Sanne Peters is an Associate Professor in Epidemiology and Global Health at the Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care. She holds a joint appointment as Associate Professor at The George Institute for Global Health, University of New South Wales and as Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London. 

Her research focuses on sex differences in cardiovascular diseases. Using large databases, she aims to reliably quantify where those differences exist and to identify the underlying genetic, biological, or behavioral factors. Another important part of her research aims at ensuring that sex and gender, as well as other aspects of diversity, are routinely considered and equally represented in research and innovation.  

Dr. Peters’ research has been supported by several prestigious grants and fellowships, including a 1-year Niels Stensen Fellowship (2012), a 4-year strategic skills development fellowship from the UK Medical Research Council (2017) and 5-year Vidi fellowship from the Dutch Research Council (2021). She is a World Heart Federation Emerging Leader.

She is Speciality Chief Editor for 'Sex and Gender Differences in Disease' in the Frontiers in Global Women's Health journal and Associate Editor at BMJ Global Health. She is Nucleus Member of the Population Science and Public Health Section of the European Association of Preventive Cardiology. She also is a member of the UMCU-Young Academy.

Fellowships

• Vidi, NWO Talent Programme, 'Sex differences in coronary heart disease: bias, biology, or both?' (2021)
• Strategic Skills Development Fellowship, Medical Research Council, 'Sex differences in the vascular consequences of diabetes: big data analyses to inform prevention and treatment' (2017) 
• Niels Stensen Postdoctoral Fellowship, 'Cardiovascular disease in men and women: does money matter?' (2012)            

Awards

• Fellow International Seminar on Cardiovascular Epidemiology and Prevention. International Society for Cardiovascular                    Epidemiology and Prevention (2020)
• Emerging Leader, World Heart Federation (2019)
• Achievement Award. Women’s Health Programme, George Institute for Global Health (2019)
• Award for Excellence. University of Oxford (2018)
• Elizabeth Young New Investigator Award. Organization for the Study of Sex Differences (2015)

• Specialty Chief Editor, Sex and Gender Differences in Disease, Frontiers in Global Women’s Health
• Nucleus Member, Population Science and Public Health Section, European Association of Preventive Cardiology
• Associate editor, BMJ Global Health
• Member of the UMCU-Young Academy