Dr. Wilk received his Master of Arts degree in 1999 and PhD in 2005 at Western University. He is a scientist at the Children’s Health Research Institute (Division of Children’s Health & Therapeutics) and at the Lawson Health Research Institute in London. In 2018, he was appointed as an associate professor in the Departments of Epidemiology & Biostatistics and Paediatrics at Western University. Dr. Wilk’s research focuses on chronic disease surveillance and prevention and the links between social determinants of health, health-related modifiable behaviours, environmental risk factors, and health outcomes at the local, national, and international level.