Paul Roberts Cannon (25 August 1892 – 7 September 1986) was an American physician and medical professor.
[1] His training was interrupted by World War I, during which he spent two years as a lieutenant with the US Army Sanitary Corps.
[3] His research centered on the effects of nutritional status on immune response, and had significant practical use in combating famine and its associated diseases in developing countries.
[1] He utilized rats (rather than the previously more favored rabbits) for his nutritional studies, due to their omnivorous diet and closer immunological similarity to humans.
[2] Cannon worked with the Journal of Immunology from 1936 to 1954, either as an associate editor or as part of the editorial board.