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Amy N. Kerr

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The stigma of mental illness: Explanatory models and methods for change

PW Corrigan, A Kerr, L Knudsen - Applied and Preventive Psychology, 2005 - Elsevier
For people with mental illness, diminished quality of life and loss of personal goals does not
result solely from the symptoms, distress, and disabilities caused by their psychiatric …

[PDF][PDF] Allele-specific HLA loss and immune escape in lung cancer evolution

N McGranahan, R Rosenthal, CT Hiley, AJ Rowan… - Cell, 2017 - cell.com
Immune evasion is a hallmark of cancer. Losing the ability to present neoantigens through
human leukocyte antigen (HLA) loss may facilitate immune evasion. However, the …

[PDF][PDF] Fc effector function contributes to the activity of human anti-CTLA-4 antibodies

FA Vargas, AJS Furness, K Litchfield, K Joshi… - Cancer cell, 2018 - cell.com
With the use of a mouse model expressing human Fc-gamma receptors (FcγRs), we
demonstrated that antibodies with isotypes equivalent to ipilimumab and tremelimumab …

[PDF][PDF] Fc-optimized anti-CD25 depletes tumor-infiltrating regulatory T cells and synergizes with PD-1 blockade to eradicate established tumors

FA Vargas, AJS Furness, I Solomon, K Joshi… - Immunity, 2017 - cell.com
CD25 is expressed at high levels on regulatory T (Treg) cells and was initially proposed as a
target for cancer immunotherapy. However, anti-CD25 antibodies have displayed limited …

Crisis intervention teams and people with mental illness: Exploring the factors that influence the use of force

MS Morabito, AN Kerr, A Watson, J Draine… - Crime & …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
The Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) program was first developed to reduce violence in
encounters between the police and people with mental illness as well as provide improved …

Outcomes of police contacts with persons with mental illness: The impact of CIT

AC Watson, VC Ottati, M Morabito, J Draine… - … and Policy in Mental …, 2010 - Springer
The Crisis intervention team model (CIT) is possibly the most well known and widely
adopted model to improve police response to persons with mental illness. A primary goal of …

Long-term impact of developing a postoperative pulmonary complication after lung surgery

ST Lugg, PJ Agostini, T Tikka, A Kerr, K Adams… - Thorax, 2016 - thorax.bmj.com
Introduction Postoperative pulmonary complications (PPC) such as atelectasis and
pneumonia are common following lung resection. PPCs have a significant clinical impact on …

[HTML][HTML] Smoking and timing of cessation on postoperative pulmonary complications after curative-intent lung cancer surgery

ST Lugg, T Tikka, PJ Agostini, A Kerr, K Adams… - Journal of cardiothoracic …, 2017 - Springer
Background Smoking is a risk factor for postoperative pulmonary complications (PPC)
following non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) surgery. The optimal timing for preoperative …

Police encounters, mental illness, and injury: An exploratory investigation

AN Kerr, M Morabito, AC Watson - Journal of police crisis …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Police encounters are believed to be particularly dangerous for people with mental illness
and police officers. Despite widespread concern among advocates, researchers, and police …

Surgical lung cancer patients' views about smoking and support to quit after diagnosis: a qualitative study

A Farley, P Aveyard, A Kerr, B Naidu… - Journal of Cancer …, 2016 - Springer
Purpose Evidence suggests that quitting smoking improves symptoms as well as disease-
related mortality for cancer patients. However, smoking cessation support is typically not well …