Arnold Naimark is currently Professor of Medicine and Physiology at the University of Manitoba, the Director of the Centre for the Advancement of Medicine and the founding Chair of the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation. He had a distinguished career as a Professor of Medicine at the University of Manitoba before becoming Dean of the Faculty of Medicine from 1971 to 1981, after which he served as the University’s President and Vice- Chancellor from 1981 to 1996. Dr. Naimark has served and continues to serve on many committees, boards and advisory bodies in such positions as Chair, International Review Panel for the Medical Research Council of Canada; member of the Board of Trustees, Lewis Perinbaum Award for International Development; member of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce; and President, Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada. He has received several honourary degrees and awards, including the Order of Canada (1991).