He has an M.A. in East Asian Studies from the University of Virginia (2005) and a Ph.D. in History of Medicine from Johns Hopkins University (2010). His research focuses on the transmission of Buddhist medical knowledge from India to China, and the processes of cultural and linguistic translation that facilitated this crosscultural exchange. His dissertation, Buddhist Medicine in Medieval China: Disease, Healing, and the Body in Crosscultural Translation , is currently being revised for publication. He is also the author of several non-academic books on traditional medicine in Thailand.