At the University of Toronto Scarborough, Dr. McGowan teaches behavioral genetics and epigenetics in health and disease. Dr. McGowan completed a bachelor of science at Concordia University in Montreal Canada. He went on to complete a PhD in Neuroscience at Duke University and postdoctoral studies in Psychiatry at McGill University. His research is focused on understanding how environmental factors can lead to permanent modifications of the endocrine stress response system, immune signaling and stress-related behavior via epigenetic mechanisms.