Dr Monica Mary Kerr
Research Associate
Biomedical Engineering
Personal statement
Dr. Monica Rozeik is a research associate at the Mechanical and Aerospace department, having first joined the University in 2008 through the Centre for Doctoral Training in Medical Devices. Her main research interests are in prosthetic heart valve design, and computational modelling of blood and other fluids.
Area of Expertise
Computer aided design including Creo Parametric and Rhino 3D software.
Computer aided engineering including Ansys Fluent, Mechanical and MAPDL.
Image segmentation and mesh editing software including Mimics, 3-matic, Netfabb and Agisoft (photogammetry software).
Publications
- In vitro development and characterization of a ‘heart valve for all’
- Seed Elizabeth, Kerr Monica Mary, Wheatley David, Reid Stuart, McCormick Christopher
- BioMedEng25 (2025)
- In-vitro characterization of flexible biomaterials for use within a novel polymeric heart valve
- Seed Elizabeth, Kerr Monica Mary, Wheatley David, Stewart Iain William, McKee Sean, McCormick Christopher
- ESB2025 (2025)
- Mathematical representation and nonlinear modelling of the Wheatley mitral valve
- Oliveira HL, Buscaglia GC, Cuminato JA, McKee S, Stewart IW, Kerr MM, Wheatley DJ
- Medical Engineering & Physics Vol 136 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medengphy.2025.104283
- Mechanical characterisation and hemolytic assessment of the Wheatley valve leaflet- a novel polymeric heart valve for a blood thinner-free solution
- Seed Elizabeth, Kerr Monica Mary, Wheatley David, Stewart Iain William, McKee Sean, Reid Stuart, McKee Sean
- BioMedEng24 (2024)
- Novel polymeric heart valve for global heart valve disease
- Kerr Monica Mary, Reid Stuart, Ben Yaala Marwa, Seed Elizabeth, Stewart Iain William, McKee Sean, Oliveira Hugo, Wheatley David, McCormick Christopher
- Scottish Cardiovascular Forum 2024 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2024-SCF.22
- Three-dimensional fluid–structure interaction simulation of the Wheatley aortic valve
- Oliveira Hugo L, Buscaglia Gustavo C, Paz Rodrigo R, Del Pin Facundo, Cuminato José A, Kerr Monica, McKee Sean, Stewart Iain W, Wheatley David J
- International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering Vol 40 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1002/cnm.3792
Teaching
Anatomy and Physiology of the Heart
Cardiovascular Devices - Heart Valves and TAVI
Medical Devices Regulatory Process.
Research Interests
Heart valves, TAVI and other cardiac device technologies.
Cardiac implant design, development and testing.
Patient specific anatomical modelling and additive manufacturing.
Professional Activities
- Novel polymeric heart valve for global heart valve disease
- Speaker
- 6/10/2023
- Pioneering a novel synthetic heart valve
- Speaker
- 15/9/2023
- AGM & Biomedical Engineering Seminar
- Speaker
- 21/3/2016
Projects
- ViVitro SuperPump Pulsatile Pump
- Kerr, Monica Mary (Principal Investigator) McCormick, Christopher (Co-investigator) Reid, Stuart (Co-investigator) Stewart, Iain William (Co-investigator) McKee, Sean (Co-investigator) Wheatley, David (Visiting Academic) Seed, Elizabeth (Post Grad Student)
- Total equipment cost of £29,200 with £19,200 awarded from EPSRC Core Equipment Fund and £10,000 contribution from BME.
- 01-Jan-2025 - 30-Jan-2026
- Novel Polymeric Heart Valve for Global Heart Valve Disease
- Kerr, Monica Mary (Principal Investigator)
- 09-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2024
- A feasibility study on 3D modelling of cardiac implants in children to ultimately reduce revision surgeries
- Kerr, Monica Mary (Principal Investigator)
- 13-Jan-2020 - 13-Jan-2020
- An EPSRC Life Sciences Interface Doctoral Training Centre for Medical Devices | Kerr, Monica Mary
- Kerr, Monica Mary (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2008 - 20-Jan-2013
Contact
Dr
Monica Mary
Kerr
Research Associate
Biomedical Engineering
Email: monica.kerr@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 3930