Peter W. F. Wilson BS, MD

Peter W. F. Wilson, MD is Professor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiology at Emory University School of Medicine, Professor of Public Health (Global Health, Epidemiology) in the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University, and Director of Epidemiology and Genomic Medicine at the Atlanta VA Medical Center. He was graduated with a B.S. from Yale University in 1970 and received his medical degree from the University of Texas Medical School at San Antonio in 1974.

His postgraduate medical training took place at Duke University and he is board certified in internal medicine and endocrinology. He was previously employed by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (1978-1999), Director of Laboratories at the Framingham Heart Study (1983-2003), Professor of Medicine at the Boston University School of Medicine (1999-2003) and Professor of Medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina (2003-2006). His awards and honours include the US Public Health Service Citation Award (1989) US Public Service Commendation Medal (1994), Who's Who in America (2000), and elected a member of the Association of American Physicians (2005).