Dr. Richard Lockey is Division Chief at the College of Medicine Internal Medicine, Director of Allergy and Immunology and leader of the clinical research unit at USF Health.

Dr. Lockey conducts research to find long term treatments for allergic diseases and asthma. In addition, he oversees the divisions clinical research unit, which has participated in most major drug innovations for the treatment of allergic diseases and asthma over the past 30 years. He has also been published and is the recipient of numerous awards including the Dr. Robert D. and Alma W. Moreton Original Research Award.

Dr. Lockey is a member of the Association of Clinical Researchers and Educators, Society of Industry Leaders, network of Vista Research, a division of Standard and Poor’s, Florida Academy of Sciences and Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society of Tampa Bay. He is a previous president of World Allergy Organization and the American Academy of Allergy and Immunology, a former vice president of medical affairs for the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America, and a former director of the American Board of Allergy and Immunology.

Dr. Lockey received his M.D. from Temple University and his M.S. in medicine from the University of Michigan.