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Peggy Leatt, BScN, MSHA, PhD
Founding Editor-in-Chief, Professor and Chair Emeritus, Department of Health Policy and Management, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC
Editor-in-Chief
Judith Shamian, RN, PhD
Past President, International Council of Nurses, Geneva, CH
Associate Editors
Farah Farahati, PhD
Labor & Health Economist, Bethesda, MD
Amir A. Khaliq, PhD, MBBS, MSHS, MSc.
Professor, Department of Health Administration & Policy, Health Sciences Center, College of Public Health, University of Oklahoma
Michel Landry, BScPT, PhD
Chief, Doctor of Physical Therapy Division, Dept. of Community and Family Medicine, Duke University
Lutchmie Narine, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Public Health, Food Studies and Nutrition, Syracuse University
Editor for Innovation
David Zakus, BSc, MES, MSc, PhD,
Professor of Distinction in Global Health, Faculty of Community Services, School of Occupational and Public Health, Ryerson University
Editor Emeritus
John E. Paul, PhD
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Editorial Advisory Board
Peggy Leatt, BScN, MSHA, PhD
Founding Editor-in-Chief, Professor and Chair Emeritus, Department of Health Policy and Management, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC
Sagar C. Jain, PhD
Founding Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Health and Population in Developing Countries, Professor Emeritus, Department of Health Policy and Administration, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
Karen B. Allen, MA, MSc, PhD
Regional Programme Planning Officer, UNICEF Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office (ESARO), Nairobi, Kenya
François Béland, PhD
Professeur titulaire, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Margaret Bentley, PhD
Associate Dean for Global Health, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
Adalsteinn Brown, DPhil
Dean for the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
Francois Champagne, PhD
Professeur titulaire, Administration de la santé et GRIS, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Wen Chen, PhD, MD
Professor of Health Economics, Associate Dean, School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
Arun Chockalingam, MS, PhD, FACC
Director, Office of Global Health, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, US
Jean-Louis Denis, PhD
Professeur titulaire, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
William H. Dow, PhD
Associate Professor of Health Economics, University of California, Berkeley, School of Public Health, Berkeley, California
Bruce J. Fried, PhD
Associate Professor and Chair, Global Health Committee, Department of Health Policy and Administration, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
Daniel L. Goetz, MS
Senior Public Administration Specialist, International Development Group, RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC
Dean M. Harris, JD
Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Health Policy and Administration, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
Amir A. Khaliq, PhD
Professor, Health Administration & Policy, College of Public Health, The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Ambika Krishnakumar, PhD
Associate Professor, College of Human Services and Health Professions, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Sandra G. Leggat, PhD?School of Public Health, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia
Lutchmie Narine, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Health and Wellness, College of Human Ecology, Syracuse University
Bernardo Ramirez, MD
Vice President, INTECH, Celebration, Florida
Amal C. Sjaaf, MD, DrPH
Professor, Department of Health Policy and Administration, School of Public Health, University of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
Abdul Sattar Yoosuf, DrPH
Director, Sustainable Development and Healthy Environments, World Health Organization, South East Asian Regional Office (SEARO), New Delhi, India
David Zakus, BSc, MES, MSc, PhD
Director, Centre for International Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto President, Global Health Education Consortium, Toronto, ON
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Dianne Foster-Kent
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