Emeritus Prof Richard Griffiths BSc, MD, FRCP, FFICM, FHEA. His undergraduate training 1971-77 was in Medicine (MBBS) at University College London where he also obtained a BSc in Physiology. Early professional training in London included a research MD studying human muscle energetics by MR spectroscopy. On moving to Liverpool in 1984 he continued his research interests in muscle and expanded these into nutrition (glutamine) and the outcome of the critically ill consistent with his consultant career move in 1985 into adult Intensive Care Medicine. He retired from the NHS in April 2013 and was made an emeritus professor with an honorary senior fellowship in the University of Liverpool. He retired fully from any regular University activity in August 2016.