{"id":10396,"date":"2020-02-04T16:04:30","date_gmt":"2020-02-04T21:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cellbiophysio\/?post_type=directory&#038;p=10396"},"modified":"2025-06-02T14:05:15","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T18:05:15","slug":"kristen-scherrer-phd","status":"publish","type":"directory","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cellbiophysio\/directory\/kristen-scherrer-phd\/","title":{"rendered":"Kristen Scherrer, PhD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Assistant Professor &amp; MS Director of Graduate Studies<\/p>\n<p>UNC-Chapel Hill<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Education and Training\u00a0 <\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>University of Mississippi, PhD<\/li>\n<li>Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies and University of Florida, Postdoctoral fellowship<\/li>\n<li>Stanford University, Postdoctoral fellowship<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Areas of Interest <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Dr. Scherrer earned her Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology at the University of Mississippi, where she combined research focused on developing translational models to discover new treatments for neuropsychiatric disorders with trainings on instruction in higher education. Dr. Scherrer then completed several postdoctoral fellowships, at Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies, at the University of Florida, and at Stanford University where she broadened her research interests and studied substance abuse, pain, and the therapeutic effects of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) for chronic pain conditions. Building on her previous instructional training, Dr. Scherrer then decided to focus on educative missions and taught Neuroscience and Psychology at Santa Clara University, before joining UNC-CH in 2020. As an educator, she aims to use her experiences in a variety of academic and research settings to implement evidence-based teaching practices and innovative teaching methods that enhance student learning outcomes.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Awards and Honors <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Certificate in Effective Instruction, Association of College and University Educators<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Assistant Professor &amp; MS Director of Graduate Studies UNC-Chapel Hill Education and Training\u00a0 University of Mississippi, PhD Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies and University of Florida, Postdoctoral fellowship Stanford University, Postdoctoral fellowship Areas of Interest Dr. Scherrer earned her Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology at the University of Mississippi, where she combined research focused on &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cellbiophysio\/directory\/kristen-scherrer-phd\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Kristen Scherrer, PhD\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":10395,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-10396","directory","type-directory","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","odd"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kristen Scherrer, PhD - Department of Cell Biology and Physiology<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cellbiophysio\/directory\/kristen-scherrer-phd\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kristen Scherrer, PhD - Department of Cell Biology and Physiology\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Assistant Professor &amp; 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