Since July 2014, his research team is studying molecular mechanisms of heart disease from coronary artery disease to viral infection of the heart, with the aim of identifying new therapeutic targets for the clinic. Jamie is from Ireland originally where he obtained his Ph.D. at Trinity College Dublin before undertaking postdoctoral training at the University of California San Francisco and Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles. His work has been previously recognized and funded by the American Federation for Aging Research and the American Heart Association.