Peter Dawson, M.D., M.P.H.
Peter Dawson, M.D., M.P.H., practices pediatrics at the People's Clinic in Boulder, Colorado, and at the Colorado Mental Health Institute at Fort Logan in Denver. He developed his knowledge of child development and families by teaching at the JFK Child Development Center of the University of Colorado School of Medicine, working for 17 years in multidisciplinary child development clinics, studying parent support by paraprofessional home visitors, and serving on the board of directors of the Family Resource Coalition of America. He learned about public health by working with public health nurses, serving in several positions in the Maternal and Child Health Section of the American Public Health Association, and founding the Boulder County Consortium on Access to Health Care. He teaches pediatrics and public health at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. He has published 15 articles in professional journals and has received awards from the Department of Maternal and Child Health of the University of North Carolina, American Public Health Association, Boulder Valley Education Association, Boulder Daily Camera, and Voices for Children. Drs. Dawson and Kessler met while they both were Fellows with ZERO TO THREE: National Center for Infants, Toddlers and Families and have collaborated extensively since that time in the area of pediatric undernutrition.