The Centre for Hip Health and the Musculoskeletal Research is the first centre in the world to organize researchers and clinicians including surgeons and other health care professionals such as physiotherapists, together to focus on the issue of hip joint health - a health care crisis in waiting. The Centre’s goals are to decrease the prevalence of hip fractures in Canada by 10% saving the health care system $100 million annually, to detect osteoarthritis earlier, and to double the capacity for hip and knee surgery through more efficient procedures that will decrease waiting times. Research is being conducted with participants of all ages and examines bone and joint health from a number of angles.