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


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.


Representative Publications

  1. Richardson B, Wakim E, daSilva O, Walton J. (2006). Preterm histologic chorioamnionitis: impact on cord gas and pH values and neonatal outcome. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 195:1357-1365.
  2. Richardson B, Czikk MJ, daSilva O, Natale R. (2005). The impact of labor at term on measures of neonatal outcome. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 192:219-226.
  3. Rocha E, Totten S, Hammond R, Han V, Richardson B. (2004). Structural proteins during brain development in the preterm and near term ovine fetus and the effect of intermittent umbilical cord occlusion. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 191:497-506.
  4. Rocha E, Hammond R, Richardson B. (2004). Necrotic cell injury in the preterm and near term ovine fetal brain following intermittent umbilical cord occlusion. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 191:488-96.
  5. Victory R, Penava D, da Silva O, Natale R, Richardson B. (2004). Umbilical cord pH and base excess values in relation to adverse outcome events for infants delivering at term. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 191:2021-8.
  6. Victory R, Penava D, daSilva O, Natale R, Richardson B. (2003). Umbilical cord pH and base excess values in relation to neonatal morbidity for infants delivering preterm. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 189:803-7.
  7. Kaneko M, White S, Homan J, Richardson B. (2003). Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism in Relation to Electrocortical Activity with Severe Umbilical Cord Occlusion in the near Term Ovine Fetus. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 188:961-72.
  8. Czikk MJ, Sweeley JC, Homan JH, Milley JR, Richardson BS. (2003). Cerebral Leucine Metabolism and Regional Protein Synthesis in the Near Term Ovine Fetus: Relationship to Fetal Behavioural State. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 284:R200-R207.
  9. Lackman F, Capewell V, Gagnon, R, Richardson BS. (2001). Fetal umbilical cord oxygen values and birth to placental weight ratio in relation to size at birth. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 185(3):674-682.