Olaf Bjarne Paulson (born 22 July 1940 in Copenhagen, Denmark) is a Danish neuroscientist.
Holding an MD (1966) and DMSc (1970) at Copenhagen University, he worked in collaboration with Niels A. Lassen[citation needed].
In the 1990s the research moved into positron emission tomography (PET) and magnetic resonance (MR).
Former Chairman at the Neurology Department at Rigshospitalet (1979-94), he was establisher and leader of the Neurobiology Research Unit in 1995.
[citation needed] He is leading the Magnetic Resonance center at Hvidovre Hospital, Copenhagen[1] and the chairman of the Danish Neurological Society.