Epidemiologist with his main research focus on the early life determinants of adult cardiometabolic disease. 
This work has relied on data from long-term observational studies that began when participants were children and who have been followed-up over decades to mid adulthood
Particular interest in harnessing observational epidemiological data to answer clinical and public health questions. 
Adjunct Professor of cardiovascular epidemiology at the University of Turku, Finland, holds honorary appointments at La Trobe University, University of Melbourne, and the University of Tasmania
Currently a National Health and Medical Research Council Emerging Leader (EL2) Fellow at the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute in Melbourne.