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 an Newborn Health Program of the Children's Health Research Institute in London, Ontario. He has held a Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) and is past Director of the CIHR Group in Fetal and Neonatal Healt and Development, based at the University of Western Ontario and the University of Toronto. His research ha focused on fetal behavioural activity, brain development, and adaptive responses to hypoxia.