Meet our team

Principal Investigators

Professor Andy Clark

Professor of Inflammation Biology
Research interest: Mechanisms in resolving inflammation.

Dr Paola de Pablo

Senior Lecturer in Rheumatology
Research interests: Early diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) using imaging technologies.

Dr Marie Falahee

Lecturer in Behavioural Rheumatology
Research interests: Understanding the perspectives of individuals with, or at risk of musculoskeletal disorders.

Professor Andrew Filer

Professor of Translational Rheumatology
Research interests: Developing novel biomarkers and therapies for inflammatory arthritis through the study of synovial tissue.

Professor Benjamin Fisher

Professor in Rheumatology
Research interests: Sjögren’s syndrome – new treatments and risk factors.

Dr Rowan Hardy

Associate Professor in Steroid Metabolism and Signalling
Research interests: Steroid metabolism and in vivo models of chronic inflammation.

Professor Helen McGettrick

Professor of Inflammation and Vascular Biology
Research interests: Understanding the movement of immune cells across blood vessels, bone formation and repair.

Dr Amy Naylor

Associate Professor
Research interests: Bone turnover and remodelling.

Professor Karim Raza

Professor of Clinical Rheumatology
Research interests: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) – early treatment & predictive testing 

Dr John Reynolds

Clinical Senior Lecturer in Rheumatology
Research interests: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and common features across inflammatory diseases

Dr Ilfita Sahbudin

Associate Clinical Professor in Rheumatology
Research interests: Developing AI-powered imaging tools in inflammatory arthritis, and rheumatoid arthritis and pre-RA - early diagnosis and treatment.

Professor Dagmar Scheel-Toellner

Professor of Inflammation Research
Research interests: Disease mechanisms in chronic inflammation

Honorary Staff

Professor Simon Bowman

Honorary Professor of Rheumatology
Research interests: Developing clinical tools to support clinical trials for Sjögren's syndrome.

Professor Christopher Buckley

Honorary Kennedy Professor of Rheumatology
Research interests: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and fibroblasts.

Professor Caroline Gordon

Honorary Consultant Rheumatologist
Research interests: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), including clinical trials.

Dr Stephen Young

Reader in Experimental Rheumatology
Research interests: Molecular & cellular processes in inflammatory diseases.