Dr. Petersen is an anatomist and Assistant Teaching Professor in the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology at Brown University. His teaching and scholarly interests focus on human anatomy and medical education.
Jarrod co-leads Human Anatomy I and II for first-year medical students at Brown University and serves on the committee for the Brown Anatomical Gift Program. He also leads human anatomy for the Gateways to Medicine Master's Program at Brown and the Physician Assistant program at Bryant University.
Jarrod joined the Brown faculty in Summer 2024 after completing his PhD in the same department. His dissertation research in the Roberts Lab used non-model organisms, including boa constrictors, to investigate the function and plasticity of muscle and other tissues during behaviors such as large-prey ingestion.
Through Brown's Scholarly Concentration Research Program, Jarrod currently mentors medical students interested in medical education research. He has received the Dean's Excellence in Teaching Award in 2025 and 2026.
