Paul Wicks is the Director of R&D at PatientsLikeMe. Originally from the UK, he is a research neuropsychologist specialising in the emotional and cognitive effects neurological conditions can have; particularly ALS/MND and Parkinson’s disease. In the past he has also been webmaster at another site for people affected by ALS/MND, called BUILD UK. He specialises in patient-reported outcomes, health-related quality of life, genotype-phenotype relationships, predictive modeling, and web technology.