Dr. Paul Nankivell received his Ph.D. from the University of Warwick in 2013 and completed his Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (FRCS ORL-HNS) in 2014. He began his career in Otolaryngology in the West Midlands, followed by an NIHR academic clinical lectureship. In 2017, he undertook an advanced head and neck fellowship in Melbourne. Dr. Nankivell is a Consultant ENT and head and neck surgeon at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham. He is also a member of the NCRI Head and Neck Clinical Studies Group and the NCRI Head and Neck Surgery and localized therapies sub-group. His research interests include oral and laryngeal premalignancy, head and neck cancer iomarkers, and HPV-positive oropharyngeal cancer.