Professor of Comparative Neuromuscular Disease, Royal Veterinary College, University of London

Richard qualified from Cambridge University in 1994. After two years in private equine practice, he moved to the USA and completed a residency in equine internal medicine at The Ohio State University and a Master of Science degree in canine muscle physiology and disease. He returned to the UK to complete doctoral training in molecular and cellular biology of neuromuscular diseases as a Wellcome Fellow at the Dubowitz Neuromuscular Centre, Imperial College from where he attained his PhD. Richard is an RCVS recognised specialist in Equine Internal Medicine and a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine and Fellow of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. He directs the Comparative Neuromuscular Disease Laboratory at the RVC.