Paul Michael Stewart FMedSci FRCP (b. 6 July 1959) is Dean of Medicine and Health at the

University of Leeds , mottoeng = And knowledge will be increased , established = 1831 – Leeds School of Medicine1874 – Yorkshire College of Science1884 - Yorkshire College1887 – affiliated to the federal Victoria University1904 – University of Leeds , ...

and an Honorary Consultant Endocrinologist at the

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is an NHS hospital trust in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The Trust was formed in April 1998 after the merger of two previous smaller NHS trusts to form one citywide organisation. The former trusts were United ...

. He is also currently Vice President of the

Academy of Medical Sciences The Academy of Medical Sciences is an organisation established in the UK in 1998. It is one of the four UK National Academies, the others being the British Academy, the Royal Academy of Engineering and the Royal Society. Its mission is to adv ...

and the editor-in-chief of

The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism ''The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism'' is a peer-reviewed medical journal in the field of endocrinology and metabolism. The current editor-in-chief An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publ ...

. Stewart is the primary investigator for the

National Institute for Health Research The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) is the British government’s major funder of clinical, public health, social care and translational research. With a budget of over £1.2 billion in 2020–21, its mission is to "impr ...

Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit in Leeds, and specialises in the role of hormones in human aging, obesity and reproductive medicine. He is also a

Senior Clinical Investigator, and leads a group researching a class of

steroid hormone A steroid hormone is a steroid that acts as a hormone. Steroid hormones can be grouped into two classes: corticosteroids (typically made in the adrenal cortex, hence ''cortico-'') and sex steroids (typically made in the gonads or placenta). Withi ...

s known as corticosteriods and their role in human disease. He is an elected fellow of the

Royal College of Physicians The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) is a British professional membership body dedicated to improving the practice of medicine, chiefly through the accreditation of physicians by examination. Founded by royal charter from King Henry VIII in 1 ...

and the

. He delivered the 1997

Goulstonian Lecture The Goulstonian Lectures are an annual lecture series given on behalf of the Royal College of Physicians in London. They began in 1639. The lectures are named for Theodore Goulston (or Gulston, died 1632), who founded them with a bequest A bequ ...

at the

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1959 births Living people People from Harrogate Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences (United Kingdom) Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians British physiologists British endocrinologists NIHR Senior Investigators {{UK-med-bio-stub