Bryan Richardson
Scientist, Division of Maternal, Fetal & Newborn Health, Children’s Health Research Institute
Professor, Departments of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Physiology & Pharmacology, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University
Biography
Dr. Bryan Richardson is a Professor in the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Physiology and Pharmacology, and Pediatrics at The University of Western Ontario, and a Scientist in the Fetal and Newborn Health Program of the Children’s Health Research Institute in London, Ontario. He received his MD and training in Obstetrics and Gynecology from The University of Western Ontario and subsequently training in Maternal Fetal Medicine at the University Oregon Health Sciences Center in Portland, Oregon.
He has had longstanding support from the MRC/CIHR, initially as an MRC Fellow and subsequently a Scholar, and with continuous national funding for over 25 years, most recently as a member of the CIHR Group in Fetal Growth Restriction: Mechanisms and Outcomes. He was the first WYETH AYERST Canada/CIHR Clinical Research Chair in Women`s Health for Perinatology, and subsequently a recipient of a Canada Research Chair in Fetal and Neonatal Health and Development (2004-2011). He is currently investigating the impact of maternal undernourishment leading to fetal growth restriction with chronic hypoxia on later development focusing on the brain.
Dr. Richardson has chaired the Canadian Investigators in Reproduction, the research arm of the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada, and served on the inaugural Advisory Board for the CIHR Institute of Human Development, Child and Youth Health. He additionally has served as a committee member for several granting agencies including March of Dimes, and the MRC/CIHR Clinical Investigation A Committee. Dr. Richardson also served as Academic Chair of Western’s Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology from 2004 until 2012.
