller, Britt I; Gartner, Kali; Kelly, Lauren; Kerpan, Serene T; Knight, Erin; Leong, Christine; Lyons, Laura M; Oberlander, Timothy F; Turner, Suzanne

Keywords: Biorepository; Feasibility; Health Outcomes; Infants; Neonatal Withdrawal; Opioids; Pharmacogenomics; Pregnancy; Women'S Health

$100,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Biorepository Dear Professor Knight, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on biorepository connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your CIHR-funded project "Perinatal Opioid Exposures, Trajectories, Insights and Concentrations: The POETIC Network" (2023), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]