Dr Zoe Rutter-Locher studied medicine at University College London and is a Rheumatology Registrar in the South London Deanery. Prior to commencing her registrar training she completed the NIHR Academic Foundation and Academic Clinical fellowship programmes. She is now an NIHR funded Clinical Research Fellow supervised by Professor Bruce Kirkham, Professor Leonie Taams and Dr Kirsty Bannister. Her project aims to investigate pain mechanisms in inflammatory arthritis.