Professor Edwards is a Consultant Rheumatologist and Co-Director of the NIHR Southampton Clinical Research Facility within the University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust. Professor Edwards is Clinical Director of the Southampton Musculoskeletal Research Unit, a recognised EULAR centre of excellence and is a past Chair of the EULAR Education Committee. He has served on the EULAR Council and is Co-convenor of the EULAR Recommendations for the management of rheumatoid arthritis. He is the current EULAR treasurer.