David Kerr

Current

• Senior Scientist, Diabetes and Digital Health for All, Sutter Health Center for Health Systems Research, Santa Barbara, CA
• Adjunct Professor, Dept Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX
• Guest Lecturer, Department of Clinical Information Engineering, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo
• Editorial Board, Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology
• Host, Diabetes Technology Reports (https://www.diabetestechnologyreport.com)
• Editor, Salud Diabetes (https://saluddiabetes.org)

INTERESTS

• Use of Digital Health technologies including Artificial Intelligence
• Food-as-Medicine
• Health Systems Research
• Medicine in Art

BOOKS

• Klonoff D, Kerr D and Espinoza J: Diabetes, Digital Health, Telehealth and Artificial Intelligence. Bioscience & Translational Medicine, Elsevier June 2024, ISBN: 9780443132445, eBook ISBN: 9780443132438
• Klonoff D, Kerr D and Weismann E: Diabetes Digital Health and Telehealth. Bioscience & Translational Medicine, Elsevier, July 2022, ISBN: 9780323905572, eBook ISBN: 9780323906760
• Klonoff D, Kerr D and Mulvaney S. Editors: Diabetes Digital Health. Bioscience & Translational Medicine, Elsevier April 2020, ISBN: 9780128174852

Recent Published Research 2025-2026

• Mandy M. Shao MM, Scheideman AF, Kerr D, et al. Integrating Trust into Artificial Intelligence for Medicine: Using Diabetes as the Exemplar Disease. J of Translational Medicine 2026 (In Press).
• Klonoff DC, Espinoza J, Mader JK, Heinemann L, Cobelli C, Kerr D, et al. Research Code Sharing in Support of Gold Standard Science. J Diabetes Science & Technology: (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41532590/)
• Bannuru RR, Bellini NJ, Bergenstal RM, Beverly EA, Christofides EA, Cox D, Ehrhardt N, Fazioli K, Hess Fischl A, Kerr D, et al. Continuous Glucose Monitoring to Guide Lifestyle Choices with a Focus on Nutrition in the Management of Type 2 Diabetes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J Diabetes Science & Technology: (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41109846/)
• Das A, Kerr D, Glantz N, Bevier W, Santiago R, Gutierrez-Osuna R, Mortazavi BJ. CGMacros: a pilot scientific dataset for personalized nutrition and diet monitoring. Sci Data: (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40998842/)
• Farrokhi F, Guo Y, Lane R, Asuni T, and Kerr D; Pregnancy and Diabetes Racial/Ethnicity Health Disparities in a Large Integrated Health System. Clin Diabetes: (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41140719/)
• Mader JK, Wong JC, Freckmann G, Garcia-Tirado J, Hirsch IB, Johnson SB, Kerr D, et al. The Use of Continuous Glucose Monitoring to Diagnose Stage 2 Type 1 Diabetes. J Diabetes Science & Technology: (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40444471/)
• Tian T, Ho CN, Ayers AT, Aaron RE, Klonoff DC, Ahn DT, Kerr D, Peters AL, Philis-Tsimikas A, Shah VN, Herndon EG, Yang Y, Li C, Wang J. Quantifying Environmental Waste from Diabetes Devices in the U.S. Diabetes Care: (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40072890/)
• Klonoff DC, Bergenstal RM, Cengiz E, Clements MA, Espes D, Espinoza J, Kerr D, et al. CGM Data Analysis 2.0: Functional Data Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence Applications. J Diabetes Science & Technology: (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40814224/)
• Fundoiano-Hershcovitz Y, Lee F, Stanger C, Breuer Asher I, Horwitz DL, Manejwala O, Liska J, Kerr D. Digital Health Intervention on Awareness of Vaccination Against Influenza Among Adults with Diabetes: Pragmatic Randomized Follow-Up Study. Journal Medical Internet Research: (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40209214/)
• Fields S, Arthur K, Philip SR, Smallman R, Kalra V, Yehl K, Lee F, Kerr D. Diabetes and Wellness Smartphone Applications for Self-Management among Adults with Diabetes in the United States. J Diabetes Science & Technology: (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40159895/)
• Shah V and Kerr D. What is a normal glucose? Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology: (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39923788/)
• Rhee CM, Gianchandani RY, Kerr D, et al. Consensus Report on the Use of Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes. J Diabetes Science & Technology: (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39611379/)
• Ayers AT, Ho CN, Kerr D, Cichosz SL, Mathioudakis N, Wang M, Najafi B, Moon SJ, Pandey A, Klonoff DC. Artificial Intelligence to Diagnose Complications of Diabetes. J Diabetes Science & Technology: (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39394887/)
• Ayers AT, Ho CN, Xu NY, Bergese SD, Costa A, Kerr D, Klonoff DC. Use of gastric ultrasound to identify GLP-1RA users at high risk of aspiration during surgery. Periop Care Oper Room Manage: (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2405603025001037?via%3Dihub)
• Kerr D. Integrating Ketone and Glucose Monitoring for Optimized Diabetes Management: Key Ketone Monitoring Updates and Highlights from the ADA 2025 Conference [Podcast]. Diabetes Metab Syndr Obes: (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40761614/)

Personal Favorites from the Past

• Kerr D and Glantz N. Diabetes, like COVID-19, is a wicked problem. Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology: (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33010821/)
• Kerr D. Poor numeracy: the elephant in the diabetes technology room. J Diabetes Science & Technology: (https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3005037/)
• Kerr D. A life in the day of Mrs W. Clinical Medicine: (https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4953935/)
• Kerr D. Of Struldbruggs, sugar and gatekeepers. A tale of our times. BMJ: (https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC300801/)
• Partridge H, Thomas P, Knott J and Kerr D. HbA1c 3 months after diagnosis predicts premature mortality in patients with new onset type 2 diabetes. Diabetic Medicine: (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21913968/)
• Richardson T, Thomas P, Weiss M and Kerr D. Day after the night before. Influence of evening alcohol on the frequency of hypoglycaemia in patients with type 1 diabetes. Diabetes Care: (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15983341/)
• Debrah K, Sherwin RS and Kerr D. Effect of caffeine on the perception of and physiological responses to hypoglycaemia in patients with IDDM. Lancet: (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8531542/)