Dr. Paul M. Insel has been trained as an M.D. and with board certification in Internal Medicine, he received research training at the UCSF and NIH before joining the faculty at UCSF and subsequently UCSD, where he is currently Distinguished Professor of Pharmacology and Medicine and Vice-Chair. He is also the Director of the UCSD Medical Scientist (M.D./Ph.D.) Training Program. Dr. Insel holds a Doctorate from the University of Paris and is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and has received many other awards and honors. Paul has also served as Associate/Editor of numerous scientific journals and is currently Editor of the Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology and co-Head of Faculty of the Faculty of 1000Prime in Pharmacology and Drug Discovery.

Dr. Insel has been the principal investigator of numerous NIH studies involving mental health, health education, cardiovascular disease, blood pressure, and nutrition. He has authored over 14 books and more than 100 articles.