Paige Fitzsimmons, MA

Paige is an Associate Fellow of the GE2P2 Global Foundation.  Based in London, she acts as Associate Director of the Foundation’s Center for Informed Consent Integrity, editor of Informed Consent: A Monthly Review and Programs Manager for GE2P2, supporting the Foundation’s full portfolio of Centers and programs. Paige was also appointed to the first cohort of the Bioethics in Biopharma Fellows Program launched by the Foundation in 2019.

Paige completed a Master of Arts in Bioethics & Society at King’s College London in 2017, and earned a Bachelor of Science in Biology from the University of British Columbia. Earlier, she worked as an Aquatic Science Technician in the Molecular Genetics Laboratory of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada. 

During her MA program, she worked as a graduate research assistant looking at pharmaceutical cost effectiveness regulation across the UK, the EU and the US. For her MA thesis, she researched the moral implications of the adoption of Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing by the National Health Service in the UK and the effects felt by expectant mothers.

Paige is currently co-leading an initiative to analyze and strengthen informed consent in genomic medical/gene therapy across clinical trials, compassionate use, and clinical practice.