Assistant Professor
Department of Food Science and Nutrition
Address: 265 FScN
Phone: (612) 625-1785
Fax: (612) 625-5272
speter@umn.edu

• Dietary Bioactive Components/Phytochemicals
• Biotransformation enzymes
• Gene-diet interactions
• Diet and cancer

Turesky RJ, Yuan JM, Wang R, Peterson S, Yu MC.  (2007) Tobacco smoking and urinary levels of 2-amino-9H-pyrido[2,3-b]indole in men of Shanghai, China.  Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2007 Aug;16(8):1554-60.

Peterson S, Lampe JW, Gross-Steinmeyer K, Bammler TK, Eaton DL.  (2006) Apiaceous vegetable constituents inhibit human cytochrome P-450 1A2 (hCYP1A2) activity and hCYP1A2-mediated mutagenicity of aflatoxin B1.  Food Chem Toxicol 44: 1474 - 1484.

Peterson S, Lampe JW, Bigler J, Horner NK, Potter JD. (2005) Cruciferae interact with UGT1A1*28 polymorphism to determine serum bilirubin levels in humans.  J Nutr 135: 1051-1055.

Peterson S, Lampe JW, Eaton DL. (2004) Genetic susceptibility to dietary carcinogens.  In: Watson D, editor.  Pesticides, veterinary and other chemical residues in food.  Cambridge, UK:  Woodhead Publishing Ltd.

Lampe JW, Peterson S. (2002) Brassica, biotransformation and cancer risk: genetic polymorphisms alter the preventive effects of cruciferous vegetables.  J Nutr 132: 2991-2994.

• Evidence Analyst, American Dietetic Association 2005-2007

• Interdisciplinary Dual Mentor Fellowship (T32 CA80416), Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, University of Washington, 2000 – 2002