He first obtained his Ph.D. at Queens University and followed this up by a medical degree at the University of Calgary. Dr. Beck has more than 10 years of post-graduate education at the University of Calgary and Harvard University. He is a certified clinical specialist in Gastroenterology and a basic scientist with expertise in the cellular and molecular biology of inflammation and how it pertains to inflammatory bowel disease and the gastrointestinal tract. Dr. Beck is the recipient of an AHFMR Clinical Senior Scholar Award.