Dr Fiona Pearce is an NIHR Advanced Fellow, and Clinical Associate Professor in Rheumatology Epidemiology at the University of Nottingham. She is an honorary consultant Rheumatologist at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust. She leads the RECORDER collaboration with the Rare Disease Team at the National Disease Registration Service in NHS England, and co-leads the Health Data Research UK (HDR UK) Midlands region. Dr Pearce’s research interests are centred around epidemiology and health services research in rare autoimmune rheumatic diseases, such as vasculitis. She is interested in developing ways to conduct research in rare diseases using whole population approaches.