He is a member of the Association of University Anesthesiologists (AUA) and an elected Fellow of the American Heart Association (AHA) Stroke Council. He has published more than 120 scientific papers related to his work on experimental stroke and vascular cognitive impairment. He served on the Editorial Boards of prominent journals in the fields of stroke and vascular biology, including Stroke, American Journal of Physiology-Heart & Circulation, Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism and Translational Stroke Research. His research program is funded by 2 R01 grants from the NIH, a small business grant and a T32 training grant. He is an active member of grant review panels at the National Institute of Health (NIH) and the American Heart Association (AHA). He is a member of the College of CSR Reviewers. He is Director of the KCVI T32 Training in Translational Science and Cardiovascular Medicine, and has mentored many students, fellows and junior faculty, who went on to develop their own independent research careers.