He has conducted HIV and sexual health research across Canada and New Zealand with gay, bi and queer cis and trans men who have sex using interdisciplinary and community-based approaches. He completed a PhD in epidemiology from the University of Guelph, and Postdoctoral Fellowship with the British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS working on the Momentum Health Study. Nathan has recently joined the CBRC Research team in planning the 2018 Sex Now Survey.