Our staff

Professor Andy Clark
Professor of Inflammation Biology
a.r.clark@bham.ac.uk

Research interest: Mechanisms in resolving inflammation

Professor Adam Croft
Professor of Translational Rheumatology
a.p.croft@bham.ac.uk

Research interest: Development of novel immunotherapies for patients with autoimmune rheumatic and chronic inflammatory diseases

Dr Paola de Pablo
Senior Lecturer in Rheumatology
p.depablo@bham.ac.uk

Research interests: Early diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) using imaging technologies

Dr Marie Falahee
Lecturer in Behavioural Rheumatology
m.falahee@bham.ac.uk

Research interests: Understanding the perspectives of individuals with, or at risk of musculoskeletal disorders

Professor Andrew Filer
Professor of Translational Rheumatology
a.filer@bham.ac.uk

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

Professor Benjamin Fisher
Professor in Rheumatology
b.fisher@bham.ac.uk

Research interests: Sjögren’s syndrome – new treatments and risk factors

Dr Rowan Hardy
Verus Arthritis Career Development Fellow
r.hardy@bham.ac.uk

Research interests: Steroid metabolism and in vivo models of chronic inflammation

Dr Helen McGettrick
Associate Professor in Inflammation and Vascular Biology
h.m.mcgettrick@bham.ac.uk

Research interests: Understanding the movement of immune cells across blood vessels, bone formation and repair

Dr Amy Naylor
Senior Research Fellow
a.naylor@bham.ac.uk

Research interests: Bone turnover and remodelling

Professor Karim Raza
Professor of Rheumatology (supported by Versus Arthritis)
k.raza@bham.ac.uk

Research interests: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) – early treatment & predictive testing 

Dr John Reynolds
Clinical Senior Lecturer in Rheumatology
j.a.reynolds.1@bham.ac.uk

Research interests: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and common features across inflammatory diseases

Dr Ilfita Sahbudin
Associate Clinical Professor in Rheumatology
i.sahbudin@bham.ac.uk

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
d.scheel@bham.ac.uk

Research interests: Disease mechanisms in chronic inflammation

Professor Simon Bowman

Honorary Professor of Rheumatology
s.j.bowman@bham.ac.uk

Research interests: Developing clinical tools to support clinical trials for Sjögren's syndrome

 

Professor Christopher Buckley
Honorary Kennedy Professor of Rheumatology
c.d.buckley@bham.ac.uk

Research interests: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and fibroblasts

Professor Caroline Gordon
Honorary Consultant Rheumatologist
p.c.gordon@bham.ac.uk

Research interests: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), including clinical trials

Dr Stephen Young
Reader in Experimental Rheumatology
s.p.young@bham.ac.uk

Research interests: Molecular & cellular processes in inflammatory diseases