[1][2][3] Fidock attended the University of Adelaide and earned a bachelor of mathematical sciences and an honors degree in genetics in 1985.

His dissertation advisor was Pierre Druilhe, and his thesis was titled "Molecular and Immuno-Epidemiological Studies of the Plasmodium falciparum STARP and LSA-1 Antigens Expressed During the Pre-Erythrocytic Stages in Humans".

[4][5][6] He underwent postdoctoral training with Anthony James at University of California, Irvine, and with Thomas Wellems at the National Institutes of Health.

[4] After his post-doctoral training, Fidock joined the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology.

In 2007, Fidock became an Associate Professor at Columbia University in the Departments of Microbiology and Immunology and of Medicine (Division of Infectious Diseases).