Roger obtained his PhD in pharmacology (Monash University) in 1988 from studies of the neuroendocrine actions of opioids. He subsequently moved to the Baker Institute and then to the Department of Surgery at the University of Melbourne to study the neural mechanisms involved in responses to hypovolaemia, with Professor John Ludbrook (1988-1992). In 1992 he returned to the Baker Institute to study the role of the kidney in the development of hypertension, with Professor Warwick Anderson. In 1996 he moved to Monash University.
Roger's current interests include oxygen regulation in the kidney, neural and hormonal regulation of kidney function and the factors associated with development of hypertension and other chronic diseases in rural India.
Roger is Associate Editor of American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology (http://ajpregu.physiology.org/)