Affiliation: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York

Dr. Rihab Bouchareb is an assistant professor in the Department of Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York (ISMMS). She graduated from the University of Strasbourg in France with a master's degree and a Ph.D. in cell and molecular biology. Dr. Bouchareb's Ph.D. focused on studying the molecular mechanism leading to atherosclerosis plaque rupture and platelet activation. After completing her postdoctoral training at the Quebec Heart and Lung Institute, Laval Hospital, Quebec, Canada, she joined the Mount Sinai Cardiovascular Research Center as a postdoctoral fellow and was subsequently promoted to instructor. She then moved to the Department of Nephrology as an assistant professor. Her research program currently investigates the effect of kidney disease on heart disease.