•Bachelor's, biology and microbiology/immunology – Dalhousie University; •Bachelor's, psychology – Dalhousie University; •Master's, experimental pathology – Dalhousie University; •Doctorate, medicine – University of Toronto; •Residency, anatomic pathology – University of Toronto; •Fellowship, soft tissue and bone pathology – University of Pennsylvania; currently Clinician-Scientist; semifinalist in the Canadian astronaut selection 2017.