Professor of Health Protection
School of Medicine, Health Policy and Practice
University of East Anglia
Norwich, England

Prof. Paul Hunter, a practicing physician and international authority on water and health, developed an early interest in infection related to food and water, and has been involved in the investigation of many food and waterborne outbreaks. His main research interests are in waterborne disease and environmental epidemiology. Prior to joining the University of East Anglia, Norwich, England, where he is currently Professor, he was Consultant in Medical Microbiology, and from 1988 to 2001, Director of the Chester Public Health Laboratory. In 1999, Prof. Hunter served as the Chair of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)/World Health Organization expert group: Approaches to establishing links between drinking water and infectious disease. In 2002 and 2003, he served on the OECD expert group: Emerging Risks to Global Water Supplies.

Prof. Hunter was also a member of the U. K. Advisory Committee on the Microbiological Safety of Food. He currently serves as the European Editor of the Journal of Water and Health, a joint publication of the World Health Organization and the International Water Association. He is the Chair of the IPWR Executive Board of Directors.