Dr. Anthony Woolf is a rheumatology professor at the Institute of Health Care Research, Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry at the Universities of Exeter and Plymouth. He serves on the executive committee of the Global Alliance for Musculoskeletal Health and is part of the Global Alliance for Patient Access' board. He is a member of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Evidence Based Healthcare in Musculoskeletal Disorders, Lund University Hospital. He qualified from the London Hospital Medical College and trained at Hammersmith Hospital, Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, and Bristol Royal Infirmary.