Paul Quinn

Paul is a Law Professor at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB – Free University of Brussels). He is an expert in legal and ethical issues related to the use of health data. His expertise includes data protection, privacy issues, AI, and the secondary use of health data. He also completed his PhD on issues related to stigmatization and discrimination.

At the VUB, he founded the Health and Ageing Law Lab (HALL). He coordinates research on such issues through a range of international and national consortia. He has successfully secured participation in numerous research projects as an expert on legal and ethical issues related to privacy and data protection.

Paul is also a member of the University’s Ethics Board for Research in the Social Sciences and the University Hospital Medical Ethics Commission. Before entering academia, Paul worked in the legal industry in the UK. He trained as a Barrister (Bar of England and Wales) and is a member of Gray’s Inn.

He holds degrees in European and International Law (LLM, Institute of European Studies, Brussels), Law (MA, University of Sheffield), and Biochemistry (University of Sheffield). Paul is an Irish citizen and has lived in Ireland, the UK, and Belgium.