Dr. Mark Peyrot


MARK PEYROT received his Ph.D. in Sociology from UCLA and served a postdoctoral fellowship in behavioral science at the University of Kentucky Medical Center. He is Professor of Sociology at Loyola College and has an appointment on the research faculty in the School of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University. Much of his research and consulting has dealt with the marketing and evaluation of health care. His current research examines psychosocial aspects in the management of and adjustment to chronic disease, especially diabetes. His publications include book chapters and articles in such journals as Biological Psychiatry, Diabetes Care, Diabetes Educator, Diabetes Spectrum, Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews, Diabetic Medicine, Diabetologia, Int J of Addictions, Int J of Psychiatry in Medicine, J of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, J of Health and Social Behavior, J of Health Care Marketing, J of Marriage and the Family, J of Pediatric Psychology, J of Public Policy and Marketing, Neuropsychopharmacology, Practical Diabetology, Psychosomatic Medicine, Social Problems, Social Psychology Quarterly, Sociological Practice Review, and Qualitative Sociology, He has received grants from the National Science Foundation, the American Association of Diabetes Educators, and the American Diabetes Association, among others. He has served as chair of the Health, Health Policy and Health Services Division and the Community Research and Development Division of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, and on the Council of the Medical Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association. Within the American Diabetes Association he has served on the Education Program Recognition Committee, the Task Force on the Delivery of Diabetes Education and Medical Nutrition Therapy, the Scientific Session Program Committee and as chair and vice-chair of the Behavioral Medicine and Psychology Council. He recently served on the Outcomes Task Force and as chair of the Research Committee of the American Association of Diabetes Educators. He has served on several NIH review panels and as a consulting reviewer for numerous sociology and medical journals). In addition to consulting with pharmaceutical and health care organizations, he does public speaking for audiences of health care administrators, diabetes care providers and educators, and persons with diabetes and their families.





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