Dr. Jacek Kopec is Professor, School of Population and Public Health, UBC, and a research scientist at the Arthritis Research Centre of Canada. Dr. Kopec was recognized as a National Health Research Scholar and Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research, Senior Scholar. Dr. Kopec’s major research area is the epidemiology of musculoskeletal diseases, especially osteoarthritis and chronic pain. He is also an international authority on health outcomes research and quality of life (QoL) measurement; an interactive QoL instrument called CAT-5D-QOL was recently developed by his team. Dr. Kopec has led international teams in health outcomes, osteoarthritis, and health modeling research.