Paul A. Insel

Paul Anthony Insel (born 1945) is an American physician and pharmacologist. He has been the chief editor of four academic journals and is an elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, and American Physiological Society. His research is primarily focused on G proteins.

Early life and education Paul Anthony Insel was born in 1945 in New York City to parents H. Herbert Insel and Ruth Leona . He has three brothers, Richard, Jonathan, and Thomas R. Insel. He grew up in Dayton, Ohio and the outskirts of Washington, D.C. He attended George Washington University for two years before attending the University of Michigan, where he graduated with his Doctor of Medicine in 1968. He has also been the chief editor of the Journal of Clinical Investigation, Molecular Pharmacology, and American Journal of Physiology Cell Physiology. He also has an honorary doctorate from the University of Paris. In 2019, he was elected as a fellow of the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. He is additionally a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and American Physiological Society, and is an elected member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation and Association of American Physicians.

Personal life His first marriage was to Lola Steinbaum in 1968.