Javier Jerez-Roig is a Professor (Serra Hunter fellow) and Head of the Research Group Methodology, Methods, Models and Outcomes of Health and Social Sciences (M3O) at the University of Vic - Central University of Catalonia (UVic-UCC). He is head of the research line on Health Care at the "Institut de Recerca i Innovació en Ciències de la Vida i la Salut a la Catalunya Central" (IRIS-CC) and a research advisor of the Catalan Board of Physiotherapists. He is also a visiting Professor at the Lithuanian Sports University and Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (Brazil).