Annette Peters pioneered work identifying the link between ambient particulate matter and cardiovascular disease. With large-scale prospective population-based cohort studies she and her team investigate how genetic, environmental and behavioral risk factors jointly shape health and disease.
Her training in epidemiology, biology and mathematics allows an interdisciplinary approach spanning from environmental health to molecular epidemiology.
Early in her career, she has as principal investigator conducted several panel studies and a case-crossover study assessing the role of environmental exposures on respiratory and cardiovascular disease. A lifelong interest is the role of ultrafine particles and she spearheads a research program on environmental measurements for air pollution and other environmental exposures since two decades.