Jordi Alonso, MD, PhD, is Director of the Program of Epidemiology and Public Health (IMIM-Mar Hospital Medical Research Institute) and professor of Public Health at the Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, where he directs the Master in Public Health. His research focuses on the measurement of perceived health and its application to evaluate the need for and the effectiveness of mental health services. He is the European coordinator of the project WHO World Mental Health (WMH) Surveys . Dr. Alonso is a leading member of the international initiative to extend the US Patient-Reported Outcomes Health information Systems (PROMIS), . Dr. Alonso is also member of the scientific committee of BiblioPRO: an on-line repository for Patient Reported Outcomes in Spanish . He has published over 500 scientific publications and he has directed 20 doctoral theses and has received the award to Professional Excellence by the Council of Medicine Colleges of Catalonia (2005). Dr. Alonso co-chaired the 2014 Annual Conference of ISOQOL.