His research focuses on obesity, surgical outcomes, and geographic information systems. He was recently awarded a UM1 from the National Institutes of Health, NIDDK, titled “Continuation of Teen Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery (Teen-LABS), Biostatistics Research Center” in collaboration with Dr. Changchun Xie, PhD, associate professor of Biostatistics, Department of Environmental Health, at the University of Cincinnati.