Sonya Abraham MBBS, FRCP, PhD, FHEA

Dr Sonya Abraham is a consultant research physician in rheumatology and general internal medicine and early phase clinical studies at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. She undertook her undergraduate training at Guy's and St Thomas' Medical School, London, and postgraduate training in Oxford, Cambridge, and London. She undertook her PhD at the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology.

Dr. Abraham's clinical and educational research interests include the development of biomarkers in immune-mediated inflammatory disease, understanding the effects of steroids on intracellular pro-inflammatory signaling pathways, imaging in inflammatory arthritis (rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, and psoriatic arthritis) and understanding the impact of inflammatory disease on the patient and their family. She currently holds several research grants related to these areas. Dr Abraham is currently president of the Rheumatology and Rehabilitation section of the Royal Society of Medicine, chair of the British Psoriatic Arthritis Consortium, and northwest London LCRN musculoskeletal and division 5 lead. She is an Arthritis Research UK medical student mentor.

In addition to speaking at a range of international conferences, she has a wealth of experience in and a strong commitment to teaching, regularly lecturing medical students, GPs, and nurses on a range of topics related to clinical rheumatology and immunology. Dr Abraham has also authored and co-authored numerous clinical papers, as well as several book chapters and abstracts on inflammation and rheumatology-related topics.