John Schousboe MD PhD is a health services researcher and clinician. He is the Past President of the International Society for Clinical Densitometry and he pioneered the use of bone densitometers to assess vertebral fracture and abdominal aortic calcification (AAC). He has more than 240 publications with over 11,000 citations (Scopus) and has published extensively on the methodology for scoring AAC and fracture as well as clinical risks associated with these conditions in leading journals such as the New England Journal of Medicine, Annals of Internal Medicine, Journal of the American Medical Association etc. He also has extensive experience conducting studies and analysing data in the areas of fracture prevention cost effectiveness, fracture epidemiology, vertebral fracture assessment, and compliance with medications to treat osteoporosis. He is a co-investigator at the Minneapolis site of the Osteoporotic Fractures in Men (MrOS) studies, and is site PI for the NIH funded “Calculator for Length of use of Bisphosphonates (CLUB)” project. He has been involved in leading and/or writing position statements as well as professional and clinical guidelines that are published in leading journals e.g. American College of Rheumatology: Task Force on treatment of rheumatoid arthritis 2008-2015; International Society for Clinical Densitometry (ISCD): Task Force on Vertebral Fracture Assessment 2004-2005, 2007-2008, and 2012-2013