Abi Kirubarajan, MD, MSc
Doctoral student
Abi is a post-graduate resident in Obstetrics and Gynecology at McMaster University. She completed a dual MD-MSc program at the University of Toronto, earning a Master's of Science in Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation while completing her undergraduate medical training.
Abi's previous research includes reviews of cultural competence in, and barriers to, fertility care. Her previous work ranges from qualitative reviews of pregnancy and childbirth during incarceration to studies of the frequency of kidney stones in pregnancy and associated outcomes.
Abi is began her PhD in September 2023 where her research at PERL involves applying advanced epidemiologic methods to studying risk factors of spontaneous preterm delivery using linked, population-based datasets.
Abi's previous research includes reviews of cultural competence in, and barriers to, fertility care. Her previous work ranges from qualitative reviews of pregnancy and childbirth during incarceration to studies of the frequency of kidney stones in pregnancy and associated outcomes.
Abi is began her PhD in September 2023 where her research at PERL involves applying advanced epidemiologic methods to studying risk factors of spontaneous preterm delivery using linked, population-based datasets.
Selected Publications
2024
Delivery in the second stage of labor and preterm birth in a subsequent pregnancy: a response
Abi Kirubarajan, Giulia M Muraca
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, vol. 231(6), 2024, pp. e227-e228
Tzuria Peled, Giulia M Muraca, Miri Ratner, Hen Y Sela, Abirami Kirubarajan, Ari Weiss, Sorina Grisaru-Granovsky, Misgav Rottenstreich
International Journal of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, vol. 166(2), 2024, pp. 775-82
Tzuria Peled, Giulia M Muraca, Miri Ratner, Hen Y Sela, Abirami Kirubarajan, Ari Weiss, Sorina Grisaru-Granovsky, Misgav Rottenstreich
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, vol. 230(1), 2024, pp. S477-S478
The association between hysterotomy extension and subsequent preterm birth
Giulia M Muraca, Tzuria Peled, Abi Kirubarajan, Ari Weiss, Hen Y Sela, Sorina Grisaru-Granovsky, Misgav Rottenstreich
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, vol. 230(1), 2024, pp. S395
Giulia M Muraca, Tzuria Peled, Abi Kirubarajan, Ari Weiss, Hen Y Sela, Sorina Grisaru-Granovsky, Misgav Rottenstreich
American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology MFM, vol. 6(4), 2024, p. 101326
2023
Abirami Kirubarajan, Nila Thangavelu, Misgav Rottenstreich, Giulia M Muraca
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, vol. 230(3), 2023, pp. 295-307.e2.
2022
A. Premawardhena, D. Ediriweera, A. Sabouhanian, A. Allen, D. Rees, S. de Silva, W.K.W. Perera, N. Katugaha, M. Arambepola, R. Yamashita, S. Mettananda, N. Jiffry, Vikita Mehta, Refai Cader, Dayananda Bandara, Tim K. St. Pierre, Giulia M Muraca, C. Fisher, Abirami Kirubarajan, Shawn Khan, S. Allen, S. Lamabadusuriya, David J Weatherall, Nancy F Olivieri
The Lancet Global health, vol. 10(1), 2022, pp. e134-e141