He leads the Nutrition and Cardiometabolic disease research group at the Boden Institute of Obesity, Nutrition, Exercise and Eating Disorders, and the Nutrition and Cardiovascular Health Project Node at the Charles Perkins Centre.
He has published over 120 scientific papers, in high ranking journals including the Lancet, Journal of the American College of Cardiology, the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition and Pediatrics. He is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease.
He has been a Chief Investigator on research grants totaling over $4m, and has ongoing collaborations with research teams in Adelaide, Alice Springs and Darwin.