Kat Kerr

Kat received her BSBME from Purdue University. She is advised by Dr. David Vorp and is a member of the Vascular Bioengineering Laboratory. Her interests include sex-based differences in abdominal aortic aneurysm, machine learning, and biomechanics.

  • BSBME, Purdue University

  • Jeon, B.B., Kottakota, A.K., Kerr, K.E., Gueldner, P.H., Guffey, M.J., Sen, I., Liang, N.L., Vorp, D.A., & Chung, T.K. (2026). Optimizing predictive performance without sacrificing explainability: Comparing logistic regression and ensemble decision trees for abdominal aortic aneurysm repair outcomes. JVS-Vascular Insights, 4, 100300.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.jvsvi.2025.100300.
  • Gueldner, P.H., Kerr, K.E., Liang, N., Chung, T.K., Tallarita, T., Wildenberg, J., Beckermann, J., Vorp, D.A., & Sen, I. (2025). Artificial intelligence-based machine learning protocols enable quicker assessment of aortic biomechanics: A case study. J Vasc Surg Cases Innov Tech, 11(4), 101806.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.jvscit.2025.101806.
  • Kerr, K.E., Sen, I., Gueldner, P.H., Tallarita, T., Wildenberg, J.C., Liang, N.L., Vorp, D.A., & Chung, T.K. (2025). Sex-specific machine learning classification models improve outcome prediction for abdominal aortic aneurysms. Biol Sex Differ, 16(1), 96.Springer Nature. doi: 10.1186/s13293-025-00765-w.
  • Kember, A.J., Anderson, J.L., Gorazd, N.E., House, S.C., Kerr, K.E., Torres Loza, P.A., Reuter, D.G., Hobson, S.R., & Goergen, C.J. (2024). Maternal posture-physiology interactions in human pregnancy: a narrative review. Front Physiol, 15, 1370079.Frontiers. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2024.1370079.
  • Bucki, R., Iwamoto, D.V., Shi, X., Kerr, K.E., Byfield, F.J., Suprewicz, Ł., Skłodowski, K., Sutaria, J., Misiak, P., Wilczewska, A.Z., Ramachandran, S., Wolfe, A., Thanh, M.T.H., Whalen, E., Patteson, A.E., & Janmey, P.A. (2023). Extracellular vimentin is sufficient to promote cell attachment, spreading, and motility by a mechanism involving N-acetyl glucosamine-containing structures. J Biol Chem, 299(8), 104963.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2023.104963.
  • Asp, M., Jutzeler, E., Kochanowski, J., Kerr, K., Song, D., Gupta, S., Carroll, B., & Patteson, A. (2022). A Torsion-Based Rheometer for Measuring Viscoelastic Material Properties. Biophysicist (Rockv), 3(2), 94-105.Biophysical Society. doi: 10.35459/tbp.2020.000172.
  • Berman, A.G., Romary, D.J., Kerr, K.E., Gorazd, N.E., Wigand, M.M., Patnaik, S.S., Finol, E.A., Cox, A.D., & Goergen, C.J. (2022). Experimental aortic aneurysm severity and growth depend on topical elastase concentration and lysyl oxidase inhibition. Sci Rep, 12(1), 99.Springer Nature. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-04089-8.
  • Zbinden, J.C., Blum, K.M., Berman, A.G., Ramachandra, A.B., Szafron, J.M., Kerr, K.E., Anderson, J.L., Sangha, G.S., Earl, C.C., Nigh, N.R., Mirhaidari, G.J.M., Reinhardt, J.W., Chang, Y.C., Yi, T., Smalley, R., Gabriele, P.D., Harris, J.J., Humphrey, J.D., Goergen, C.J., & Breuer, C.K. (2020). Effects of Braiding Parameters on Tissue Engineered Vascular Graft Development. Adv Healthc Mater, 9(24), e2001093.Wiley. doi: 10.1002/adhm.202001093.
Research Interests
Biochemistry and cell biology Biomedical engineering
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Contact Kat Kerr
Pre-Doctoral Fellow Certificate
Post-baccalaureate Researcher
KAK488@pitt.edu
Bioengineering Department