Karen E. Peterson, D.Sc.

Professor of Environmental Health Sciences

6610 SPH Tower
1415 Washington Heights
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2029

Fax: (734) 936-7283

E-mail: karenep@umich.edu

Professional Summary

Before moving to Michigan in 2008 to direct the SPH Human Nutrition Program, Karen Peterson directed the Program in Public Health Nutrition in the Department of Nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health, a program she helped found in 2000. Her research focuses on determinants of intergenerational patterns of growth in mothers and children and the design and evaluation of domestic and international surveillance systems and community-based interventions in low-income, multiethnic populations.

Education

D.Sc., Harvard University, 1987
R.D., Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, 1977

Selected Publications

Peterson, K.E., Salganik, M., Campbell, C., Rhoads, G.G, Rubin, J., Berger, O., Ware, J.H. and Rogan, W. (2004). Effect of succimeter on growth of preschool children with moderate blood lead levels. Environmental Health Perspectives, 112, 233-237.

Qazi, S.A., Khan, M.A., Rizvi, T., Hatoon, Z. and Peterson K.E. (2003). Longitudinal growth patterns of Pakistani infants in a clinic based growth promotion program. Indian Pediatrics, 1043-1053.

Newby, P.K, Peterson, K.E., Berkey, C.S., Leppert, J., Willett, W.C. and Colditz, G.A. (2003). Dietary composition and weight change among low-income preschool children. Archives Pediatric Adolescent Medicine, 157(8), 759-64.

Peterson, K.E., Sorenson, G., Pearson, M., Hebert, J., Gottlieb, B.R. and McCormick, M.C. (2002). Design of an intervention addressing multiple levels of influence on dietary and activity patterns of low-income, post-partum women Health Education Research, 17, 531-540.

Hernandez-Diaz, S, Peterson, K.E., Dixit, S., Hernandez-Prado, B, Parra-Cabrera, S, Barquera, S, Sepulveda, J. and Rivera, J. (1999). Association of maternal short stature and stunting in Mexican children: Common genes vs. common environment. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 53(12), 938-45.

Gortmaker, S.L., Peterson, K.E., Wiecha, J.L., Sobol, A.M., Dixit, S., Fox, M.K. and Laird, N. (1999). Reducing obesity via school-based interdisciplinary intervention among youth: Plant Health. Archives of Pedatric and Adolescent Medicine, 153, 409-418.