He earned his PhD in Cellular and Molecular Medicine from the University of Ottawa and did postdoctoral fellowships at Harvard University and Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Regenerative Medicine. His research explores the regulation and contributions of stem cells to skeletal muscle atrophy, age related wasting (sarcopenia) and regeneration. Specifically, his laboratory utilizes targeted genetics and injury models to determine how molecules of interest affect stem cell maintenance, fate and skeletal muscle regenerative capacity.