Professor Andrew Filer

Professor Andrew Filer is the Director of the NIHR Birmingham Biomedical Research Centre, taking over from Professor Paul Moss in October 2025.

Andrew is a Professor in Translational and Experimental Rheumatology at the University of Birmingham. He is a passionate advocate for translational medicine, integrating patient cohorts and samples with high quality basic science. He brings skills in musculoskeletal ultrasound and the novel Ultrasound guided synovial biopsy technique to bear upon the Birmingham BEACON early arthritis research cohort and interventional clinical trials in arthritis.