Paul is an international figure in translational human immunology. He is Professor of Haematology within the Institute of Immunology and Immunotherapy at the University of Birmingham and Deputy Head of the College of Medical and Dental Sciences. Paul was previously Chair of the Infection and Immunity Board at the Medical Research Council and served as Chair of the Clinical and Translational Research Committee at Cancer Research UK.
Paul was awarded an OBE in the 2022 Queen’s Birthday
Honours for services to immunotherapy and COVID-19 research, having led the UK
Coronavirus Immunology Consortium to understand the immune response to
SARS-CoV-2.