Serene Kerpan, University of British Columbia

Research

Biorepository Feasibility Health Outcomes Infants Neonatal Withdrawal Opioids Pharmacogenomics Pregnancy

Latest papers

From knowledge to action: protocol for a mixed-methods evaluation of First Nations-led knowledge mobilisation on prenatal opioid exposure.
BMJ open · 2025 · senior author
Active Play as a Window Into the Worlds of Twins and Triplets With Autism.
Occupational therapy international · 2025

All 2 publications

Latest funding

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

All 1 grants and awards

2 publications.

01

From knowledge to action: protocol for a mixed-methods evaluation of First Nations-led knowledge mobilisation on prenatal opioid exposure.

Medeiros P, Mazzucco A, Wilkinson L, Altiman M, Glover J, Stone A, Taylor B, Guttmann A, Kerpan S

BMJ open2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-111306 PMID: 41314821

02

Active Play as a Window Into the Worlds of Twins and Triplets With Autism.

Abu Itham M, Kerpan S, Balogh R, Lloyd M

Occupational therapy international2025

DOI: 10.1155/oti/4415279 PMID: 40213079

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.

Frequent collaborators

Department of Paediatrics
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Astrid Guttmann

Department of Paediatrics

1 shared papers, latest 2025

Meghann Lloyd

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2025

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Biorepository Dear Professor Kerpan, 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]. I read your paper "From knowledge to action: protocol for a mixed-methods evaluation of First Nations-led knowledge mobilisation on prenatal opioid exposure." (2025), and it 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]