He obtained a BASc in Public Health and Safety from Ryerson University in 2007 and a PhD in Epidemiology from the University of Guelph in 2010. From 2011–2013, he completed a Post-Doctoral Fellowship with the University of Guelph and the Laboratory for Foodborne Zoonoses (now part of the National Microbiology Laboratory), Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), and later worked as an epidemiologist with PHAC. In 2015, Dr. Young worked as a Food Safety Expert with the Food Safety and Quality Unit of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Rome, Italy. His current research focuses on addressing applied and policy-relevant public health issues at the human, animal, agri-food and environment interface, with a particular interest in food safety along the food chain and the use of knowledge synthesis methodologies in support of decision-making.