Dr Paul Durham completed a BS degree in 1984 majoring in Biology and MS Philosophy, his in Plant Biochemistry in 1989, and his PhD in Anatomy and Cell Biology in 1994. He is currently the Professor in Cell Biology and the Director, Centre for Biomedical and Life Sciences Missouri State University.

He has been a reviewer for the NIF Grant Study Section several times since 2008,was the invited chair of a Shanghai International Conference on Traditional Chinese Medicine and Natural Medicine in Hangzhou China 2010,and chair of Fresh Insights into the Pathophysiology of Primary and Secondary Headache Disorders at the 14th Congress of International Headache society 2009, and co-chair of a teaching course of the same name at that meeting. He has been an invited speaker in many locations both internationally and across the United States. He is presently a reviewer for the peer reviewed magazines Cephalalgia, Complimentary and Alternative Medicine Special Interest Section of the American Headache Society, Neuroscience, the Journal of Pain, and many other equally prestigious publications.

Paul's research interests centre around the cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in mediating neuron-glia interactions in the trigeminal ganglion and the spinal trigeminal nucleus during central and peripheral sensitization. He is currently studying the regulation of CGRP as part of his focus on understanding the way that antimigraine drugs and inflammatory stimuli regulate CGRP release and activation from neuronal and glial cells. He is also studying plant compounds which may be used to block nerve activation , and may be used in the treatment of diseases involving the trigeminal nerve.

Paul has published many peer reviewed articles and one book chapter in the book to be publishes in 2013, edited by Renee se Leeuw entitled Orofacial Pain, Guidelines for Asssessment, Diagnosis, and Management 5th Edition.