Dr Philippa Wells is a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Twin Research & Genetic Epidemiology. Her current research focuses on understanding the link between the commensal microbiota and rheumatoid arthritis - pathogenesis and patients' treatment response. She has a background in Medical Science and Bioinformatics. She has expertise in the statistical analysis 'omics data, particularly of microbiome, genomic and phenotypic data.