His research program is focused on the impact of provider weight bias and attitudes about patients with obesity on communication and decision-making in the clinical encounter, as well as the long and short-term effects of obesity stigma on the health, health behaviors, and care-seeking of individuals with obesity. He is the principal investigator of an NIH funded study to better understand factors that influence the way providers counsel patients about weight, and is also currently studying the experiences in medical school that shape physicians’ beliefs and attitudes about weight loss counseling.