He received his PhD in statistics from the University of Washington in 2002 and began collaborating with researchers at the Jewish General Hospital soon after arriving to McGill. He has not only published papers in statistics journals, but also made important contributions to research in rheumatology, sports medicine, cancer, cardiovascular treatments, and epidemiology. He has a deep interest in applied statistics, in particular collaborating with researchers in other disciplines to improve the state of statistical methods in their areas and to develop new approaches to analyzing data.