His research interests include kidney cell molecular biology, for which he has was awarded a Medical Research Council (MRC) Clinician Scientist Fellowship and subsequent MRC Senior Clinical Fellowship to establish his laboratory.
Richard also holds a number of teaching and training roles, including serving as the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health South West Regional Academic Training Advisor, being a co-director of the Wellcome Trust-funded GW4 clinical academic training Fellowship scheme (including allied health professionals) and being part of the MRC Clinical Academic Research Partnership (CARP) scheme since its inception.