University of East Anglia - Paul Hunter
Professor Hunter has been Professor of Health Protection at the University of East Anglia School of Medicine, Health Policy and Practice since 2001. He graduated in medicine from Manchester University in 1979 and went on to specialise in medical microbiology becoming a Member of the Royal College of Pathologists in 1985 and a Fellow in 1995. In 1999 he also became a Member (now Fellow) of the Faculty of Public Health of the Royal College of Physicians. Prior to his current post, he was Consultant in Medical Microbiology and Director of the Chester Public Health Laboratory, a post he held from 1988 to 2001.
He is also honorary consultant medical microbiologist within the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital. Professor Hunter sits on several national and international expert committees and is the European Editor of the Journal of Water and Health. His main research interests are in the epidemiology of infectious diseases, especially those that are food or waterborne. He has had recent/ongoing studies in Hungary, Spain, South Africa, Puerto Rico and Saudi Arabia and Vietnam. Professor Hunter has published over 130 peer-reviewed articles in the scientific literature, five books and over 20 chapters in books.
