Paul Little CBE MBBS, BA, MD, DLSHTM, MRCP, FRCGP, FMedSci

Professor Paul Little is a Professor of Primary Care Research within Medicine at the University of Southampton.

Professor Little was the first GP to be awarded a Wellcome HSR training fellowship in 1993 (for research on health promotion), and the first to be awarded an MRC Clinician Scientist Fellowship in 1998 (for research on common self-limiting illnesses), and in addition current major areas of research are in enabling behavior change both for health professionals and also in empowering patients.

Professor Little received recognition in the 2018 Queen’s Birthday Honours with the award of a CBE for services to General Practice Research, in June 2019 he was awarded the RCGP Discovery Prize in recognition of his outstanding research in general practice, and in November 2020 Paul was awarded The Maurice Wood Award for Lifetime Contribution to Primary Care Research.