Kitt Falk Petersen

Assistant Professor
Section of Endocrinology & Metabolism

Research Interests

Dr. Petersen is a clinical investigator who specializes in research on the mechanisms of liver and muscle metabolism in humans especially in aging, obesity, type 2 diabetes, exercise, and liver disease and also involves research on the mechanisms of insulin resistance. Dr. Petersen’s main focus is the use of magnetic resonance spectroscopy, imaging, and stable isotope techniques in conjunction with the insulin clamp technique. Dr. Petersen teaches at Yale University and is a member of the American Physiological Society, American Federation for Clinical Research, the American Diabetes Association and Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine.

A list of Dr. Petersen’s publications is available via COS.

Education:	M.D., University of Copenhagen, Denmark, 1985
Training:	Fellowship: Rigshospitalet and Institute of Biochemistry, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, 1986 Magnetic Resonance Center, Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry Yale University, 1990

Contact

Campus Address
Department of Internal Medicine
Section of Endocrinology
Yale University
School of Medicine
Box 208020
New Haven, CT
06520-8020

E-mail
kitt.petersen@yale.edu

Telephone
203.785.5447

Fax
203.737.2174