Editors for Epidemiology and Global Health

We aim to publish studies across the entire spectrum of conditions and diseases of global public health importance (see also "What makes an eLife paper in epidemiology and global health?"). We also welcome submissions in broad areas of quantitative epidemiological research, novel mathematical models, and biological studies that are relevant to population health. Read the latest research in this subject area.

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Senior editors

Prabhat Jha

Senior Editor

Prabhat Jha has been a key figure in epidemiology and economics of global health for the past decade. He is the University of Toronto Endowed Professor in Disease Control and Canada Research Chair at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, and the founding Director of the Centre for Global Health Research at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto. Professor Jha is a lead investigator of the Million Death Study in India, which quantifies the causes of premature mortality in over one million homes from 1997–2014 and which examines the contribution of key risk factors such as tobacco, alcohol, diet, and environmental exposures. He is co-investigator of the Disease Control Priorities Network and the author of several influential books on tobacco control, including two that helped enable a global treaty on tobacco control, now signed by over 160 countries. Prior to founding CGHR, Professor Jha served as Senior Scientist for the World Health Organization, where he co-led the work on health and poverty for the Commission on Macroeconomics and Health. Earlier, he headed the World Bank team responsible for developing the Second National HIV/AIDS Control Program in India. His advisory work has included the Government of South Africa on its national health insurance plan, and the United States Institute of Medicine on global health. Notable recognitions include the Order of Canada (2013) for contributions to global health, the Luther Terry Award for Research on Tobacco Control (2012), The Globe and Mail 25 Transformational Canadians (2010), Top 40 Canadians under Age 40 Award (2004), the Ontario Premier’s Research Excellence Award (2004), and Gold Medal from the Poland Health Promotion Foundation (2000). Professor Jha holds an MD from the University of Manitoba and a DPhil from Oxford University, where he studied as a Canadian Rhodes Scholar.

Expertise
Epidemiology and Global Health
Microbiology and Infectious Disease
Human Biology and Medicine

Research focus
epidemiology
global health
infectious disease and population dynamics
randomized controlled trials

Competing interests statement
Prabhat Jha has received funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Canadian International Development Research Agency, Canadian International Development Agency, the International Science and Technology Program of the Canadian government, and the US National Institutes of Health. He serves on the editorial board of Demography India. He advises several agencies and the Canadian government on epidemiology, disease control strategies, and tobacco control, and serves on the advisory board of the UK Biobank.

Reviewing editors

Frank Kirchhoff

Ulm University Medical Center, Germany

Expertise
Epidemiology and Global Health
Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Research focus
functional virology
origin, evolution and pathogenicity of HIV-1
HIV
Ben Cooper

Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Thailand

Expertise
Computational and Systems Biology
Epidemiology and Global Health

Research focus
population biology of communicable diseases
antimicrobial resistance
epidemiological methods
Neil Ferguson

Imperial College London, United Kingdom

Expertise
Epidemiology and Global Health

Research focus
epidemiology and infectious disease
emerging infections
mosquito-borne infections
statistical and mathematical tools
Eduardo Franco

McGill University, Canada

Expertise
Cancer Biology
Epidemiology and Global Health
Human Biology and Medicine
Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Research focus
human biology and medicine
microbiology and infectious disease
cancer epidemiology and prevention
screening
human papillomavirus infection
Mark Jit

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, and Public Health England, United Kingdom

Expertise
Epidemiology and Global Health
Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Research focus
immunisation
health economics
mathematical modelling of infectious diseases
Urszula Krzych

Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, United States

Expertise
Epidemiology and Global Health
Immunology and Inflammation
Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Research focus
malaria
adaptive immunity
vaccines
Marc Lipsitch

Harvard School of Public Health, United States

Expertise
Epidemiology and Global Health
Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Research focus
mathematical modeling
evolution of pathogens
epidemiology of infectious diseases

Experimental organism
streptococcus pneumoniae
Ruth Loos

The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, United States

Expertise
Epidemiology and Global Health
Human Biology and Medicine
Genetics and Genomics

Research focus
epidemiology
obesity and cardiometabolic traits
Viviana Simon

The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, United States

Expertise
Epidemiology and Global Health
Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Research focus
viral-host interactions
retroviral restriction factors
HIV drug resistance
M Dawn Teare

University of Sheffield, United Kingdom

Expertise
Computational and Systems Biology
Epidemiology and Global Health

Research focus
statistics
population genetics
epidemiology