Kevin Peterson, MD, MPH

Interim Research Director
Associate Professor
612-624-3116
peter223@umn.edu

Primary Research Themes: Primary care research based networks, diabetes management

Education Activities: Precepts residents in outpatient setting; gives CME lectures for PRI-Med on diabetes related topics (based at Harvard, PRI-Med is a leading provider of outstanding medical education programs and one of the nation’s largest primary care CME providers); serves as mentor to faculty and fellows; gives presentations at national meetings and at other universities.

Current Grants

NIH, “The electronic Primary Care Research Network (ePCRN)” This proposal will develop an electronic infrastructure that aids in the recruitment of subjects and the performance of randomized controlled trials in primary care practices, and that promotes the rapid integration of new research findings into primary care. 

NIH through subcontract with Axio Research, “Atherothrombosis Intervention in Metabolic Syndrome” As a clinical center for the AIM-HIGH trial, we will conduct testing to determine whether the combination of niacin and simvastatin lowers the risk of heart attacks and strokes more than just taking simvastatin alone.

NIDDK, “Improving Diabetes Care by Primary Care Translation (IMPACT)” This group-randomized and controlled clinical trial of 24 primary care clinics evaluates a highly developed multi-faceted diabetes-specific intervention to evaluate more effective ways of improving diabetes care in primary care practice.

NHLBI and NIDDK, “Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes (ACCORD Trial)” Through the East Metro Diabetes Initiative clinical site, this is a randomized clinical trial to evaluate the effect of tight glycemic, blood pressure, and lipid control on cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in patients with diabetes.

Selected Publications

Blonde L, Dey J, Peterson K. Using computers and information technology in diabetes. In: Fonseca V, ed. Clinical Diabetes. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Science; 2006.

Peterson K. Practice-based primary care research – translating research into practice through advanced technology. Family Practice. 2006; 23:149-150.

Peterson K, Fontaine P, Speedie S, The Electronic Primary Care Research Network (ePCRN): A new era in practice-based research. JABFM. 2006;19:93-97.

Culhane-Pera KA, Peterson KA, Crain AL, Center BA, Lee M, Her B, Xiong T. Group visits for Hmong adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus: A pre-post analysis. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. 2005;16:315-327.

Kruger D, Maryniuk M, Peterson, K. Approaches for the newly diagnosed patient. In: Cefalu W, Gerick J, LeRoith D, eds. The CADRE Handbook of Diabetes Management. New York: Medical Information Press; 2004.

Peterson, KA. Diabetes management in the primary care setting. American Journal of Medicine. October 28, 2002, 113(6A):36s-40s.

Peterson KA, Hughes M. Readiness to change and clinical success in a diabetes educational program, (with accompanying editorial). Journal of the American Board of Family Practice. July-August 2002, vol.15(4):266-271.

Education

MD, Mayo Medical School, Rochester, MN, 1981

FRCS (Ed), Fellowship in the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, 1986

MPH, Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 1994   

Selected Professional Activities

Advisory Board member, the Council for the Advancement of Diabetes Research and Education (www.cadre-diabetes.org)

Director, Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians Research Network, Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians, a practice-based research network including over 200 primary care physicians in Minnesota

Director and founder, East Metro Disease Initiative, Inc., which maintains one of the largest diabetes databases in the country including over 22,000 patients with diabetes; also maintains substantial electronic infrastructure and has developed extensive software to assist with delivery of care in the primary care setting

Chair, Health Care Provider Work Group, National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP), a joint program of the National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases (National Institutes of Health), and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention

Reviewer, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health

Reviewer, Journal of Family Practice, Minnesota Medicine, American Journal of Managed Care, Diabetes Care, British Medical Journal, and Diabetes Care