Professor Edwards is a Consultant Rheumatologist and Co-Director of the NIHR Southampton Clinical Research Facility within the University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust. As a Director of the NIHR Southampton Clinical Research Facility he is engaged with the running of a translational research facility focussed on delivering early phase and ATIMP studies. Professor Edwards is Clinical Director of the Southampton Musculoskeletal Research Unit, a recognised EULAR centre of excellence and the past Chair of the EULAR Education Committee. He is the current EULAR treasurer.