Kopec, Jacek
MD, PhD
Appointments
Professor, School of Population and Public Health
University of British Columbia
Dr. Jacek Kopec is a professor in the School of Population and Public Health, UBC. He is also a Senior Scientist at the Arthritis Research Centre of Canada and is affiliated with the UBC Department of Medicine, the Centre for Hip Health and Mobility, the Institute for Work and Health in Toronto, and the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project in the USA.
Dr. Kopec earned his MD degree from the Pomeranian Medical University in Poland and his PhD from the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McGill University. His scholastic achievements have been recognized with the National Health Research Scholar Award from Health Canada and the Senior Scholar Award from the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research.
Dr. Kopec’s research interests include musculoskeletal epidemiology, quality of life measurement, and population health. He is an international authority on disability and quality of life assessments, and his survey on disability levels among back pain sufferers is used by researchers worldwide. Dr. Kopec has taught courses in epidemiology, measurement methods and survey design, and has supervised or co-supervised 30 graduate students.