Richard Fox serves as Adjunct Professor and Adjunct Senior Lecturer in the UWA Medical School within Internal Medicine. He earned a BSc from the University of Western Australia and a DPhil in physics from the University of Oxford. His professional qualifications include Chartered Physicist (CPhys), Fellow of the Institute of Physics (FInstP), Fellow of the Australian Institute of Physics (FAIP), Fellow of the Australasian College of Physical Scientists and Engineers in Medicine (FACPSEM), and Fellow of the Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine (FIPEM). Fox began his career as a Research Fellow at the University of Sussex from 1970 to 1974, followed by roles as Scientific Assistant at the Institute of Cancer Research and Lecturer at London University from 1974 to 1978. In 1978, he joined Royal Perth Hospital as Deputy Head of the Department of Medical Physics, becoming Head of the Department in 1980, a position he held until his retirement in 2002. Since 1980, he has taught physics to medical students at the University of Western Australia, initially delivering a full annual course of 78 lectures until 2012, and now providing a web-based lecture course for postgraduate medical students.

Fox's research specializations center on medical physics, with a primary focus on CT scanner dosimetry. His key publications include 'Demonstrating the use of population level data to investigate trends in the rate, radiation dose and cost of Computed Tomography across clinical groups: Are there any areas of concern?' (2025, Journal of Medical Radiation Sciences, with Kamarova et al.), 'How have advances in CT dosimetry software impacted estimates of CT radiation dose and cancer incidence? A comparison of CT dosimetry software: Implications for past and future research' (2019, PLoS One, with Maxwell et al.), 'The impact of iterative reconstruction on computed tomography radiation dosimetry: Evaluation in a routine clinical setting' (2015, PLoS One, with Moorin et al.), 'Demonstration of the effect of generic anatomical divisions versus clinical protocols on computed tomography dose estimates and risk burden' (2014, PLoS One, with Moorin et al.), and 'Radiation dosimetry assessment of routine CT scanning protocols used in Western Australia' (2013, Journal of Radiological Protection, with Moorin et al.). He served as an investigator on NHMRC-funded projects evaluating computed tomography scanning from 2011 to 2013. Professionally, he has been a Member of the Radiological Council of Western Australia, Chairman of its Compliance Testing Working Party, Chairman of the Cancer Council's Medical Radiation and Cancer Working Party, and an Examiner for the College of Radiologists Part I examination.

Professional Email: richard.fox@uwa.edu.au