B.S., Pace University – College of White Plains, White Plains, N.Y., 1979.
M.S., State University of New York College at Buffalo, Buffalo, N.Y., 1981.
Ph.D., State University of New York College at Buffalo, Buffalo, N.Y., 1987.

Residency/Fellowship: State University of New York College at Buffalo (epidemiology), 1987-1989; Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, Minn. (nicotine dependence), 1992-1994.

Joined the staff of Mayo Clinic, 1994; research program manager, Nicotine Dependence Center, Department of Internal Medicine, 1994-present; Professional Associate in Research, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, 1996-2011; Associate Consultant II-Research (joint appointment), Division of Community Internal Medicine, Geriatrics and Palliative Care, 2011-2024, and Consultant (joint appointment), 2024-present; Associate Consultant II-Research (joint appointment), Division of Epidemiology, 2017-2024, and Consultant (joint appointment), 2024-present; scientific director, Clinical Research Office, 2009-2021; director, Clinical Trial Unit, 2014-2021; Vice Chair for Research, Division of General Internal Medicine, 2020-present; director, Department of Medicine Research Hub, 2021-present; Assistant Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, 1996-2003; Associate Professor, 2003-2014; Professor of Medicine, 2014-present.