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Kellie Murphy

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ProfessorDepartment of Obstetrics and GynaecologyUniversity of Toronto

Kellie Murphy

Professor

Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Temerty Faculty of Medicine

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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5 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Principal investigator on 2 research grants (2 CIHR), most recently in 2021.

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333

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Research

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Antifibrinolytic Medications Blood Transfusion Cost-Effectiveness Decision Analysis Dose-Finding Study Patient-Centred Research Postpartum Haemorrhage Randomized Trials

Latest papers

Seasonal moderators of maternal CRP levels during pregnancy.
Brain, behavior, & immunity - health · 2026
Independent effects of depression and elevated body mass index on maternal CRP levels in pregnancy.
Journal of affective disorders · 2026
Cord blood myostatin concentrations by gestational diabetes mellitus and fetal sex.
Frontiers in endocrinology · 2023

All 23 publications

Latest funding

POPCORN-RSV: A Canadian Pregnant Individual-Infant Trial for Respiratory Syncytial Virus Immunization
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
$3,411,901
ASpirin for Preeclampsia prevention for EveryoNe (ASPEN): a multicentre, double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized noninferiority trial
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$100,000
Piloting the EAGER trial: Expectant management versus induction At 38 weeks among individuals with GEstational diabetes mellitus - a Randomized controlled trial
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$569,926

All 24 grants and awards

23 publications.

Seasonal moderators of maternal CRP levels during pregnancy.

Zhang CXW, Levinsky J, Korczak D, McGowan P, Wade M, Knight JA, Hung R, Bertoni K, Murphy K, Lye S, Matthews SG, Levitan RD

Brain, behavior, & immunity - health2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.bbih.2026.101326 PMID: 42633115

Independent effects of depression and elevated body mass index on maternal CRP levels in pregnancy.

Levitan RD, Korczak D, Wade M, McGowan P, Zhang CXW, Knight JA, Hung RJ, Bertoni K, Wong J, Murphy K, Lye S, Matthews SG

Journal of affective disorders2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2025.120720 PMID: 41260363

Cord blood myostatin concentrations by gestational diabetes mellitus and fetal sex.

Huang R, Kibschull M, Briollais L, Pausova Z, Murphy K, Kingdom J, Lye S, Luo ZC

Frontiers in endocrinology2023

DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2023.1018779 PMID: 36875483

Antenatal corticosteroids and neurodevelopmental outcomes in late preterm births

Aviram A, Murphy K, McDonald S, Asztalos E, Zaltz A, Redelmeier D, Shah B, Barrett J, Melamed N

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition202231 citations

DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2021-322152

DNA methylation signatures in human neonatal blood following maternal antenatal corticosteroid treatment.

Kim B, Sasaki A, Murphy K, Matthews SG

Translational psychiatry2022

DOI: 10.1038/s41398-022-01902-4 PMID: 35354798

Protocol for a randomised trial evaluating a preconception-early childhood telephone-based intervention with tailored e-health resources for women and their partners to optimise growth and development among children in Canada: a Healthy Life Trajectory Initiative (HeLTI Canada)

Dennis C-L, Marini F, Dick JA, Atkinson S, Barrett J, Bell R, Berard A, Berger H, Brown HK, Constantin E

BMJ Open202132 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-046311 PMID: W3127363048

Mode of delivery and neonatal outcomes in extremely preterm Vertex/nonVertex twins

Hiersch L, Shah PS, Khurshid F, Masse E, Murphy K, McDonald SD, Carson G, Barrett J, Melamed N, Shah PS

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology202117 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2020.12.002

Using Precision Medicine with a Neurodevelopmental Perspective to Study Inflammation and Depression.

Levitan RD, Zhang CXW, Knight JA, Hung R, Lye J, Murphy K, Atkinson L, Bocking A, Lye S, Matthews SG

Current psychiatry reports2020

DOI: 10.1007/s11920-020-01206-8 PMID: 33289044

Seasonality of plasma tryptophan and kynurenine in pregnant mothers with a history of seasonal affective disorder: Vulnerability or adaptation?

Levitan RD, Sqapi M, Atkinson L, Murphy K, Levitt A, Bocking A, Post M, Knight JA, Matthews SG

The world journal of biological psychiatry : the official journal of the World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry2020

DOI: 10.1080/15622975.2020.1769189 PMID: 32462949

Cord gas parameters in infants born to women with sickle cell disease: a retrospective matched cohort study

Malinowski AK, Cheung P, Yang J, D'Souza R, Shehata N, Ward R, Kuo KHM, Murphy K

British Journal of Haematology20194 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.1111/bjh.15142

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Kellie Murphy

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Seasonal moderators of maternal CRP levels during pregnancy.

Independent effects of depression and elevated body mass index on maternal CRP levels in pregnancy.

Cord blood myostatin concentrations by gestational diabetes mellitus and fetal sex.

Antenatal corticosteroids and neurodevelopmental outcomes in late preterm births

DNA methylation signatures in human neonatal blood following maternal antenatal corticosteroid treatment.

Protocol for a randomised trial evaluating a preconception-early childhood telephone-based intervention with tailored e-health resources for women and their partners to optimise growth and development among children in Canada: a Healthy Life Trajectory Initiative (HeLTI Canada)

Mode of delivery and neonatal outcomes in extremely preterm Vertex/nonVertex twins

Using Precision Medicine with a Neurodevelopmental Perspective to Study Inflammation and Depression.

Seasonality of plasma tryptophan and kynurenine in pregnant mothers with a history of seasonal affective disorder: Vulnerability or adaptation?

Cord gas parameters in infants born to women with sickle cell disease: a retrospective matched cohort study

Frequent collaborators

Elizabeth Asztalos

Stephen Lye

Jon Barrett

George Tomlinson

Nir Melamed

Mark Wade

Mark Wade

Patrick McGowan

Rayjean Hung

Daphne Korczak

Erin Keely

Cindy-Lee Dennis

Donald Redelmeier

Rohan D'Souza

Rohan D'Souza

Simone Vigod

Nadine Shehata

Joel Ray

Sarah McDonald

Anthony Levitt

Evelyn Constantin

Patricia Li

Jason Brophy

Flavia Marini

Sarah Kimmins

David Colantonio

Beate Sander

Martine Puts

Jason Brophy

Rhonda Bell

Zhong-Cheng Luo

Evelyn Constantin

Daniel Blumberger

Zdenka Pausova

Zafiris Daskalakis

Astrid Guttmann

Nicole Letourneau

Robyn Stremler