Anne Louise Peters, MD

Professor of Medicine (Clinical Scholar)

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Anne Peters, M.D., is Professor of Medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC and Director of the USC Clinical Diabetes Programs. Dr. Peters earned her medical degree from the Pritzker School of Medicine at the University of Chicago and performed an internal medicine residency at Stanford University and an endocrinology fellowship at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. She previously directed the clinical diabetes programs at Cedars-Sinai and UCLA. Her research has focused on testing new approaches for diagnosing and treating diabetes and developing systems of care to improve outcomes in diabetic populations.

She has published over 200 articles, reviews, and abstracts and three books on diabetes. She has been an investigator on over 40 research studies and has spoken at over 400 programs throughout the US as well as internationally. She has served on many committees for the ADA and other organizations. Currently she is the chair of the Endocrine Society Committee on Diabetes Devices and is on the EASD/ADA Technology Safety Committee. Additionally she is a member of the JDRF Panel on Management of Exercise in Type 1 Diabetes. She is a member of the ABIM Endocrinology Subspecialty Board. She consults for many entities, including the FDA, Optum Rx and CVS/Caremark to help guide the development and use of treatments for diabetes.

Awards

American Association for the Advancement of Science: Research Award, 1974
National Institutes of Health Summer Research Award, 1980
American Medical Women’s Association: Citation for Scholastic Achievement, 1983
American College of Physicians: Fellow, 1991
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: Morris Press Humanism Award, 1991
2001
-: Best Doctors in America, 2001
– 2004
Diabetes Management Clinic: Honorable Mention, 2004
Safety Net Award, 2004
American Diabetes Association: Outstanding Physician Clinician Award, 2008
National Minority Quality Forum: Bernardo Alberto Houssay Award, 2010

Research Funding

15/16 Action for Health in Diabetes Extension Study Research Project
NIH · U01DK057219 · Sep 30, 1999 – Jan 31, 2021 · Role: Principal Investigator

Media

Anne Peters on Exercising With Diabetes (03/1/2006)
CNN LARRY KING LIVE (05/20/2005)

Publications

Impact of Prior Authorization Suspension on Access to Diabetes Technology in an Underserved Population: A Retrospective Analysis. Diabetes Care. 2026 Aug 01; 49(8):1467-1473.. View in PubMed
Association of long-term exposure to air pollution, built environment and air temperature with the incidence of prediabetes phenotypes, and prediabetes remission and progression to type 2 diabetes: a longitudinal study in the KORA cohort. Diabetologia. 2026 Jul 25.. View in PubMed
Corrigendum to ‘Metabolic trajectories before diabetes diagnosis across subgroups: a pooled analysis of prospective European cohort studies’ [The Lancet Regional Health-Europe volume 66 (2026) 1-11/101715]. Lancet Reg Health Eur. 2026 Aug; 67:101793.. View in PubMed
Socioeconomic and migration-related disparities in prevalent young-onset type 2 diabetes: Data from the German National Cohort (NAKO). Public Health. 2026 Jul 21; 258:106425.. View in PubMed
Associations of the bioimpedance-derived phase angle with early and advanced stages of dysglycemia: Cross-sectional findings from a large population-based study. Clin Nutr. 2026 Jul 20; 64:106729.. View in PubMed
Breaking the norm: population-scale deviations of brain structure in depression and anxiety. Mol Psychiatry. 2026 Jul 18.. View in PubMed
Genetic architecture and cross-platform validation of apolipoprotein A-IV concentrations. Genome Biol. 2026 Jul 14.. View in PubMed
Long-term metabolic consequences: persistence of visceral obesity and diabetes mellitus after remission from Cushing’s syndrome. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2026 Jul 13; 113436.. View in PubMed
Ascertainment of Cancer Cases in the German National Cohort (NAKO): Methods and Initial Results. Dtsch Arztebl Int. 2026 Jul 10; 123(14).. View in PubMed
Proteomic signatures as biomarkers of atherosclerosis burden. Cardiovasc Res. 2026 Jun 29.. View in PubMed
A comprehensive assessment of lifecourse and mortality of Parkinson’s disease in the German National Cohort. NPJ Parkinsons Dis. 2026 Jun 26; 12(1).. View in PubMed
Intersectional inequalities in self-rated health in Germany across sex/gender, migration, education and income: a cross-sectional study. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2026 Jun 22.. View in PubMed
DNAm landscape up to 4 months post SARS-CoV-2 infection: insights from four population-based cohorts. Clin Epigenetics. 2026 Jun 13; 18(1).. View in PubMed
Association between traffic-related air pollution and brain morphology, assessing the olfactory pathway as a mediator. Brain Commun. 2026; 8(3):fcag221.. View in PubMed
Sex-specific associations between long-term exposure to ambient air pollution and the cardiac conduction system – a longitudinal analysis of the KORA cohort. Int J Hyg Environ Health. 2026 Jul; 276:114850.. View in PubMed
Insulin Costs and Use by Medicare Beneficiaries After the Inflation Reduction Act Out-of-Pocket Cap. JAMA. 2026 Jun 06.. View in PubMed
Upward Air Temperature Shifts and Acute Cardiovascular Events in Individuals with Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease: A Time-Stratified Case-Crossover Study. Lancet Reg Health Eur. 2026 Aug; 67:101730.. View in PubMed
Challenges in and Opportunities for Individualizing Diabetes Technology: A Position Statement by the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) and the American Diabetes Association (ADA) Diabetes Technology Working Group. Diabetes Care. 2026 Jun 01; 49(6):916-930.. View in PubMed
Association of the phase angle with type 2 diabetes and related traits: results from two prospective KORA studies. Nutr Diabetes. 2026 May 09; 16(1).. View in PubMed
Self-rated health and mental health before and during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany: the population-based German National Cohort (NAKO) study. BMC Public Health. 2026 05 09; 26(1).. View in PubMed
Associations of the Lifestyle for Brain Health (LIBRA) index with cognitive functioning across adulthood: Variation by sex and socioeconomic status in the German National Cohort (NAKO). Alzheimers Dement. 2026 May; 22(5):e71477.. View in PubMed
Prediction of cognitive test scores: a comparison of brain structure, health, demographic, and cognitive data across adulthood. Geroscience. 2026 Apr 22.. View in PubMed
Serum metabolite patterns of adipose tissue distribution and body composition subphenotypes. Lipids Health Dis. 2026 Apr 09; 25(1).. View in PubMed
Individual and combined associations of physical activity and cognitive function with all-cause mortality in older men and women: a prospective analysis of the German National Cohort (NAKO). BMC Geriatr. 2026 Mar 26; 26(1).. View in PubMed
Challenges in and opportunities for individualising diabetes technology: a position statement by the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) and the American Diabetes Association (ADA) Diabetes Technology Working Group. Diabetologia. 2026 Jun; 69(6):1393-1412.. View in PubMed
Sex-specific individual and joint associations of multiple environmental exposures with diabetes and obesity in the population-based German National Cohort (NAKO). Environ Res. 2026 May 15; 297:124096.. View in PubMed
Longitudinal and cross-sectional associations of myocardial stress markers with kidney function and chronic kidney disease in the BiomarCaRE project. Sci Rep. 2026 Feb 23; 16(1).. View in PubMed
Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies of food allergy and IgE sensitization. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2026 Jul; 158(1):194-208.. View in PubMed
Changes in Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Analysis of Data From the German National Cohort (NAKO) for the Years 2014–2022. Dtsch Arztebl Int. 2026 02 20; 123(4):93-96.. View in PubMed
Magnesium Depletion, Metabolic Impairment, and Cardiac Alterations: The NAKO-MRI Study With Mendelian Randomization. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2026 Feb 20; 111(3):787-799.. View in PubMed
Identification of Protein Signatures Reflecting Latent Variation in Aptamer-Based Affinity Proteomics. J Proteome Res. 2026 Mar 06; 25(3):1515-1530.. View in PubMed
Integration of short non coding RNA and genetic factors for coronary artery disease risk prediction in a prospective study. Sci Rep. 2026 Feb 11; 16(1).. View in PubMed
Sex-dependent associations of childhood maltreatment with obesity-related traits: results from the German National Cohort (NAKO). Int J Obes (Lond). 2026 Feb; 50(2):329-337.. View in PubMed
Epigenome-wide association study of circulating interleukin-6 connects DNA methylation to immunometabolic and inflammatory health. Commun Biol. 2026 Feb 04; 9(1):242.. View in PubMed
Association of DNA methylation with hypertension and blood pressure: a 7-year longitudinal study from KORA F4/FF4. BMC Med. 2026 02 04; 24(1).. View in PubMed
Cognitive Sarcopenia: Prevalence and the Risk for Mortality and Healthy Aging in the KORA-Age Study. J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle. 2026 Feb; 17(1):e70201.. View in PubMed
Integrative Metabolomics of Targeted and Nontargeted Analyses in T2D Progression. Diabetes Care. 2026 Feb 01; 49(2):282-291.. View in PubMed
A genome-wide association meta-analysis of cholesterol synthesis intermediates identifies three associations for lanosterol. EBioMedicine. 2026 Feb; 124:106144.. View in PubMed
Transportation noise and self-rated health: Evidence from the German national cohort (NAKO). Environ Res. 2026 Mar 01; 294:123885.. View in PubMed
Associations between sunshine and influenza or influenza-like illness, a systematic review and meta-analysis. Int J Biometeorol. 2026 Jan 16; 70(2):29.. View in PubMed
Urea cycle modulation by combined SGLT2 inhibitors and metformin. BMC Med. 2026 Jan 08; 24(1):55.. View in PubMed
Longitudinal associations of long-term exposure to ambient air pollution, residential greenness, and air temperature with type 2 diabetes subphenotypes: Results from the KORA cohort study. Environ Int. 2026 Feb; 208:110043.. View in PubMed
Risk factors for fatigue symptoms in the general population over 7 years: Findings from the Cooperative Health Research in the Region of Augsburg F4 and FF4 studies. J Psychosom Res. 2026 Mar; 202:112511.. View in PubMed
The impact of environmental exposures on DNA methylation in the EXPANSE project. EBioMedicine. 2026 Jan; 123:106084.. View in PubMed
Europe-Wide Spatial Models for Ultrafine Particles Based on Mobile Monitoring. Environ Sci Technol. 2025 Dec 23; 59(50):27033-27043.. View in PubMed
Theobromine is associated with slower epigenetic ageing. Aging (Albany NY). 2025 12 10; 17(12):2902-2915.. View in PubMed
Participation in the German Mammography Screening Program: An Analysis of Data From the NAKO Health Study. Dtsch Arztebl Int. 2025 11 28; 122(24):655-662.. View in PubMed
Accelerometry-assessed sleep and liver health in adolescents and adults: Links to liver enzymes, MASLD, and MRI-derived liver fat. Sleep Med. 2026 Feb; 138:108686.. View in PubMed
Improvements in life expectancy mask rising trends in heat-related excess mortality attributable to climate change. Nat Commun. 2025 Nov 26; 16(1):11632.. View in PubMed
Association of a Lifestyle Risk Index With Visceral and Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue in the German National Cohort (NAKO). Obesity (Silver Spring). 2026 Jan; 34(1):246-257.. View in PubMed
Associations of Long-Term Exposure to Temperature Variability with Glucose Metabolism: Results from KORA F4 and FF4. Environ Sci Technol. 2025 Nov 18; 59(45):24246-24256.. View in PubMed
Long-term exposure to traffic-related air pollution is associated with epigenetic age acceleration. Environ Res. 2026 Jan 01; 288(Pt 2):123284.. View in PubMed
Long-term effect of physical inactivity on osteosarcopenic obesity – a MRI-based investigation from a population-based cohort. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2025 Oct 28; 26(1):1004.. View in PubMed
Short-term association between ambient air pollution and heart rate variability: results from the population-based KORA S4 and FF4 studies. Part Fibre Toxicol. 2025 10 17; 22(1):26.. View in PubMed
Cohort Profile: Cooperative Health Research in the Region of Augsburg (KORA) 1984-2024. Int J Epidemiol. 2025 Oct 14; 54(6).. View in PubMed
DNA methylation of genes involved in lipid metabolism drives adiponectin levels and metabolic disease. Diabetologia. 2026 01; 69(1):127-145.. View in PubMed
Corrigendum to “Migration and cardiovascular disease: A comparative study of prevalence and risk factor profiles in resettlers from the German National Cohort (NAKO)” [Ann Epidemiol 111 (2025) 14-23]. Ann Epidemiol. 2025 Nov; 111:87.. View in PubMed
Short-term effects of ultrafine particles on stroke events: an assessment using four different exposure metrics. Environ Int. 2025 Oct; 204:109823.. View in PubMed
Long-term exposure to ultrafine particles and its association with cardiometabolic diseases, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and cardiometabolic biomarkers: A cross-sectional analysis of the German National cohort (NAKO). Environ Int. 2025 Oct; 204:109806.. View in PubMed
Migration and cardiovascular disease: A comparative study of prevalence and risk factor profiles in resettlers from the German National Cohort (NAKO). Ann Epidemiol. 2025 11; 111:14-23.. View in PubMed
Pleiotropic effects between statin intake and inflammation parameters in two distinct population-based studies. Commun Med (Lond). 2025 Sep 11; 5(1):387.. View in PubMed
Association of Inflammatory and Cardiovascular Proteomics Biomarkers With Indices of Heart Rate Variability in the General Population: KORA S4/FF4 Study. J Am Heart Assoc. 2025 Sep 16; 14(18):e042144.. View in PubMed
Urban pollution impact assessment in six Lithuanian cities with a focus on road traffic emissions – integrated framework for environmental health studies. J Hazard Mater. 2025 10 05; 497:139725.. View in PubMed
Assessing the effectiveness of the heat health warning system in preventing mortality in 15 German cities: A difference-in-differences approach. Environ Int. 2025 Sep; 203:109746.. View in PubMed
Longitudinal study reveals plasma glycans associations with prediabetes/type 2 diabetes in KORA study. Cardiovasc Diabetol. 2025 Aug 06; 24(1):321.. View in PubMed
Hypertension and kidney dysfunction despite long-term remission of Cushing’s syndrome. J Endocrinol Invest. 2025 Nov; 48(11):2671-2681.. View in PubMed
Serum metabolites characterize hepatic phenotypes and reveal shared pathways: results from population-based imaging. Mol Med. 2025 Jul 21; 31(1):260.. View in PubMed
Prediabetes. Nat Rev Dis Primers. 2025 Jul 17; 11(1):49.. View in PubMed
Cross-sectional study of health impairment related to post COVID-19 condition among participants of a large population-based cohort in Germany. Sci Rep. 2025 Jul 16; 15(1):25830.. View in PubMed
Higher afamin concentrations are associated with higher fatty liver indices: Population-based KORA F4/FF4 study. Eur J Clin Invest. 2025 Dec; 55(12):e70095.. View in PubMed
Quantifying Environmental Waste From Diabetes Devices in the U.S. Diabetes Care. 2025 Jul 01; 48(7):1198-1203.. View in PubMed
Physiological serum uric acid concentrations correlate with arterial stiffness in a sex-dependent manner. BMC Med. 2025 Jul 01; 23(1):356.. View in PubMed
The Relation of Multiple Sclerosis to Family History, Lifestyle, and Health Factors in Childhood and Adolescence: Findings of a Case-Control Study Nested Within the German National Cohort (NAKO) Study. Dtsch Arztebl Int. 2025 06 27; 112(13):348-354.. View in PubMed
Stem Cell-Derived, Fully Differentiated Islets for Type 1 Diabetes. N Engl J Med. 2025 Sep 04; 393(9):858-868.. View in PubMed
Judged by your neighbors: A novel framework for personalized assessment of brain structural aging effects in diverse populations. medRxiv. 2025 Jun 18.. View in PubMed
Paraspinal myosteatosis is associated with COPD: a cross-sectional MRI analysis from the population-based KORA cohort. Respir Res. 2025 Jun 14; 26(1):217.. View in PubMed
Correction: Longitudinal association between DNA methylation and type 2 diabetes: findings from the KORA F4/FF4 study. Cardiovasc Diabetol. 2025 Jun 14; 24(1):252.. View in PubMed
Lipoprotein (a) and Incident Coronary Heart Disease in the Community: Impact of Traditional Cardiovascular Risk Factors. Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2025 Jun 12.. View in PubMed
Proteomic Signatures as Biomarkers of Atherosclerosis Burden. Res Sq. 2025 Jun 10.. View in PubMed
Sex/gender in the association between ambient air pollution and cardiovascular mortality: Systematic review and meta-analysis. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf. 2025 Jul 15; 300:118443.. View in PubMed
Phenome-wide association study and functional annotation of hemoglobin A1c-associated variants in African populations. PLoS One. 2025; 20(5):e0324269.. View in PubMed
Thyroid volume-new reference values for defining thyroid enlargement. Eur J Endocrinol. 2025 May 30; 192(6):728-736.. View in PubMed
Associations of road traffic noise with adipose tissue depots and hepatic fat content – Results from the German National Cohort (NAKO). Environ Int. 2025 Jul; 201:109566.. View in PubMed
External exposome and incident asthma across the life course in 14 European cohorts: a prospective analysis within the EXPANSE project. Lancet Reg Health Eur. 2025 Jul; 54:101314.. View in PubMed
Air pollution and stroke: Short-term exposure’s varying effects on stroke subtypes. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf. 2025 Jun 15; 298:118296.. View in PubMed
Long-term exposure to traffic-related air pollution is associated with impaired odor identification: Results from the population-based KORA FIT study in Augsburg, Germany. Environ Int. 2025 Jun; 200:109528.. View in PubMed
Childhood Asthma and Allergy Are Related to Accelerated Epigenetic Aging. Allergy. 2025 Jul; 80(7):1912-1922.. View in PubMed
Stroke risk associated with cold spells occurring during the warm season. Environ Int. 2025 May; 199:109514.. View in PubMed
Determinants of ascending aortic morphology: cross-sectional deep learning-based analysis on 25 073 non-contrast-enhanced NAKO MRI studies. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2025 Apr 30; 26(5):895-907.. View in PubMed
Soluble alpha klotho-impact of biological variables and reference intervals for adults. Eur J Endocrinol. 2025 Apr 30; 192(5):631-640.. View in PubMed
Regulation of nc886 (vtRNA2-1) RNAs is associated with cardiometabolic risk factors and diseases. Clin Epigenetics. 2025 Apr 29; 17(1):68.. View in PubMed
Cardiovascular disease outcomes in relation to 25-hydroxyvitamin D and its seasonal variation: Results from the BiomarCaRE consortium. PLoS One. 2025; 20(4):e0319607.. View in PubMed
The baseline examinations of the German National Cohort (NAKO): recruitment protocol, response, and weighting. Eur J Epidemiol. 2025 Apr; 40(4):475-489.. View in PubMed
Differential DNA methylation 7 months after SARS-CoV-2 infection. Clin Epigenetics. 2025 Apr 18; 17(1):60.. View in PubMed
Cross-sectional and longitudinal association of seven DNAm-based predictors with metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes. Clin Epigenetics. 2025 Apr 08; 17(1):58.. View in PubMed
LEOPARD: missing view completion for multi-timepoint omics data via representation disentanglement and temporal knowledge transfer. Nat Commun. 2025 Apr 06; 16(1):3278.. View in PubMed
Corrigendum to “Should workers be physically active after work? Associations of leisure-time physical activity with cardiovascular and all-cause mortality across occupational physical activity levels-An individual participant data meta-analysis” (J Sport Health Sci 14 [2025] 100987). J Sport Health Sci. 2025 Dec; 14:101037.. View in PubMed
Practical considerations for using the Omnipod® 5 Automated Insulin Delivery System: Clinical experience from the United States and Europe. Diabetes Obes Metab. 2025 Jun; 27(6):2909-2919.. View in PubMed
Mendelian randomization study highlights the role of hematological traits on Type-2 diabetes mellitus in African ancestry individuals. Front Pharmacol. 2025; 16:1436972.. View in PubMed
Global Effect of Cardiovascular Risk Factors on Lifetime Estimates. N Engl J Med. 2025 Jul 10; 393(2):125-138.. View in PubMed