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  • Dr Jose Bauermeister University of Michigan, United States of America
  • Dr Till Bärnighausen Harvard School of Public Health, United States of America
  • Dr Mark R Cullen Stanford University School of Medicine, USA
  • David J Hunter Durham University, UK
  • Omar Khan University of Vermont, USA
  • Carl A Latkin Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, USA
  • Lea Maes Ghent University, Belgium
  • Silvia Martins Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA
  • Fiona Matthews MRC Biostatistics Unit, UK
  • Victor Minichiello University of New England, Australia
  • Martin O'Flaherty University of Liverpool, UK
  • Dr Angela Pesatori University of Milan, Italy
  • Giovanni Rezza Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Italy
  • Dr Babar Tasneem Shaikh Health Services Academy, Pakistan

Deputy Section Editor

  • Seyed Moghadas York University, Canada

Associate Editors

  • Sawsan Abdulrahim American University of Beirut, Lebanon
  • Fekadu Abebe University of Oslo, Norway
  • Ibrahim Abubakar University of East Anglia, UK
  • Jean Adams Newcastle University, UK
  • Barbara Ainsworth Arizona State University, USA
  • Ademola Ajuwon University of Ibadan, Nigeria
  • Steven Allender Deakin University, Australia
  • Isabella Annesi-Maesano Medical School St-Antoine, France
  • Hisatomi Arima The George Institute for Global Health, University of Sydney, Australia
  • Pablo Aschner Javeriana University, Colombia
  • Vasilios G Athyros Aristoteian University, Greece
  • Leila Azadbakht Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Iran
  • Mike Bailey Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA
  • Anna Bajer University of Warsaw, Poland
  • Wei Bao National Institutes of Health, USA
  • Daniel Barnett Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA
  • Sanjay Basu Stanford University, USA
  • Dhimiter Bello University of Massachusetts, USA
  • Geza Benke Monash University, Australia
  • Eduardo Bernabé King's College London, UK
  • Zulfiqar A Bhutta Aga Khan University, Pakistan
  • Anne-Emanuelle Birn University of Toronto, Canada
  • Espen Bjertness University of Oslo, Norway
  • Marie-Claude Boily Imperial College London, UK
  • Billie Bonevski University of Newcastle, Australia
  • Amy Bonomi The Ohio State University, USA
  • Cécile Boot VU University Medical Center, Netherlands
  • Hans Bosma Maastricht University, Netherlands
  • Robert M Bossarte University of Rochester, USA
  • Andrew Boulle University of Cape Town, South Africa
  • Arnaud Bourdin University Hospital of Montpellier, France
  • Daniel Bradshaw Kirby Institute, Australia
  • William Brieger Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA
  • Alison E. Brown Health Protection Agency, UK
  • Malcolm Bryant Boston University, USA
  • Alessandra Buja Università di padova, Italy
  • Simone Mario Caccio Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Italy
  • Geoffrey M Calvert Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA
  • Adrian Cameron Deakin University, Australia
  • Karen Canfell Cancer Council NSW, Australia
  • Helene Carabin Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center, USA
  • Katherine Cason Clemson University, USA
  • Ester Cerin University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
  • Basile Chaix INSERM UMR-S 707, France
  • Jorge Eduardo Chavarro Harvard Medical School, USA
  • Ruoling Chen University of Wolverhampton, UK
  • John Cherrie Institute of Occupational Medicine, UK
  • Palma Chillón University of Granada, Spain
  • Bruno Christian C Ciancio European Centre For Disease Prevention and Control, Sweden
  • Sian Clarke London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK
  • Els Clays Ghent University, Belgium
  • Christopher Coleman University of Pennsylvania, USA
  • Lesong Conteh Imperial College London, United Kingdom
  • Kirsten Corder UKCRC Centre for Diet and Activity Research, UK
  • Salvador Cruz-Flores Saint Louis University School of Medicine, USA
  • Dr Mark R Cullen Stanford University School of Medicine, USA
  • Johanna Daily Albert Einstein College of Medicine, USA
  • Sarah Damery University of Birmingham, UK
  • Dr Kaberi Dasgupta McGill University, Canada
  • Luc Dauchet Institut Pasteur de Lille, France
  • Diego De Leo Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, Australia
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  • Young Kyung Do Duke - NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore
  • Denise Doolan Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Australia
  • Chris Drakeley London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK
  • Catherine Draper University of Cape Town, South Africa
  • Joseph DrFranza University of Massachusetts Medical School, USA
  • Xianglin Du University of Texas School of Public Health, USA
  • Françoise Dubois-Arber Institut Universitaire de Médecine Sociale et Préventive, Switzerland
  • Nicole Dukers-Muijrers Public Health Service South Limburg, Netherlands
  • Kristin Dunkle Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, United States of America
  • Justin Basile Echouffo-Tcheugui Rollins School of Public Health, USA
  • Brian Edlin SUNY Downstate College of Medicine, USA
  • John John Edmunds London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
  • Kerstin Ekberg Linköping University, Sweden
  • Ruth A Etzel Southcentral Foundation, USA
  • Sara Evans-Lacko King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, UK
  • Bukola Fawole University College Hospital, Nigeria
  • Olufunmilayo Fawole University of Ibadan, Nigeria
  • Ugo Fedeli SER-Epidemiological Department, Italy
  • Bruno Federico University of Cassino, Italy
  • Esteve Fernandez Catalan Institute of Oncology, Spain
  • Maria Fiatarone Singh University of Sydney, Australia
  • Per Fink Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark
  • John Foster University of Greenwich, UK
  • Jonathan Foulds Dpt of Public Health & Cancer Institute, Penn State University, USA
  • Oscar Franco Erasmus Medical Center, Netherlands
  • Luisa Franzini University of Texas, USA
  • Paul Freeman University of Washington, USA
  • Alexander W Friedrich University Hospital Münster, Netherlands
  • Sandra Fuchs Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
  • Crystal M Fuller Columbia University, USA
  • Jon P Furuno University of Maryland, USA
  • Silvano Gallus Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Italy
  • Jesus M Garcia Calleja World Health Organisation, Switzerland
  • Linda Gask University of Manchester, UK
  • Jochen Genischen Institut fur Allgemeinmedizin, Germany
  • Lilian A Ghandour American University of Beirut, Lebanon
  • Billie Giles-Corti University of Western Australia, Australia
  • Jonathan Golub Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, USA
  • Giuseppe Gorini Center for Study and Prevention of Cancer, Italy
  • Luis Gracia-Marco University of Exeter, UK
  • Amy Greer Public Health Agency of Canada, Canada
  • Jessica Grieger Flinders University, Australia
  • Per Gustavsson Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
  • Anke L.B. Günther Fulda University of Applied Sciences, Germany
  • Christos Hadjichristodoulou University of Thessaly, Greece
  • Ben Harris-Roxas University of New South Wales, Australia
  • Robert Heimer Yale University School of Public Health, USA
  • Asgeir R Helgason Karolinska Institute, Sweden
  • Max Henderson Kings College London, Institute Of Psychiatry, UK
  • Kylie Hesketh Deakin University, Australia
  • Melvyn Hillsdon University of Bristol, UK
  • Michael Hilton Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research, Australia
  • Jukka Hintikka Kuopio University Hospital, Finland
  • Jostein Holmen Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
  • Marijke Hopman-Rock European Network for Action on Ageing and Physical Activity, Netherlands
  • Karen Hughes Liverpool John Moores University, UK
  • Lisa Jamieson University of Adelaide, Australia
  • Rodrigo Jimenez Garcia Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain
  • David Jiménez-Pavón University of Zaragoza, Spain
  • Rachel Jones University of Wollongong, Australia
  • Zubair Kabir Tobacco Free Research Institute, Ireland
  • Stefanos Kales Harvard School of Public Health, USA
  • Diana MS Karanja Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kenya
  • Michael Keall Otago University, New Zealand
  • Lisa Keay The George Institute for Global Health, Australia
  • Louise Kelly-Hope Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK
  • Thomas Kerr St. Paul's Hospital / University of British Columbia, Canada
  • Young-Ho Khang University of Ulsan College of Medicine, South Korea
  • Mairead Kiely University College Cork, Ireland
  • John Kinsman Umeå Centre for Global Health Research, Sweden
  • Eugene Kinyanda MRC Uganda, Uganda
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  • Anne Kouvonen Queen's University Belfast, UK
  • Viviane Kovess EHESP, France
  • Margaret Elizabeth Kruk Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, USA
  • Anton Kunst Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Jeff C Kwong Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Canada
  • Håkan Källmén Karolinska Institutet, Switzerland
  • Giuseppe La Torre Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
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  • Satu Lahti University of Turku, Finland
  • Amelia Lake Northumbria University, UK
  • Ratilal Lalloo Griffith University, Australia
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  • Beverley Lawton University Otago Wellington, New Zealand
  • Kiyoung Lee Seoul National University, South Korea
  • Daphna Levinson Ministry of Health, Israel
  • Jonathan Levy Boston University School of Public Health, USA
  • Song Liang The Ohio State University, USA
  • Evangelos Liberopoulos University of Ioannina, Greece
  • Vivian Lin La Trobe University, Australia
  • Martin Lindstrom Lund University, Sweden
  • Frederick W Lipfert Consultant, USA
  • Kawika Liu University of Hawaii, USA
  • Youcheng Liu University of Kentucky, USA
  • Karen Lock London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK
  • Prof Paulo Lotufo University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • Stanley Luchters Burnet Institute, Australia
  • Crick Lund University of Cape Town, South Africa
  • Mark Lunt University of Manchester, UK
  • Alison Macpherson York University, Canada
  • Lea Maes Ghent University, Belgium
  • Yodi Mahendradhata Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia
  • Silvia Martins Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA
  • David Martínez-Gómez Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Spain
  • Giuseppe Mastrangelo University of Padova, Italy
  • Dr Melanie C. Matheson University of Melbourne, Australia
  • Gerardo Maupome Indiana University School of Dentistry, USA
  • Gavin McCormack University of Calgary, Canada
  • David McDaid London School of Economics, UK
  • Lisa McDaid MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, UK
  • Prof Qingyue Meng Peking University, China
  • Martin Meremikwu University of Calabar, Nigeria
  • Michael Miller University of Maryland Medical System, USA
  • Victor Minichiello University of New England, Australia
  • Karen Marie KM Moland Centre for International Health, University of Bergen, Norway
  • Matthis Morgenstern Institute for Therapy and Health Research - North, Germany
  • Jorge Mota University of Porto, Portugal
  • Fehmidah Munir Loughborough University, UK
  • Marie Murphy University of Ulster at Jordanstown, UK
  • Padmini Murthy New York Medical College, USA
  • David Muscatello New South Wales Department of Health, Australia
  • Arnstein Mykletun Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Norway
  • Puja Myles University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
  • Oyvind Naess Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Norway
  • Muazzam Nasrullah Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA
  • Gopal Netuveli Imperial College London, UK
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  • Amanda Nicholson Brighton and Sussex Medical School, UK
  • Isabelle Niedhammer INSERM, France
  • Louis Niessen Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, USA
  • Karen Nieuwenhuijsen Academic Medical Center, Netherlands
  • Fred Nuwaha Makerere University, Uganda
  • R. Leon Ochiai International Vaccine Institute, South Korea
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  • Frank Popham MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, UK
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  • Kholoud Porter MRC Clinical Trials Unit, UK
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  • Dora Romaguera Imperial College London, UK
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  • Nereo Segnan CPO Piemonte-S.Giovanni Hospital, Italy
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  • Janet S Shucksmith Teeside University, United Kingdom
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  • Fuschia M. Sirois Bishop's University, Canada
  • Freddy Sitas The Cancer Council, Australia
  • Katherine E Smith Univerisity of Bath, UK
  • Bjorn Soderfeldt Malmö University, Sweden
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  • Dirceu Solé Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil
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  • Michael Toschke University of Munich, Germany
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  • Annemieke van Straten Vrije Universiteit, Netherlands
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  • Youfa Wang Johns Hopkins University, USA
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  • Allison Aiello University of Michigan-School of Public Health, USA
  • Phil Alderson UK Cochrane Centre, UK
  • Johannes R Anema VU Medical Center, Netherlands
  • Gonzalo Bacigalupe Ikerbasque Basque Foundation for Science, Spain
  • Henrique Barros University of Porto Medical School, Portugal
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  • Dee W Edington University of Michigan, USA
  • Asma ElSony International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, UK
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  • Esteve Fernandez Catalan Institute of Oncology, Spain
  • Kevin Fontaine Johns Hopkins, USA
  • Lin Fritschi Western Australian Institute for Medical Research, Australia
  • Paul Garner Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK
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  • Kaumudi Joshipura Harvard School of Public Health, United States of America
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