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Rebecca J. Muehrer, PhD, RN
Assistant Professor

PhD, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Nursing
MS, University of Wisconsin–Madison; Nursing
BS, University of Wisconsin–Madison; Nursing

Office Location: K6/332 CSC
Telephone: (608) 263-3241
E-mail: rmuehrer@wisc.edu

Rebecca J. Muehrer Rebecca Muehrer's research is currently focused on identifying the sexual concerns of kidney transplant recipients. She has developed and validated a tool to measure these concerns: the Sexual Concerns Questionnaire (SCQ). Currently, she is working to develop patient centered interventions to address sexual concerns amenable to treatment. Professor Muehrer is also working to modify the SCQ to be used with other transplant and chronic illness populations.

Representative Publications

Hoffman, S., Park, J., Jacobson, L., Muehrer, R., Lorentzen, D., Kleiner, D., et al. (2004). Donor genomics influence graft events: The effect of donor polymorphisms on acute rejections and chronic allograft nephropathy. Kidney International, 66, 1686–1693.

Premasathian, N., Muehrer, R., Brazy, P., Pirsch, J., Becker, B. (2004). Blood pressure control in kidney transplantation: Therapeutic implications. Journal of Human Hypertension,18, 871–877.

Muehrer, R., Becker, B. (2005). Life after transplantation: New transitions in quality of life and psychological distress. Seminars in Dialysis, 18, 2134–2142.

Sadowski, E., Fain, S., Alford, S., Korosec, F., Fine, J., Muehrer, R., et al. (2005). Assessment of acute renal transplant rejection with blood oxygen level-dependent MR imaging: Initial experience. Radiology, 236, 911–919.

Weidanz, J., Jacobson, L., Muehrer, R., Djamali, A., Hullett, D., Sprague, J., et al. (2005). ATR Blockade reduces IFN-gamma production in lymphocytes in vivo and in vitro. Kidney International, 67, 2134–2142.

Djamali, A., Sadowski, E., Samaniego-Picota, M., Fain, S., Muehrer, R., Alford, S., et al. (2006). Noninvasive assessment of early kidney allograft dysfunction by blood oxygen level-dependent magnetic resonance imaging. Transplantation, 82, 621–628.

Djamali, A., Samaniego-Picota, M., Muth, B., Muehrer, R., Hofmann, M., Pirsch, J., et al. (2006). Medical care of kidney transplant recipients after the first post-transplant year. Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 1, 623–640.

Muehrer, R., Keller, M., Powwattana, A., Pornchaikate, A. (2006). Sexuality among women recipients of a pancreas/kidney transplant. Western Journal of Nursing Research, 28, 137-150.

Djamali, A., Sadowski, E., Muehrer, R., Reese, S., Smavatkul, C., Vidyasagar, A., et al. (2007). Bold-MRI assessment of intrarenal oxygenation and oxidative stress in patients with chronic kidney allograft dysfunction. American Journal of Renal Physiology, 292, 513-522.

Muehrer, R. (accepted for publication). Sexuality, an important component of the quality of life of the kidney transplant recipient: A review of the literature. Transplantation Reviews.