Paul Lunn
Professor Paul Lunn took the position of Dean of the School of Veterinary Sciences at the University of Liverpool in January 2022. He grew up in a farming community in North Wales, before studying veterinary medicine at Liverpool University, graduating in 1982. After a period in private practice in the UK, he pursued clinical training in Ontario and Wisconsin, and doctoral research training at the University of Cambridge.
Professor Lunn began his academic career in 1991 as a large animal medicine faculty member at the School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, becoming Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs and Director of the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital before departing in 2003. He then took a position as Head of the Department of Clinical Sciences at the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at Colorado State University. From February 2012 – January 2022 Professor Lunn served as the Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine at North Carolina State University. During his time in the US he served as President of the American Association of Veterinary Clinicians, and as President of the American Association of Veterinary Medical Colleges. Professor Lunn’s research interest is in equine immunology and infectious disease, with a focus on influenza virus and EHV-1 infection in horses.