Assoc Prof Dale Edgar’s experience stems from his work as a senior physiotherapist and translational researcher for over 30 years. For >25 years he has been devoted to the specialization in provision and improvement of burn survivor and acute trauma rehabilitation in a number of Australian burns and plastic surgery (trauma) units. CI Edgar’s deep engagement with consumers began in 1996, working clinically with patients with burn injury. As a physiotherapist, it is not uncommon to spend 3 – 4 hours each day with patients providing acute care and rehab. Understanding the gaps in post-burn monitoring, he developed a patient-centric battery of outcome measures as a clinical and research platform to improve post-burn consumer long term quality of life during his PhD. CI Edgar’s involvement with burn patients and consumers expanded greatly as the President of the Australian and New Zealand Burn Association (ANZBA: 2006-2009).In recognition of his leadership, research and contributions to burn rehabilitation across the globe, he was awarded the Andre Zagame Rehabilitation Specialist Prize by the ISBI in 2012 and again in 2018. His passion moving forward is to revolutionize the rehabilitation treatment of patients with injury and burn trauma, to be responsive to accurate and systematic measurement of severity and outcomes.