2025 Distinguished Service Award bestowed on Rick Richardson, PhD - International Society for Developmental Psychobiology (ISDP)

Professor Rick Richardson
School of Psychology
University of New South Wales
Sydney, Australia

The 2025 Distinguished Service Award is bestowed on Professor Rick Richardson in recognition of his significant and sustained service and contributions to the ISDP! Rick has been an active member of the ISDP for many years serving on the Board of ISDP from 2003 – 2006 and then serving as Secretary from 2007 – 2010. Not even the pandemic kept Rick from participating at the annual meetings together with many members of his lab, flying all the way from Sidney nearly every year.

About the Richardson Lab

n our lab, we investigate a number of different issues related to behavioural neuroscience. Many, but not all, of the studies take a developmental perspective. We examine a broad range of topics, including the behavioural and neural processes involved in fear expression and inhibition, pharmacological adjuncts to enhance fear loss, and the effects of early life stress on physical and emotional development.

Our overarching aim is to gain a better understanding of learning and memory, and conduct our research in a way that has potential translational value for understanding anxiety disorders.