Peter Zahradka completed his Bachelor of Science and PhD degrees in biochemistry at the University of Western Ontario. He then undertook post-doctoral training at Stanford University (pathology) and the University of Guelph (molecular biology and genetics), where he strengthened his research background in cell proliferation and differentiation. After a two-year term as an assistant professor in the chemistry and biochemistry department at the University of Guelph, he moved to the University of Manitoba where he joined the physiology department. Currently, he is a professor at the University of Manitoba and a principal investigator at the Canadian Centre for Agri-Food Research in Health and Medicine (CCARM). His research interests include endothelial and smooth muscle cell phenotype, arterial stiffness, obesity, fatty liver, adipocyte development and dysfunction, the health benefits of pulses and buckwheat and dietary protein sources.