Paul Wicks, Ph.D

Paul Wicks, Ph.D., is an independent consultant who helps life sciences companies generate evidence, revenue, and awareness. Prior to consulting, for 13 years, he led innovation at PatientsLikeMe, an online community for over 750,000 people living with medical conditions. Paul has over 180 peer-reviewed publications including multiple decentralized trials, patient-reported outcomes, applications of medical AI, and a dose-response curve for friendship. He sits on the editorial boards of the BMJ, BMC Medicine, JMIR, Digital Biomarkers, and The Patient. His Ph.D. at the Institute of Psychiatry (King’s College London) explored cognition and neuroimaging in ALS, with a postdoc in psychological consequences of Parkinson’s disease.