He received his Ph.D. (Reproductive and Developmental Sciences) from UBC Dept of OBGYN in 2007, and completed a postdoctoral fellowship with Dr. Rama Khokha at the Ontario Cancer Institute in 2012. He holds a New Investigator research grant from Sick Kids Foundation and John R Evans Leaders Award from the Canadian Foundation for Innovation. He is also a Principal Investigator on research grants from CIHR, NSERC and BCCHR as well as a Co Investigator on a NIH grant with Wendy Robinson.