Dr. Bryan Richardson, MD, FRCSC
Children’s Health Research Institute
Scientist, Fetal and Newborn Health Program
University of Western Ontario
Professor and Chair, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Professor, Departments of Physiology & Pharmacology and Paediatrics
Director, MRC Group in Fetal and Neonatal Health & Development
Other Appointments
Wyeth-CIHR Clinical Research Chair of Women’s Health and Perinatology
Past President, Perinatal Research Society
Past Member, Institute Advisory Board, CIHR Institute of Human Development,
Child and Youth Health
Canada Research Chair, Tier I in Fetal and Neonatal Health and Development
Contact Information
Tel: (519) 646-66106
Fax: (519) 646-6213
E-mail: brichar1@uwo.ca
Brief Biography
Dr. Richardson received his medical degree from The University of Western Ontario and subsequent training in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. He then attended the University of Oregon Health Sciences Centre in Portland, Oregon for training in Maternal-Fetal Medicine and Perinatal Physiology. Dr. Richardson is a member of numerous professional societies including the Society of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists of Canada, the Society for Gynecological Investigation, and the Perinatal Research Society where he has served on both the Executive Council and as the Past President. Dr. Richardson is a Reviewer for several scientific medical journals, is a Board Member and Editorial Consultant to the journal Early Human Development and most recently the journal of The Society for Gynecologic Investigation. Dr. Richardson is a past Committee Member for the Medical Research Council Clinical Investigation Committee and the Alberta Heritage Foundation Clinical Advisory Committee. He was a member of the inaugural Advisory Board for the Institute of Human Development, Child and Youth Health of the CIHR.
Research Interests
• Fetal behavioural states – control and function
• Fetal cerebral metabolism – biologic and pathologic change
• Fetal adaptive responses to hypoxia
Research Activities
Dr. Richardson has sat on numerous scientific panels and workshops and has been invited to give over 100 scientific presentations, with many of these at national and international meetings as further recognition of his research contributions. He has published 106 peer review medical articles, 14 book chapters and symposia, and 275 scientific abstracts. He has supervised 28 research trainees, including medical students, obstetrics and gynaecology residents, perinatal research fellows, and graduate as well as postgraduate trainees. Dr. Richardson has had long standing support from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, initially as an MRC Fellow, and subsequently as a Scholar, with continuous grant support since 1983, and most recently as a member of the CIHR Group in Fetal and Neonatal Health and Development. He is the first Wyeth/CIHR Clinical Research Chair in Women’s Health and Perinatology providing continued support for his clinical and basic research study relating to fetal behavioural activity and the relationship to brain development. He is presently a Canada Research Chair Tier I in Fetal and Neonatal Health and Development.
Awards and Recognition
Funding in support of "Fetal brain development: Impact of acute and chronic hypoxia" - Awarded by Canadian Institute of Health Research
Funding in support of "Fetal/neonatal health and development" - Awarded by Canada Research Chair
Funding in support of "Fetal growth restriction: mechanisms and outcomes" - Awarded by Canadian Institute of Health Research
Funding in support of "Fetal electrocortical monitoring for predicting fetal health during labour" - Awarded by Western Innovation Fund
Funding in support of "Acute animal testing of prototype fetal heart rate (FHR)/EEG for early detection and prediction of fetal acidemia and associated health compromise during labour" - Awarded by Ontario Research & Commercialization Program
Patent
March 2007, United States Provisional Patent for ‘Fetal EEG Monitoring for Predicting Fetal Health During Labour’.
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