Hannah Simonds

Hannah Simonds is Director of Patient Recruitment and Engagement at Fortrea, having joined the organization in June 2020. She brings more than 15 years of industry experience spanning commercial pharmaceutical marketing, patient support programs, clinical trial advertising, and the development of creative recruitment and retention solutions.

Throughout her career, Hannah has worked across Phase I–IV clinical trials in a broad range of therapeutic areas, including rare disease, paediatrics, oncology, neurology, immunology, and ophthalmology. Her work is driven by a strong commitment to improving equitable patient access to clinical research, using real‑world and real‑time data to enable smarter, faster, and more effective recruitment strategies.

Hannah is passionate about working with patients as true partners in research. She advocates for embedding patient insight directly into study designs, ensuring recruitment and retention approaches better reflect patients’ needs, expectations, and lived experiences. In her role at Fortrea, she is responsible for integrating patient insights into patient‑centric recruitment and retention strategies, including patient advocacy partnerships, site recruitment tools, targeted recruitment campaigns, and comprehensive patient education and support materials.