Kenneth A. Jamerson, MD
Professor of Internal Medicine
University of Michigan Medical School
Medical Director, Program for Multicultural
   Health
University of Michigan Health System
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Kenneth A. Jamerson, MD, is Professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Michigan Medical School and serves as Medical Director of the Program for Multicultural Health at the University of Michigan Health System, both in Ann Arbor. He received his undergraduate and medical degrees from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, where he also completed his residency in internal medicine and fellowship in hypertension. 

Dr Jamerson has served as coordinator and principal investigator for numerous multicenter clinical trials nationally and internationally sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and industry. His current basic research addresses the role of sympathetic tone in the metabolism of glucose in human skeletal muscle. His current clinical research focuses on hypertensive nephropathy. 

Dr Jamerson has authored a number of scientific articles, several of which resulted from the study of a cohort of patients in a rural Michigan community (The Tecumseh Blood Pressure Study). Dr Jamerson has presented his research both nationally and internationally. He is actively involved in research under National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute grants and serves as a peer reviewer for several prominent journals and study sections for the American Heart Association and the NIH. He is the recipient of several awards for community service and teaching.