He also holds joint appointments in the Departments of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Pediatrics. In addition he is Director, University of California, Irvine Behavioral Perinatology/Developmental Origins of Health and Disease Research Program. His medical degree and psychiatry residency were completed (1988) at the University of Poona, B. J. Medical College, India. He completed his Ph.D. (1993) at the University of California, Irvine. His interests include behavioral perinatology, biobehavioral processes, stress, pregnancy, fetal development, prematurity, and fetal programming of health & disease.