Trevor Birmingham is a Professor and Canada Research Chair in Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Western University. A physiotherapist, Dr. Birmingham leads an internationally recognized research program that combines clinical and laboratory-based outcome measures to improve our understanding of musculoskeletal conditions and their interventions. The research program includes practice-changing clinical trials in knee osteoarthritis. A strong believer in the benefit of co-leadership, and the importance of collaborative, equitable and transdisciplinary health sciences research, he co-founded the Canadian Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation Research Network, Western University’s Bone and Joint Institute, and the Collaborative Training Specialization in Musculoskeletal Health Research.