University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota (M.S. in Anatomy), 1967

University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota, (Ph.D. in Anatomy), 1969

University of California, Los Angeles, Assistant Research Anatomist, 1969-71

The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Assistant Professor of Neurobiology, 1971-76; Associate Professor of Neurobiology, 1976-77

Associate membership in the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Houston, 1971-1977

Indiana University School of Medicine: since 1977

The research interests of this laboratory focus on animal models for diabetes, the treatment of diabetes and the complications of diabetes such as peripheral neuropathies. Several animal models are being developed and bred for adult onset diabetes (NIDDM). Other chemical models for juvenile onset (IDDM) are also produced and used in a variety of experiments. The complications of diabetes and the prevention of the complications of diabetes through treatment are included as part of most protocols.

Shen H-Q, Roth M, Peterson RG (1998) The effect of glucose and GLP-1 stimulation on insulin release in the perfused pancreas in a non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus animal model. Metabolism 47:1042-1047

Sparks JD, Phung TL, Bolognino M, Cianci J, Khurana R, Peterson RG, Sowden MP, Corsetti JP, Sparks CE (1998) Lipoprotein alterations in 10- and 20-week-old Zucker diabetic fatty rats: hyperinsulinemic versus insulinopenic hyperglycemia Metabolism 47:1315-1324

Kuruvilla R, Peterson RG, Kincaid JC, Eichberg J (1998) Evening primrose oil treatment corrects reduced conduction velocity but not depletion of arachidonic acid in nerve from streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids 59:195-202

Corsetti JP, Sparks JD, Peterson RG, Smith RL, Sparks CE (2000) Effect of Dietary Fat on the Development of Non-Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus in Obese Zucker Diabetic Fatty Male and Female Rats. Atherosclerosis 148:231-241

Dominguez JH, Tang N, Xu W, Evan AP, Siakotos AN, Agarwal R, Walsh J, Deeg M, Pratt JH, March KL, Monnier VM, Weiss MF, Baynes JW, Peterson RG (2000) Studies of renal injury III: Lipid-induced nephropathy in type II diabetes. Kidney International 57:92-104

Yang YS, Danis RP, Peterson RG, Dolan PL, Wu YQ ( ) Acarbose partialy inhibits microvascular retinopathy in the Zucker diabetic fatty rat (ZDF/GmiTM-fa). J. Ocul Pharmacol Ther Oct;16(5):471-9

Salis AI, Peterson RG, Stecker MS, Patel NH, Willis LR, Galley PJ, Eclavea AC, Dreesen RG, Trerotola SO (2000) Creation of a canine model for diabetes mellitus using interventional radiology techniques. Submitted for publication.