Dr. Jackie Whittaker is an Associate Professor in the Department of Physical Therapy at the University of British Columbia and a Research Scientist at Arthritis Research Canada in Vancouver, Canada. She holds a Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Scholar Award. As a recognized clinical specialist in musculoskeletal rehabilitation and clinical epidemiologist, her research takes a lifespan approach to preventing painful musculoskeletal conditions, with a particular emphasis on knee injuries and post-traumatic osteoarthritis. This includes reducing the burden of sport-related knee injuries through injury prevention, improving our understanding of the long-term consequences of knee injuries, and developing and evaluating practice support tools (e.g., the Acute Knee Injury Practice Support Tool) and exercise-based interventions to promote knee health (e.g., Stop OsteoARthritis – SOAR). Central to her research is understanding how gendered environments disadvantage women and gender-diverse persons and contribute to them experiencing a disproportionate burden of poor musculoskeletal health across the lifespan, and an integrated knowledge translation approach involving patients, health professionals, coaches, and other stakeholders throughout the research-to-practice continuum. Jackie co-leads an international consensus for preventing osteoarthritis after traumatic knee injury called OPTIKNEE. Her research is guided by 21 years of clinical practice.