He graduated from the University of Alabama (UA), completed clinical internship at the University of Florida (UF), clinical fellowships in BSM at UA and UF, and a two-year post-doctoral research fellowship on sleep and hypertension at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). Dr. Thomas is an Assistant Professor in the UAB Department of Psychiatry and maintains clinics in the Department of Psychiatry, as well as a BSM Clinic integrated in the UAB Sleep/Wake Disorders Center. He serves on both the Practice and Education Committees of the Society of Behavioral Sleep Medicine, an interdisciplinary organization committed to advancing all aspects of the field of BSM. His research is translational, spanning basic, clinical, and population science and focuses on circadian and sleep mechanisms underlying health, as well as disparities in health.