Paige Lacy received her PhD from Wellington School of Medicine, University of Otago in 1992. She worked as a postdoctoral fellow at University College London, UK (1992-1994), followed by a return to New Zealand to work at the Malaghan Institute of Medical Research in Wellington, New Zealand (1994-1997), and completing postdoctoral training at the University of Alberta (1997-2000). In 2000, she was promoted to Assistant Professor, and became Full Professor in 2013. She has received continuous Tri-Council funding from Canadian sources since her appointment and has been inducted into the Collegium Internationale Allergologicum (2017). She was a recipient of a Michelle Harkness Mentorship Award from AllerGen NCE in 2019, a national award recognizing her contributions to mentoring junior scientists in the field of allergy, asthma, and clinical immunology. Her research topics mainly include: allergy, asthma, lung diseases, eosinophils, neutrophils, airway epithelial cells, and environmental exposure to wildfire pollution.