Dr. Peter is a Professor in the Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and the Icahn Institute for Data Science and Genomic Technology.

She received her PhD in Genetic Epidemiology from Tel Aviv University, Israel and completed a postdoctoral training at Tufts University while working on the Framingham Heart Study.

Dr. Peter is the Associate Director of the PhD Program in Clinical Research and Director of the Institutional Early Career Development Program (KL2). She also leads the Mentoring Program in the Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences and the Icahn Institute for Data Science and Genomic Technology.