Jim Petrik is a professor in the Department of Biomedical Sciences, at the University of Guelph. In addition to teaching in the undergraduate and graduate curriculum, he runs a cancer research lab. Petric is also cross-appointed as a clinical professor in the department of obstetrics and gynecology at McMaster University and as an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Oncology in Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry at Western University.