Meera Harhay MD, MSCE

Dr. Meera Nair Harhay is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Drexel University College of Medicine who is interested in kidney transplantation research. Her work to date has focused on the examination of quality-of-care metrics in kidney transplantation including early rehospitalization. Her ongoing research interests include projects aimed at improving the evaluation and monitoring of kidney transplant candidates using longitudinal physical and cognitive testing. The primary goal of her research is to discover novel and easily implemented metrics enabling clinicians to identify and improve outcomes in the most vulnerable kidney transplant candidates and recipients.

Meera has been recognized with the Bradley Award for Outstanding Health Evaluation Research (2013-PSOM) and the Outstanding Renal Fellow Award (2012-PSOM). Recently, her work on the health status and physical function of dialysis patients and its connection to early rehospitalization post-transplant were published in PLOS ONE.

Her research has been supported by F32 and K awards from the NIDDK.