About

BIOGRAPHY
Richard completed his PhD from the University of Otago, New Zealand, before joining St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, US. He is currently a Member of the Department of Host Microbe Interactions at St Jude where he has a research program focused on influenza at the human animal interface. He is the Director of the WHO Collaborating Center for Studies on the Ecology of Influenza in animals and the St Jude Center of Excellence for Influenza Research and Response.