He earned his PhD in Pathobiology and Molecular Medicine in 2005 at the University of Cincinnati. From 2005-2009, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the National Institute on Aging. He accepted an Assistant Professor position at UK in 2009, and was recently promoted to Associate Professor. The twenty-year goal of his laboratory is to improve normal physiology and prevent disease (obesity, diabetes, and cancer) in the next generation by using maternal exercise or nutraceuticals as pregnancy interventions.