William E. Paul
William E. Paul M.D. | |
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William E. Paul (back row, third from left) as a Public Health Service officer in a group photo sometime around the 1980s | |
| Born | June 12, 1936 |
| Died | September 18, 2015 (aged 79) New York, US |
| Education | M.D., SUNY Downstate College of Medicine |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Immunology |
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| Allegiance | United States |
| Branch | U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps |
| Rank | Rear Admiral |
William Erwin Paul (June 12, 1936 – September 18, 2015) was an American immunologist. He and Maureen Howard discovered interleukin 4, while an independent team led by Ellen Vitetta did the same in 1982. Paul worked on AIDS research for much of his career at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). He served as president of the American Association of Immunologists from 1986 to 1987.