Journal of Diabetes and Clinical Research

Lawrence Perlmuter

Department of Psychology

Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science

USA

Academic Editor

Biography

Larry Perlmuter received a Ph.D.in Experimental Psychology at Syracuse University and completed his NIH funded post-doctoral studies at Duke University under the guidance of Gregory Kimble in learning. After appointments at Bowdoin College, VPI, and the Harvard School of Dental Medicine, he joined the University of Health Sciences as Professor and Department Chair of Psychology. (Eventually the University was renamed Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science).

At Massachusetts General Hospital he conducted NIA funded research in diabetes and later he continued this research at the North Chicago Veterans Administration Hospital. He held editorial duties in the Journal of Experimental Aging Research, and for a number of years served on the Editorial Board of Diabetes Care.

He has published more than 88 articles in peer-reviewed journals and chapters and his research focus has has been on perceived control, intergenerational effects of diabetes mellitus and Rheumatoid Arthritis, and glucose utilization in relation to cognitive function and depression. He has published one Edited book with Dr. Richard Monty on Perceived Control and served for more than two decades as a consultant to the Human Engineering Laboratory in Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland and he has lectured and conducted research in China, Bulgaria, Spain and Israel.

Research Interest

1. Blood Pressure Regulation/ Cognition and Depression. When individuals shift posture from supine to standing, several changes are immediately required to maintain uninterrupted blood flow to the brain. Children and adults failing to show an adequate increase in blood pressure in response to standing also perform significantly more poorly on neuropsychological tests and display elevated depression and are at risk for ADHD. In African Americans and Caucasians we are examining the relationship between maternal anxiety and blood pressure regulation.

2. Diabetes Research. We are examining how having a parent with diabetes affects coping with diabetes in adult children. Also, we are assessing the relationship between glycemic measures derived from continuous glucose monitoring and cognition and depression and finally we are examining glucose utilization and effort and fatigue in afflicting school performance.