Professor Paul Roderick qualified in Medicine from Cambridge and London Universities, and initially pursued postgraduate training in clinical medicine. He then undertook public health training in the North West Thames Region London, combining service with academic training at the MRC Epidemiology and Medical Care Unit. He has been a public health academic at the University of Southampton since 1993, and was promoted to a personal chair of Public Health in 2007.

He has diverse research interests embracing clinical epidemiology, health services research and public health. He has over 250 peer reviewed publications, has supervised to completion 15 PhDs/MDs and has substantial grant income from a wide variety of sources including NIHR and KRUK.

He led the Primary Care and Population Sciences, one of the five schools in the Faculty of Medicine from 2010 until 2015. He co-directs a cross University Population Health Strategic Research (USRG) group. He is a member of the Steering Group of the NIHR Wessex CLARHC.