About CHRT

Eve A. Kerr, M.D., M.P.H., is a professor of internal medicine at the University of Michigan, director of the Center for Clinical Management Research, a VA Health Services Research and Development Center of Excellence, and research director of the VA Quality Enhancement Research Initiative for Diabetes Mellitus. Kerr received her medical degree from the University of California, San Francisco and completed her internship and residency in general medicine at University of California, Center for the Health Sciences, Los Angeles, Calif. She subsequently completed the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program and received a Masters of Public Health from UCLA. In 1996, she joined the faculty of the U-M Department of Internal Medicine and the Ann Arbor VA Center for Clinical Management Research. She was elected to the American Society of Clinical Investigation in 2009.

Kerr is a nationally recognized expert in research on performance measurement and quality improvement, with a successful federally-funded research program since her arrival to Michigan. In addition, she serves on the Internal Medicine Promotion and Tenure Committee, the Interim Leadership Team for the new UM Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation, and the UMHS ADVANCE committee. She has served as a research and career mentor to numerous fellows and junior faculty and has a particular interest in helping junior women faculty craft successful academic careers.