Geoff earned an M.B.A. from Harvard as well as his master of public health and medical degrees from Johns Hopkins, where he also completed his residency. He has done considerable clinical research in metabolic risk factors for cardiovascular disease, and has participated in public health projects in Singapore, South Africa and Thailand. Most recently, he volunteered in the China-California Heart Watch program. He traveled to small villages in Yunnan Province, screening schoolchildren for congenital cardiovascular diseases that can result in death by age 20 if left untreated. Geoff lives in San Francisco and plans to pursue a career in academic medicine, with a focus on clinical and epidemiological investigations that impact public health and global health.