Bethany Kerr, PhD

Assistant Professor, Cancer Biology

Research Interests

Neovascularization, Pathologic
Prostatic Neoplasms
Tissue Engineering
Neoplastic Cells, Circulating
Bone Regeneration
Microfluidic Analytical Techniques

About Me

Research Laboratory

Bethany Kerr Lab - Focusing on discovering how cancer cells metastasize throughout the body.

Educational Program Involvement

Cancer Biology PhD
Program Research Interest: Cellular defense and metabolism, Aberrant signaling pathways in tumor cells, Cell growth and survival, Molecular cancer epidemiology, Gene-environment interactions, Cancer control

Biomedical Engineering PhD
Program Research Interest: Biomaterials, Biomechanics, Biomedical Imaging, Cardiovascular Engineering, Nanomedicine and Nanobioengineering, Neuroengineering, Tissue Engineering, Translational Cancer Research

Molecular Medicine and Translational Science PhD
Program Research Interest: Analytical approaches to molecular and cellular synthesis, structure and function, Genetics and gene regulation, Cell communications, Organ systems, Pathophysiology

Education: BE, Vanderbilt University, 2002; PhD, Thomas Jefferson University, 2008
Memberships: American Association for the Advancement of Science; Sigma Xi - Research Society; American Society of Hematology; American Association for Cancer Research; Metastasis Research Society
Positions: Assistant Professor, Cancer Biology; Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering; Assistant Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery; Assistant Professor, Urology
Departments and Affiliations: Cancer Biology; Biomedical Engineering; Orthopaedic Surgery; Urology; Comprehensive Cancer Center; Center for Redox Biology and Medicine

Knee and Hip Joint Cartilage Damage from Combined Spaceflight Hazards of Low-Dose Radiation Less than 1 Gy and Prolonged Hindlimb Unloading. Kwok AT, Moore JE, Rosas S, Kerr BA, Andrews RN, Nguyen CM, Lee J, Furdui CM, Collins BE, Munley MT, Willey JS. Radiat. Res. 2019 06; 191(6):497-506.
A Workout Plan to Prevent Metastasis. Kerr, Bethany A. Science Translational Medicine. 2019 Jan; 1; 11(496):eaax9564.
Age Is Just a State of Marrow. Kerr, Bethany A. Science Translational Medicine. 2019 Jan; 1; 11(504):eaay7698.
An Aspirin a Day Keeps the Metastasis at Bay. Kerr, Bethany A. Science Translational Medicine. 2019 Jan; 1; 11(488):eaax1728.
Cartilage Oligo-metric Matrix Protein in Patients with Osteoarthritis is Independently Associated with Metastatic Disease in Prostate Cancer. Rosas, Samuel, Ryan T. Hughes, Michael Farris, Hwajin Lee, Emory R. McTyre, Johannes F. Plate, Lihong Shi, Cynthia L. Emory, A. William Blackstock, Bethany A. Kerr, and Jeffrey S. Willey. Oncotarget. 2019 Jan; 1;

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Research Interests

Bone Regeneration
Microfluidic Analytical Techniques
Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplastic Cells, Circulating
Neovascularization, Pathologic
Prostatic Neoplasms
Tissue Engineering

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Bethany Kerr, PhD

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