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Catherine Peters
MBChB MRCP FRCPCH MD
Catherine is a consultant paediatric endocrinologist who trained in medicine at the University of Birmingham (1995) with training in paediatric endocrinology in London (2007). She undertook clinical research through the University of London (MD, 2005) and a Career Development Fellowship in diabetes basic science research at the MRC National Institute of Medical Research (2009).
She works across all areas of paediatric endocrinology, with an emphasis on thyroid disorders, particularly congenital hypothyroidism, and atypical forms of diabetes. She is a member of the UK National Congenital Hypothyroidism Screening Advisory Board, chair of the British Society for Paediatric Endocrinology & Diabetes Special Interest Group, and a Trustee for the British Thyroid Foundation.
In her free time Catherine likes travelling and going for countryside walks, or doing both at the same time.
Specialisms
- thyroid disorders including congenital hypothyroidism
- atypical diabetes - rare genetic forms of diabetes, post-organ transplant, cystic fibrosis and steroid-related diabetes
Research & Academic Interests
Catherine collaborates with Dr Nadia Schoenmakers in Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, investigating the underlying causes of congenital hypothyroidism.
Publications
Peters C, Schoenmakers N. Mechanisms in Endocrinology: The pathophysiology of transient congenital hypothyroidism. European Journal of Endocrinology 2022; 187(2):R1-R16. doi: 10.1530/EJE-21-1278.
Peters CJ, Viner RM, Hindmarsh PC. The impact of race and socioeconomic factors on paediatric diabetes. E Clinical Medicine 2021;
McGlacken-Byrne SM, Drew SEV, Turner K, Peters C, Amin R. The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic is associated with increased severity of presentation of childhood onset type 1 diabetes mellitus: a multi-centre study of the first COVID-19 wave. Diabetes Medicine 2021; 38(9):e14640. doi: 10.1111/dme.14640.
van Trotsenburg P, Stoupa A, Léger J, Rohrer T, Peters C, Fugazzola L, Cassio A, Heinrichs C, Beauloye V, Pohlenz J, Rodien P, Coutant R, Szinnai G, Murray P, Bartés B, Luton D, Salerno M, de Sanctis L, Vigone M, Krude H, Persani L, Polak M. Congenital hypothyroidism: a 2020-2021 consensus guidelines update - an ENDO-European Reference Network inititative endorsed by the European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology and the European Society for Endocrinology. Thyroid 2021; 31(3):387-419. doi: 10.1089/thy2020.0333.
Peters C, Nicholas AK, Schoenmakers E, Lyons G, Langham S, Serra EG, Sebire NJ, Muzza M, Fugazzola L, Schoenmakers N. DUOX2/DUOXA2 mutations frequently cause congenital hypothyroidism that evades detection on newborn screeing in the United Kingdom. Thyroid 2019; 29(6):790-801. doi: 10.1089/thy.2018.0587.