Richard completed his clinical pharmacy training at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and went on to specialise in Critical Care Medicine and then Antifungal Stewardship. He is also a Research Pharmacist currently undertaking a PhD in the development and integration of novel technologies and interventions to improve antimicrobial prescribing. He is part of the David Price Evans Group in Infectious Disease and Global Health (University of Liverpool), Centre for Antimicrobial Optimisation, and Health Protection Research Unit in Healthcare Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance (Imperial College London).