Rebecca Muehrer, PhD, MS, RN

Title:Assistant Professor
Phone: (608) 265-3241
Fax: (608) 263-5458
E-mail: rmuehrer@wisc.edu
Support Staff:O'Brien, Jackie 
Office Address:

K6/332 CSC
600 Highland Avenue
Madison, WI 53792-2455

Education:

Description of Research Focus:

My research focuses on improving the quality of life of kidney transplant recipients and persons with chronic kidney disease.  I am currently focusing on identifying the sexual concerns of kidney  transplant recipients. I have developed and validated a tool – the Sexual Concerns Questionnaire  (SCQ) – to measure these concerns and am working to develop patient centered interventions to  address the sexual concerns amenable to treatment. I am also working to modify the SCQ to be used with other transplant and chronic illness populations.

Teaching/Course Responsibilities:
(excluding independent study courses)

Honors and Awards/Professional Service:

Representative Publications:

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.

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

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.

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.