Sam Hider

Biography

Professor Hider came to Keele in 2007 as an NIHR Walport Clinical Lecturer in Rheumatology. Following her undergraduate medical training in Nottingham (1996) she undertook clinical postgraduate training in Manchester with an MSc Clinical Rheumatology (awarded with distinction, 2003) and a Ph.D. (2007) examining clinical and genetic predictors of response to methotrexate in rheumatoid arthritis. She was appointed as a consultant rheumatologist and clinical lecturer in 2009 (promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2012, Reader in 2017 and Professor in 2021) as is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians.

Research and scholarship

My research focuses on the optimal diagnosis and management of common inflammatory rheumatological conditions especially rheumatoid arthritis (RA), polymyalgia rheumatica and gout. I am interested in the long-term impacts of chronic inflammatory conditions, especially the overlap between physical and mental health and management of multimorbidity.

I am passionate about engaging others with clinical research. I enjoy supervising postgraduate students and have supervised 3 PhDs to completion (plus two ongoing) and 4 MPhil projects to completion and was Director of Postgraduate Research for the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences from 2019-2021. I am co-lead for the ASPIRE (formerly INSPIRE) medical research programme (established with support from North Staffordshire Medical Institute, Academy of Medical Sciences & Wellcome Trust) which aims to engage medical undergraduates with research.

Teaching

Professor Hider regularly teaches medical students in clinics, seminars and special study modules. She is also lectures on the Rheumatology Nursing MSc and ASPIRE course. She is an educational supervisor for Rheumatology Academic Foundation trainees and a personal development tutor for undergraduates.

Clinically she works 2 days a week at the Haywood Hospital, Midlands Partnership Trust undertaking general rheumatology, early arthritis and rheumatoid arthritis new and follow up clinics. She is also trained in musculoskeletal ultrasound and leads the rheumatology ultrasound service.

Further information

• Currently serves on the Royal College of Physicians Research and Academic Medicine Committee
• British Society for Rheumatology Heberden Committee (2016-2019)
• British Society for Rheumatology Peer Review (2015-2017)