He completed masters of community health nursing from University of Washington. His research interests are sickle cell disease (SCD) pharmacogenetics and implementation science. Currently, he is pursuing two related SCD research initiatives. His principal partners in SCD Project are Jericho Road Community Health Center (New York); Augusta University, Georgia); The Sierra Leone Sickle Cell Society (England); and the Sickle Cell Carers Awareness Network (Sierra Leone). The SCD project will establish patient cohorts in Cincinnati, Augusta, and Sierra Leone and will develop research initiatives to investigate the natural history of SCD in the patient cohorts.