Catherine Kerr (neuroscientist) explained

Catherine Kerr
Education:Amherst College (1985)Johns Hopkins University (1996)
Awards:National Mellon FellowshipDerek Bok Excellence in Teaching Award
Occupation:Assistant Professor of Medicine and Family MedicineDirector of Translational Neuroscience, Brown University

Catherine Kerr was an Assistant Professor of medicine, Assistant Professor of family medicine, and the Director of Translational Neuroscience in the Contemplative Studies Initiative at Brown University at her untimely death in November, 2016.[1] [2] Kerr received her bachelor's from Amherst College before completing her Ph.D. at Johns Hopkins University.[3] Following this she was a post doctoral fellow and Instructor at Harvard Medical School, and it was here that she received a career development award from the NIH to conduct research into the cognitive neuroscience of meditation.[4] She joined Brown's Department of Family Medicine and Contemplative Studies Initiative in 2011.

Work

Her research primarily involved investigating the effects that body-based attention practices such as Tai Chi and mindfulness have on the brain and the nervous system.[5] Her lab specifically focused on sensory and motor cortical dynamics engaged by body-based attention and mindfulness because they see these processes as key to the effects of many contemplative practices.[4] [6] [7] Kerr's work has also been featured in popular culture and media - she can be seen in Forbes, The New York Times, and gave a TED Talk on neural bases of the effects of mindfulness.[8] [9] [10] Kerr continued to receive grants for her growing body of work, which was increasingly cited through her lifetime. Such grants included a NIH grant to study asthma symptom management via mindfulness training.[11] [12] Other notable work Kerr was involved in includes:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Catherine E. Kerr. Legacy.com. The Watertown Tab & Press. 14 March 2017.
  2. Web site: The Mind & Life community remembers Cathy Kerr. The Mind & Life Institute Blog. The Mind & Life Institute. 14 March 2017. 28 November 2016.
  3. Web site: Catherine Kerr. www.watson.brown.edu. 13 March 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20160201011447/https://vivo.brown.edu/docs/drrb/1314807477.pdf. 1 February 2016. dead.
  4. Web site: Catherine Kerr. Researchers@BROWN. 13 March 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150908064716/https://vivo.brown.edu/display/ck5. 8 September 2015. dead.
  5. Kerr. Catherine. Moving beyond mindfulness: Defining equanimity as an outcome measure in meditation and contemplative research. Mindfulness. 2014. 13 March 2015. 10.1007/s12671-013-0269-8. 25750687. 4350240. 2014. 2. 356–372. https://web.archive.org/web/20150218091827/http://meditationandpsychotherapy.org/sites/default/files/Desbordes_et_all_Moving_beyond_Mindfulness_preprint.pdf. 18 February 2015. dead.
  6. Catherine. Kerr. Mindfulness starts with the body: somatosensory attention and top-down modulation of cortical alpha rhythms in mindfulness meditation. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 2013. 7. 12. 12. 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00012. 23408771. 3570934. free.
  7. Kerr. Catherine. Effects of mindfulness meditation training on anticipatory alpha modulation in primary somatosensory cortex. Brain Research Bulletin. 2011. 85. 3–4. 96–103. 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2011.03.026. 21501665. 45487173.
  8. News: Regimens: Noise Canceling, Without Headphones. The New York Times. 2 May 2011. 13 March 2015. Rabin. Roni Caryn.
  9. Web site: Catherine Kerr on the Science of Meditation. www.forbes.com. 13 March 2015.
  10. Web site: TEDxTalk. www.ted.com. 13 March 2015.
  11. Web site: Catherine. Kerr. Curriculum Vitae. www.vivo.brown.edu. 13 March 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20160201011447/https://vivo.brown.edu/docs/drrb/1314807477.pdf. 1 February 2016. dead.
  12. Web site: Catherine. Kerr. Google Scholar. www.scholar.google.com. 13 March 2015.

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