Brian completed his PhD with the Persistent Pain Research Group at the University of South Australia (UniSA) and South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI). In his role as an epidemiologist at the Registry of Senior Australians (ROSA) at SAHMRI, he uses big data to study quality and safety in aged care. He has experience as a lecturer and course coordinator at UniSA, where he taught pain science. Additionally, he served as a clinical research coordinator at Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, working with adolescents experiencing persistent pain.

Brian's research interests lie in how we learn about health, and how this impacts treatment decision-making. His work focuses on health across the lifespan, and using innovative statistical methods to develop and improve psychological and clinical quality assessment tools.