Dr. Peterson is a Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.  She is a board certified pediatric cardiologist and is also a certified Clinical Lipidologist from the American Board of Clinical Lipidology.  She founded and directs the UW Health Kids Pediatric Preventive Cardiology Clinic.  This clinic diagnoses and treats children with high cholesterol and cardiovascular risk factors in 6 locations around Wisconsin and Northern Illinois. She serves on the Scientific Advisory Board for the Family Heart Foundation, the American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Nutrition, and is the Chair-Elect of the Young Hearts Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Committee of the American Heart Association.

Dr. Peterson’s research interests focus on pediatric cholesterol screening as well as diagnosis and treatment of Familial Hypercholesterolemia in children. Her research team is currently investigating the feasibility of newborn screening for heterozygous and homozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia.