Peter is currently an Assistant Professor with the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology at the University of Toronto and a Clinical Laboratory Geneticist at the University Health Network with an interest in cancer genomics. He obtained his PhD at the University of Toronto studying mechanisms of cardiovascular disease. As an industrial postdoctoral fellow at Luminex, he helped design and validate genetic tests for both inherited and infectious diseases. 

Peter also has extensive experience advising graduate and undergraduate students in preparing biomedical research proposals, peer-reviewed publications, and poster presentations.  At GCAC, Peter teaches ‘Writing CIHR Proposals” and a variety of workshops for students in the physical and life sciences.