Peter Croft studied social anthropology, qualified and worked as a general practitioner, and trained as an epidemiologist. His research interests concern the causes, course and treatment of common syndromes of musculoskeletal pain as they occur in the community and in primary care. He directs the Arthritis Research Campaign's National Primary Care Centre, a multidisciplinary group of clinicians and researchers located at Keele University in the UK. He is an associate editor of the journal Pain. The Centre at Keele directed by Peter Croft was awarded a Queen's Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education in 2009.

Dr Fiona Blyth is a medical epidemiologist and public health physician. She is Head of Pain Epidemiology at the University of Sydney Pain Management Research Institute, Royal North Shore Hospital and at the Centre for Education and Research on Ageing, Concord Hospital, both in Sydney, Australia. She has been involved with large-scale population studies on the size and impact of chronic pain in the community. She has academic appointments at the University of Sydney and the University of Aberdeen (Scotland), where she was the inaugural James C Petrie Fellow in 2006.

Danielle van der Windt's research activities focus on the epidemiology of pain in the community, and the diagnosis, prognosis and management of musculoskeletal disorders and other common symptoms in primary care. She has been involved in the design and conduct of several prospective cohort studies investigating the influence of physical, occupational and psychosocial factors on the prognosis of shoulder pain, neck pain, upper extremity disorders, hip or knee problems. She has a strong interest in research methodology, and is involved in research exploring methods to design and validate prediction models. Other interests concern the methodology of systematic reviews of diagnostic, prognostic and intervention research. She provides methodological support to health care professionals and researchers to undertake research on common musculoskeletal pain conditions, and has been involved in the development of clinical guidelines in this field.

Fiona Blyth, Head of Pain Epidemiology Unit, University of Sydney Pain Management Research Institute at Royal North Shore Hospital, School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Australia
Helen Boardman, Lecturer in Pharmacy Practice, Division of Social Research in Medicines and Health, School of Pharmacy, University of Nottingham, UK
Adriana Paula Botello, Research Fellow, Aberdeen Pain Research Collaboration (Health Services Unit), University of Aberdeen, UK
Frances Boyle, Director of Patricia Richie Centre for Cancer Care and Research, Mater Hospital, North Sydney, University of Sydney, Australia
Julie Bruce, Senior Research Fellow, Aberdeen Pain Research Collaboration (Epidemiology Group), University of Aberdeen, UK Dag Brusgaard, Professor in Social Medicine, Department of Health and Society, University of Oslo, Norway
Rachelle Buchbinder, Director of Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Cabrini Hospital; Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
Peter Croft, Professor of Primary Care Epidemiology, Arthritis Research UK Primary Care Centre, Keele University, UK
Clermont E. Dionne, Director of Population Health Research Unit (URESP), Research Centre of the Laval University Affiliated Hospital, Québec City, Canada
Michael Doherty, Professor of Rheumatology, University of Nottingham, UK
Kate Dunn, Senior Lecturer in Epidemiology, Wellcome Trust Research Career Development Fellow, Arthritis Research UK Primary Care Centre, Keele University, UK
Gene Feder, Professor of Primary Health Care, University of Bristol, UK
Harry Hemingway, Professor of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, UK
Camilla Ihlebæk, Professor of Public Health, Research Group for Nature, Health and Quality of Life, University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway; Unit for Stress, Health and Rehabilitation, Uni Health, Bergen, Norway
Anthony K.P. Jones, Professor of Neuro-Rheumatology, Human Pain Researh Group, Clinical Sciences Building, Hope Hospital, Salford, UK
Gareth T. Jones, Senior Lecturer in Epidemiology, Aberdeen Pain Research Collaboration (Epidemiology Group), University of Aberdeen, UK Yusman Kamaleri, Research Scientist, SINTEF Technology and Society, Department of Global Health and Welfare, Oslo, Norway
Gary J. Macfarlane, Professor of Epidemiology, Aberdeen Pain Research Collaboration (Epidemiology Group), University of Aberdeen, UK Alex MacGregor, Professor of Genetic Epidemiology, Consultant Rheumatologist, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
Chris J. Main, Professor of Clinical Psychology (Pain Management), Arthritis Research UK Primary Care Centre, Keele University, UK John McBeth, Reader in Epidemiology, Arthritis Research UK Primary Care Centre, Keele University, UK
Bård Natvig, Senior Research Fellow, Department of Health and Society, University of Oslo, Norway; National Resource Centre for Rehabilitation in Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway
H. Susan J. Picavet, Senior Public Health Researcher, Centre for Prevention and Health Services Research, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
Heiner Raspe, Professor of Social Medicine, Director of Institute of Social Medicine, University of Lübeck, Germany
Blair H. Smith, Professor of Primary Care Medicine, Aberdeen Pain Research Collaboration (Centre for Academic Primary Care), University of Aberdeen, UK
Elaine Thomas, Reader in Biostatistics, Arthritis Research UK Primary Care Centre, Keele University, UK
Nicola Torrance, Research Fellow, Aberdeen Pain Research Collaboration (Centre for Academic Primary Care), University of Aberdeen, UK
Danielle van der Windt, Professor of Primary Care Epidemiology, Arthritis Research UK Primary Care Centre, Keele University, UK
Gwenllian Wynne-Jones, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Fellow, Arthritis Research UK Primary Care Centre, Keele University, UK
M. Justin S. Zaman, Clinical Lecturer in Cardiology, Division of Medicine, University College London, UK
Andrea Power, Clinical Scientist, Human Pain Research Group, Clinical Sciences Building, Hope Hospital, Salford, UK
Weiya Zhang, Associate Professor in Musculoskeletal Epidemiology, Academic Rheumatology, University of Nottingham, UK