Mary E. Kerr, PhD, RN, FAAN

Dean of the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing and May L. Wykle Endowed Professor

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email
mek55@case.edu
phone
216.368.2545

 

Research Interests

  • Maximizing perfusion following subarachnoid hemorrhage and traumatic brain injury
  • Critical care and neuroscience nursing

Research Projects

  • Principal Investigator: "Methods of Predicting Delayed Cerebral Ischemia in SAH," R01NR04339-01 NIH, National Institute of Nursing Research (1999-2004)
  • Principal Investigator: "The Effect of ApoE on Outcomes in TBI Adults," R01NR04801, National Institute of Nursing Research (1999-2004)
  • Principal Investigator: Role of 20-HETE on Vasospasm-Induced Ischemia after SAH, R01 NR004339-05, National Institute of Nursing Research (2004-2009)
  • Co-Principal Investigator: Myocardial Ischemia and Vasospasm in Aneurysmal SAH, R01 HL074316-01A1, The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (2004-2009)

Educational Interests

  • Neuroscience nursing
  • Critical care nursing

Educational Background

  • Diploma, Butler County Memorial Hospital
  • BSN, University of Slippery Rock
  • M.N.Ed., Medical-Surgical Nursing, University of Pittsburgh
  • PhD, Nursing, Case Western Reserve University