About Us

The Patient Project – Their stories, our expertise, your success

Together we are a strong partnership focused on patient-led medicine development, connecting their reality with your aspirations
Our network of individuals is drawn from professional societies, patient advocacy groups, academic and clinical experts. It’s a network, based on 6 decades of partnership across the industry, that can amplify your objectives and goals.
Sense-making for patients is what we have spent our careers doing. By truly understanding their journey – every moment, emotion and interaction – we can help you to bridge those gaps with speed, insight and efficiency.

Who We Are

Sian Feller

sianfeller@thepatientproject.com

A proven leader with a 30-year career in global life sciences. In particular, an ability to bring together the worlds of pharmaceutical research and development, healthcare professionals, business units and patient organisations so that each inform and support the other.

Michelle Warner

mwarner@thepatientproject.com

Pharmaceutical business leader at global and national levels. Passionate about the potential of people to push the boundaries of what is possible, in pursuit of ambitious patient outcomes; from co-created strategy development through to implementation.

Why us

We connect patient realities with your aspirations to achieve shared goals. We do so through:

Our adaptive engagement approach. We effectively manage the intricacies of people, processes and governance.

Our networks with professional societies, patient advocacy groups and academic / clinical / industry specialists. We partner on shared goals.

Our expertise, built across all stages of medicines development and multiple disease areas. We have a track record of delivering to the highest standards.

Together we are a strong partnership focused on patient-led medicine development, connecting patient realities with your aspirations.
Our network of individuals is drawn from professional societies, patient advocacy groups, academic and clinical experts. It’s a network, based on 6 decades of partnership across the industry, that can amplify your objectives and goals.
Sense-making for patients is what we have spent our careers doing. By truly understanding patients and caregivers – every moment, emotion and interaction – we can help you to bridge those gaps with speed, insight and efficiency.

What others say about us

When I became a health-tech founder, I assumed most people in the space were driven by a desire to genuinely improve patients’ lives.

It’s been… eye-opening to realise that isn’t the norm. Truly patient-centred people are rarer than you’d think.

That’s why meeting Michelle and Sian was such a turning point. After decades in life sciences, they founded The Patient Project to advocate for patients inside the pharmaceutical R&D process - ensuring interventions are built with real patient needs at the centre, not bolted on afterwards.

They’ve since become an invaluable partner to us at Human Health. As we scale Human Evidence, our platform for research partnerships, they’ve helped us convene the right KOLs - people with the right intentions - to shape how this product comes to life responsibly. The healthcare system desperately needs technology to evolve - but tech can only do that well when medical and patient-advocacy experts actively partner with us. Otherwise, we end up digitising a broken system, not redesigning it. We need organisations like The Patient Project who bridge that gap with integrity and clarity.

"What? The UK Clinical Study Registry (ISRCTN) didn't have a communication strategy?

We had only 7 LinkedIn followers. Who you gonna call? - The Patient Project. Sian and Michelle listened carefully to understand our business and connected this to users of the registry and patients. The result - an ISRCTN Communication strategy readily endorsed by the board. So often strategies are produced with great slides and visuals but they fail because they are not implemented effectively.

Not only did The Patient Project develop the strategy, they made sure it was implemented. We now have over 700 LinkedIn followers and are embarking on phase 2 of the strategy. Sian and Michelle bring bags of experience and know how; they are fantastic team players and are great to work with. I would not hesitate in recommending The Patient Project for your communications and patient engagement.

I had the pleasure of collaborating with Michelle and Sian at The Patient Project on our patient advisory boards recently.

They were the ultimate example of professionalism, keeping our team on task, providing insight and expertise to help us create an exceptional event. Their intuitive skills of presenting materials with grace and empathy to our focus group, and their natural ability to adjust and adapt to our needs, made it a rewarding and inspiring experience.

I highly recommend and endorse them to anyone else considering a patient advocacy project.

What others say about us

Tonya Winders

“Michelle and Sian are two of the most skilled advocacy professionals I have ever worked alongside. They take the time to truly listen, understand and identify mutually beneficial goals to advance. I am excited to support their new venture and partner in respiratory and immunology”!

Professor Ashley Woodcock

Professor of Respiratory Medicine and Consultant Physician

“Michelle and Sian are both lovely, empathetic people, qualities that will make the Patient Project a much-needed success. Their black books contain every respiratory expert in the world, all of whom would respond to them when contacted”

Dr Shahid Siddiqui

Global Medical Affairs Lead, GSK

“I deeply admire Sian and Michelle for their passion and strategic drive in building strong partnerships and focusing on patient outcomes. Throughout their respective careers they have enjoyed meaningful engagement with industry partners and academic and patient leaders. Their exceptional relationships with academic societies and leading medical, scientific and patient experts goes well beyond all expectations.”

Katherine Kibble

Senior Vice President, Medical Communications

“I’ve been lucky enough to collaborate with both Michelle and Sian for several years on a variety of initiatives and can honestly say they are true experts in their field. Combining many years of experience with a professional and thorough approach they provide strong ideas and expert guidance. Above all else they are fun to work with! I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend their services”.