1959
Born in Musselburgh, Scotland.
1971
Attends George Heriot’s School in Edinburgh, Scotland for six years.
1977
Serves as team captain of the Scottish Schools Fencing Association.
1981
Receives an honorary Bachelor of Science from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland and becomes a physiology PhD student at the University of Edinburgh Medical School.
1984
Becomes a research associate in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics at the Nephrology Research and Training Center of the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
1986
Receives a Doctor of Philosophy in physiology from the University of Edinburgh.
1986
Becomes a postdoctoral research fellow at the Nephrology Research and Training Center.
1987
Becomes a research instructor and scientist I at the Nephrology Research and Training Center.
1988
Becomes an assistant professor in the Department of Physiology at Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans, Louisiana.
1993
Becomes a fellow of the Council on High Blood Pressure for the American Heart Association.
1995
Is promoted to associate professor at Tulane University School of Medicine.
2005
Receives the Established Investigator Award from the American Heart Association.
2012
Is promoted to full professor at Tulane University School of Medicine.