Pauline Paterson is an associate professor in the Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), UK. She is the Co-Programme Director of the MSc in Climate Change and Planetary Health and the Trust in Climate Science Lead at the Confidence Project, LSHTM.

Paterson has been researching issues of public confidence in immunisations since 2010, and has led multiple international research studies exploring public perceptions, trust and decision-making around vaccines. She is the Public and Community Involvement Co-ordinator for the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Protection Research Unit in Vaccines and Immunisation in partnership with UK Health Security Agency.