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They serve as advisors to the journal staff in their corresponding <a href="/globalpublichealth/s/editorial-board-sections">section</a>, working on special issues including policy development and reporting guidelines. </p> </div> <div data-section-id="2798"> <table class="table-basic"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="width: 140.391px; vertical-align: top;"> <h2><a data-anchor-id="8945" id="loc-a-b" name="loc-a-b"></a>A-B</h2></td> <td style="vertical-align: top;"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 140.391px; vertical-align: top;"><img alt="" class="img-default" src="/globalpublichealth/indirect/headshot_75ce9d096b67adec88eb504fabfe5505672f1cc8661a46271f2e225cfa4a31e4"></td> <td style="vertical-align: top;"> <h4>Seye Abimbola</h4> <p><a href="http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1294-3850"><img alt="" class="img-left" style="margin-bottom:0px" src="/globalpublichealth/indirect/7ef81a3a7d58d65486c87240e539ba702e228e53a8a11b41f0332e0a0202fd77"> 0000-0003-1294-3850</a><br> University of Sydney<br> Australia<br> Section: Global Health Governance</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 140.391px; vertical-align: top;"><img alt="" class="img-default" src="/globalpublichealth/indirect/headshot_46432809c3bfaf8752466be0966f1cd9be400bc16d435ed2f23f237dbe9acc22"></td> <td style="vertical-align: top;"> <h4>Tammam Aloudat</h4> <p><a href="http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9645-5883"><img alt="" class="img-left" style="margin-bottom:0px" src="/globalpublichealth/indirect/7ef81a3a7d58d65486c87240e539ba702e228e53a8a11b41f0332e0a0202fd77"> 0000-0001-9645-5883</a><br> Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies<br> Switzerland<br> Section: Emergencies and Humanitarianism</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 140.391px; vertical-align: top;"><img alt="" class="img-default" src="/globalpublichealth/indirect/headshot_c9d012b6d7b9a07f254c7e3e5274bff00edd31f574101852697ca34677dbf9ab"></td> <td style="vertical-align: top;"> <h4>Aduragbemi Banke-Thomas</h4> <p><a href="https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7456-535X"><img alt="" class="img-left" style="margin-bottom:0px" src="/globalpublichealth/indirect/7ef81a3a7d58d65486c87240e539ba702e228e53a8a11b41f0332e0a0202fd77"></a> <a href="https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4449-0131">0000-0002-4449-0131</a><br> London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine<br> United Kingdom<br> Section: Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 140.391px; vertical-align: top;"><img alt="" class="img-default" src="/globalpublichealth/indirect/headshot_e6e138eb3eff1681b59425386f8f34f84169fb4ee639dc6d29cb3df81c9e63a5"></td> <td style="vertical-align: top;"> <h4>Lorena Barberia</h4> <p><a href="https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6319-543X"><img alt="" class="img-left" style="margin-bottom:0px" src="/globalpublichealth/indirect/7ef81a3a7d58d65486c87240e539ba702e228e53a8a11b41f0332e0a0202fd77"> 0000-0001-6319-543X</a><br> University of Sao Paulo: Universidade de Sao Paulo<br> Brazil<br> Section: Global Health Governance</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 140.391px; vertical-align: top;"><img alt="" class="img-default" src="/globalpublichealth/indirect/headshot_b011b58171efd998ab71fc7c8c3748a0d6b2bef351857bd3de3ebbf06ffb3ce4"></td> <td style="vertical-align: top;"> <h4>Anant Bhan</h4> <p><a href="https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7456-535X"><img alt="" class="img-left" style="margin-bottom:0px" src="/globalpublichealth/indirect/7ef81a3a7d58d65486c87240e539ba702e228e53a8a11b41f0332e0a0202fd77"> 0000-0002-7456-535X</a><br> Yenepoya University<br> India<br> Section: Global Health Ethics</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 140.391px; vertical-align: top;"> <h2><a data-anchor-id="8946" id="loc-c-f" name="loc-c-f"></a>C-F</h2></td> <td style="vertical-align: top;"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 140.391px; vertical-align: top;"><img alt="" class="img-default" src="/globalpublichealth/indirect/headshot_abb89c06e4a4b70c767b066b4924f3b25bf3e0d592a9b99d9c50cbe9e6fd75cc"></td> <td style="vertical-align: top;"> <h4>Dixon Chibanda</h4> <p>Harare Central Hospital<br> Zimbabwe<br> Section: Global Mental Health</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 140.391px; vertical-align: top;"><img alt="" class="img-default" src="/globalpublichealth/indirect/headshot_6b8c4a07ba29777962d8cdce2112c9db711444da3aae27fc8119b79c454c6fe0"></td> <td style="vertical-align: top;"> <h4>Amrita Daftary</h4> <p><a href="http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2275-3540"><img alt="" class="img-left" style="margin-bottom:0px" src="/globalpublichealth/indirect/7ef81a3a7d58d65486c87240e539ba702e228e53a8a11b41f0332e0a0202fd77"> 0000-0003-2275-3540</a><br> York University<br> Canada<br> Section: Social, Behavioral, and Qualitative Research</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 140.391px; vertical-align: top;"><img alt="" class="img-default" src="/globalpublichealth/indirect/headshot_bf8d4967b3520789b640e8955f8328cd642b04145bac7bdfff0473233095feb1"></td> <td style="vertical-align: top;"> <h4>Roopa Dhatt</h4> <p>Georgetown University, School of Medicine<br> United States<br> Section: Gender and Health</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 140.391px; vertical-align: top;"><img alt="" class="img-default" src="/globalpublichealth/indirect/headshot_cba685e02367ba1f9f818d772f20206a472daceaf84dcae3caebabe9e54e599d"></td> <td style="vertical-align: top;"> <h4>Ngozi Erondu</h4> <p>Georgetown University<br> United States<br> Section: Global Health Security</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 140.391px; vertical-align: top;"> <h2><a data-anchor-id="8947" id="loc-g-k" name="loc-g-k"></a>G-K</h2></td> <td style="vertical-align: top;"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 140.391px; vertical-align: top;"><img alt="" class="img-default" src="/globalpublichealth/indirect/headshot_01885fa0078735f588160e342507181252b03be4c060986d4b69e5f4c8a8b843"></td> <td style="vertical-align: top;"> <h4>Patricia Garcia</h4> <p>Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia<br> Peru<br> Section: Sexual and Reproductive Rights and Health</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 140.391px; vertical-align: top;"><img alt="" class="img-default" src="/globalpublichealth/indirect/headshot_5e160dab9443b7e8b0fee0a6a61b381b48dcacf1b02740ef9d6381ee1b6fa037"></td> <td style="vertical-align: top;"> <h4>Renzo Guinto</h4> <p><a href="http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3181-0423"><img alt="" class="img-left" style="margin-bottom:0px" src="/globalpublichealth/indirect/7ef81a3a7d58d65486c87240e539ba702e228e53a8a11b41f0332e0a0202fd77"> 0000-0002-3181-0423</a><br> St Luke's Medical Center College of Medicine<br> Philippines<br> Section: Planetary and Environmental Health</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 140.391px; vertical-align: top;"><img alt="" class="img-default" src="/globalpublichealth/indirect/headshot_d80763e4c4b4689ec920f8970a606bbdfdb7994c28215bb697c0509d2defbc6d"></td> <td style="vertical-align: top;"> <h4>Rachel Hall-Clifford</h4> <p>Center for the Study of Human Health, Emory University<br> United States<br> Section: Social, Behavioral, and Qualitative Research</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 140.391px; vertical-align: top;"><img alt="" class="img-default" src="/globalpublichealth/indirect/headshot_80285c3ff5ff38b21c18f52a3781c07028c898307cb3a94f932b3e41ec4958b1"></td> <td style="vertical-align: top;"> <h4>Chimaraoke Izugbara</h4> <p><a href="http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4908-1131"><img alt="" class="img-left" style="margin-bottom:0px" src="/globalpublichealth/indirect/7ef81a3a7d58d65486c87240e539ba702e228e53a8a11b41f0332e0a0202fd77"> 0000-0003-4908-1131</a><br> International Center for Research on Women<br> United States<br> Section: Sexual and Reproductive Rights and Health</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 140.391px; vertical-align: top;"><img alt="" class="img-default" src="/globalpublichealth/indirect/headshot_45c8ea30feeec76bd9987f82f4fe4295a7c01402e53513463d4c48992969ddea"></td> <td style="vertical-align: top;"> <h4>Choolwe Jacobs</h4> <p><a href="https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7741-1962"><img alt="" class="img-left" style="margin-bottom:0px" src="/globalpublichealth/indirect/7ef81a3a7d58d65486c87240e539ba702e228e53a8a11b41f0332e0a0202fd77"> 0000-0002-7741-1962</a><br> University of Zambia School of Public Health<br> Zambia<br> Section: Gender and Health</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 140.391px; vertical-align: top;"><img alt="" class="img-default" src="/globalpublichealth/indirect/headshot_11099a9933a6c9feae7f14fb134a68088396a43617f6e7311e0855405364869a"></td> <td style="vertical-align: top;"> <h4>Sudha Jayaraman</h4> <p><a href="http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1094-5836"><img alt="" class="img-left" style="margin-bottom:0px" src="/globalpublichealth/indirect/7ef81a3a7d58d65486c87240e539ba702e228e53a8a11b41f0332e0a0202fd77"> 0000-0003-1094-5836</a><br> The University of Utah School of Medicine<br> United States<br> Section: Injuries, Trauma, and Global Surgery</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 140.391px; vertical-align: top;"><img alt="" class="img-default" src="/globalpublichealth/indirect/headshot_b64dcb552270758d39727fd1f4cd19d7b4412ce10e062db4da8eb003cf48f1bc"></td> <td style="vertical-align: top;"> <h4>Fyezah Jehan</h4> <p><a href="http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5874-4358"><img alt="" class="img-left" style="margin-bottom:0px" src="/globalpublichealth/indirect/7ef81a3a7d58d65486c87240e539ba702e228e53a8a11b41f0332e0a0202fd77"> 0000-0002-5874-4358</a><br> Aga Khan University<br> Pakistan<br> Section: Maternal, Newborn & Child Health</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 140.391px; vertical-align: top;"><img alt="" class="img-default" src="/globalpublichealth/indirect/headshot_8b8bf084d9bd530ed69618a10195ddbe5331f852e2617bb0bab29e979a75de3b"></td> <td style="vertical-align: top;"> <h4>Ayesha Kadir</h4> <p><a href="https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8596-0729"><img alt="" class="img-left" style="margin-bottom:0px" src="/globalpublichealth/indirect/7ef81a3a7d58d65486c87240e539ba702e228e53a8a11b41f0332e0a0202fd77"> 0000-0001-8596-0729</a><br> Save the Children<br> United Kingdom<br> Section: Emergencies and Humanitarianism</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 140.391px; vertical-align: top;"><img alt="" class="img-default" src="/globalpublichealth/indirect/headshot_493af2915709847418c54f9c273df9a0fccc8d881609e4af0b46795472bf474a"></td> <td style="vertical-align: top;"> <h4>Judy Ngele Khanyola</h4> <p><a href="https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9347-7745"><img alt="" class="img-left" style="margin-bottom:0px" src="/globalpublichealth/indirect/7ef81a3a7d58d65486c87240e539ba702e228e53a8a11b41f0332e0a0202fd77"> 0000-0001-9347-7745</a><br> University of Global Health Equity<br> Rwanda<br> Section: Nursing and Midwifery</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 140.391px; vertical-align: top;"><img alt="" class="img-default" src="/globalpublichealth/indirect/headshot_3328c86f02b96e5128a15f78517b7d5a514ddcb6dfe6981d62c296cf99d324b7"></td> <td style="vertical-align: top;"> <h4>Elizabeth Wambui Kimani-Murage</h4> <p>African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC)<br> Kenya<br> Section: Nutrition</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 140.391px; vertical-align: top;"><img alt="" class="img-default" src="/globalpublichealth/indirect/headshot_2a23ca44b020cec579e8ab5db3116593a0128e255e14cde4f64b6c7616a69100"></td> <td style="vertical-align: top;"> <h4>Krutika Kuppalli</h4> <p>World Health Organization<br> Switzerland<br> Section: Global Health Security</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 140.391px; vertical-align: top;"> <h2><a data-anchor-id="8948" id="loc-l-m" name="loc-l-m"></a>L-M</h2></td> <td style="vertical-align: top;"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 140.391px; vertical-align: top;"><img alt="" class="img-default" src="/globalpublichealth/indirect/headshot_4a634d34bd2d18de94c583bb50c58551bba0859a4f0b2c56825841db4c66cf5b"></td> <td style="vertical-align: top;"> <h4>Laila Ladak</h4> <p><a href="https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7015-0413"><img alt="" class="img-left" style="margin-bottom:0px" src="/globalpublichealth/indirect/7ef81a3a7d58d65486c87240e539ba702e228e53a8a11b41f0332e0a0202fd77"> 0000-0002-7015-0413</a><br> The Aga Khan University<br> Pakistan<br> Section: Nursing and Midwifery</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 140.391px; vertical-align: top;"><img alt="" class="img-default" src="/globalpublichealth/indirect/headshot_4ab41d337fa9cb598c317b8af23d1883a76c7e8eb3e894968bf3dbbac8622e50"></td> <td style="vertical-align: top;"> <h4>Monica Malta</h4> <p>University of Toronto<br> Canada<br> Section: Global Mental Health</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 140.391px; vertical-align: top;"><img alt="" class="img-default" src="/globalpublichealth/indirect/headshot_90432c93845aa895884095117e59947d290b3f1ddf6b2efca30b75260b304967"></td> <td style="vertical-align: top;"> <h4>Salome Maswime</h4> <p>University of Cape Town<br> South Africa<br> Section: Injuries, Trauma, and Global Surgery</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 140.391px; vertical-align: top;"><img alt="" class="img-default" src="/globalpublichealth/indirect/headshot_269b3947185300d6c7ddf3529b0ac75ce199722479f5c328c165bbdbf85c113f"></td> <td style="vertical-align: top;"> <h4>Faye McMillan</h4> <p>University of New South Wales<br> Australia<br> Section: Indigenous Health</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 140.391px; vertical-align: top;"><img alt="" class="img-default" src="/globalpublichealth/indirect/headshot_a6578605363c376a8e47cbb16b65009c354ef9e2f3c81efc654a90a4a3096ee8"></td> <td style="vertical-align: top;"> <h4>Purnima Menon</h4> <p>International Food Policy Research Institute<br> India<br> Section: Nutrition</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 140.391px; vertical-align: top;"><img alt="" class="img-default" src="/globalpublichealth/indirect/headshot_05ecacfd9c91d5eeda02c4842245e8f6d5971e8a417ff2d677ea14a1a24e1f2e"></td> <td style="vertical-align: top;"> <h4>Rhona Mijumbi-Deve</h4> <p>Makerere University<br> Uganda<br> Section: Evidence-based Public Health</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 140.391px; vertical-align: top;"> <h2><a data-anchor-id="8949" id="loc-n-s" name="loc-n-s"></a>N-S</h2></td> <td style="vertical-align: top;"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 140.391px; vertical-align: top;"><img alt="" class="img-default" src="/globalpublichealth/indirect/headshot_b4fe7f025e86c8d28862dbdce414659420cd7743b462c1dd239e808658594aa1"></td> <td style="vertical-align: top;"> <h4>Christine Ngaruiya</h4> <p><a href="http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4583-0986"><img alt="" class="img-left" style="margin-bottom:0px" src="/globalpublichealth/indirect/7ef81a3a7d58d65486c87240e539ba702e228e53a8a11b41f0332e0a0202fd77"> 0000-0002-4583-0986</a><br> Yale University School of Medicine<br> United States<br> Section: Non-communicable Diseases</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 140.391px; vertical-align: top;"><img alt="" class="img-default" src="/globalpublichealth/indirect/headshot_abdac7ea386059a78892d48e1a8464968ce7b5114802b2280d3e3d47d5f88062"></td> <td style="vertical-align: top;"> <h4>Justice Nonvignon</h4> <p><a href="http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7484-9491"><img alt="" class="img-left" style="margin-bottom:0px" src="/globalpublichealth/indirect/7ef81a3a7d58d65486c87240e539ba702e228e53a8a11b41f0332e0a0202fd77"> 0000-0002-7484-9491</a><br> University of Ghana<br> Ghana<br> Section: Policy and Finance</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 140.391px; vertical-align: top;"><img alt="" class="img-default" src="/globalpublichealth/indirect/headshot_df3e5cf9602e463232bdcc7e74013cb2b85b3a0959362e477612208b97e1f33c"></td> <td style="vertical-align: top;"> <h4>Abdisalan Mohamed Noor</h4> <p><a href="https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2242-4499"><img alt="" class="img-left" style="margin-bottom:0px" src="/globalpublichealth/indirect/7ef81a3a7d58d65486c87240e539ba702e228e53a8a11b41f0332e0a0202fd77"> 0000-0003-2242-4499</a><br> Global Malaria Programme, World Health Organization<br> Switzerland<br> Section: Global Health Delivery</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 140.391px; vertical-align: top;"><img alt="" class="img-default" src="/globalpublichealth/indirect/headshot_cf9875a6d1ecb5f08f75d04b2bb75a5323e2ff2f136489c5888aec5704da3ce2"></td> <td style="vertical-align: top;"> <h4>Moffat Nyirenda</h4> <p>London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine<br> United Kingdom<br> Section: Non-communicable Diseases</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 140.391px; vertical-align: top;"><img alt="" class="img-default" src="/globalpublichealth/indirect/headshot_ae7d75a200b6b2922f7a1ebb421da211573235bb38d551fd69d605b7e6747b63"></td> <td style="vertical-align: top;"> <h4>Eleanor Ochodo</h4> <p><a href="http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7951-3030"><img alt="" class="img-left" style="margin-bottom:0px" src="/globalpublichealth/indirect/7ef81a3a7d58d65486c87240e539ba702e228e53a8a11b41f0332e0a0202fd77"> 0000-0002-7951-3030</a><br> Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences<br> Kenya<br> Section: Infectious Diseases</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 140.391px; vertical-align: top;"><img alt="" class="img-default" src="/globalpublichealth/indirect/headshot_4e495b0066e8fa40013a38472ed16d21363f599994ed30479e2a8a8479cd37c1"></td> <td style="vertical-align: top;"> <h4>Fredros Oketch Okumu</h4> <p><a href="https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2731-5654"><img alt="" class="img-left" style="margin-bottom:0px" src="/globalpublichealth/indirect/7ef81a3a7d58d65486c87240e539ba702e228e53a8a11b41f0332e0a0202fd77"> 0000-0003-2731-5654</a><br> Ifakara Health Institute<br> Tanzania<br> Section: Infectious Diseases</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 140.391px; vertical-align: top;"><img alt="" class="img-default" src="/globalpublichealth/indirect/headshot_e4816ec3073c1e3cd24a0c15fbc844046bef1c5b18959c45aa2afe467ff16052"></td> <td style="vertical-align: top;"> <h4>Tolu Oni</h4> <p><a href="http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4499-1910"><img alt="" class="img-left" style="margin-bottom:0px" src="/globalpublichealth/indirect/7ef81a3a7d58d65486c87240e539ba702e228e53a8a11b41f0332e0a0202fd77"> 0000-0003-4499-1910</a><br> University of Cambridge<br> United Kingdom<br> Section: Planetary and Environmental Health</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 140.391px; vertical-align: top;"><img alt="" class="img-default" src="/globalpublichealth/indirect/headshot_44e6b1ed4c925dc24652648228d9670314fcf3ffb4a28546a0c4b1fb1f7cee0c"></td> <td style="vertical-align: top;"> <h4>Ijeoma Opara</h4> <p>Wayne State University School of Medicine<br> United States<br> Section: Racism and Health</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 140.391px; vertical-align: top;"><img alt="" class="img-default" src="/globalpublichealth/indirect/headshot_e6e138eb3eff1681b59425386f8f34f84169fb4ee639dc6d29cb3df81c9e63a5"></td> <td style="vertical-align: top;"> <h4>Nicole Redvers</h4> <p><a href="http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8521-2130"><img alt="" class="img-left" style="margin-bottom:0px" src="/globalpublichealth/indirect/7ef81a3a7d58d65486c87240e539ba702e228e53a8a11b41f0332e0a0202fd77"> 0000-0001-8521-2130</a><br> Western University Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry<br> Canada<br> Section: Indigenous Health</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 140.391px; vertical-align: top;"><img alt="" class="img-default" src="/globalpublichealth/indirect/headshot_d7e72c49e79addab08f1f49c94f009e4cb2413807d8ee7544038765daaddc1fe"></td> <td style="vertical-align: top;"> <h4>Pamela Roach</h4> <p><a href="http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7694-9309"><img alt="" class="img-left" style="margin-bottom:0px" src="/globalpublichealth/indirect/7ef81a3a7d58d65486c87240e539ba702e228e53a8a11b41f0332e0a0202fd77"> 0000-0001-7694-9309</a><br> University of Calgary<br> Canada<br> Section: Indigenous Health</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 140.391px; vertical-align: top;"><img alt="" class="img-default" src="/globalpublichealth/indirect/headshot_e6e138eb3eff1681b59425386f8f34f84169fb4ee639dc6d29cb3df81c9e63a5"></td> <td style="vertical-align: top;"> <h4>Senjuti Saha</h4> <p><a href="https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6087-6766"><img alt="" class="img-left" style="margin-bottom:0px" src="/globalpublichealth/indirect/7ef81a3a7d58d65486c87240e539ba702e228e53a8a11b41f0332e0a0202fd77"> 0000-0001-6087-6766</a><br> Child Health Research Foundation<br> Bangladesh<br> Section: Diagnostics and Laboratory Medicine</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 140.391px; vertical-align: top;"><img alt="" class="img-default" src="/globalpublichealth/indirect/headshot_5eb049ed3be8b5766ecaa970353a8bbee82ec83128ef893004b5379997421711"></td> <td style="vertical-align: top;"> <h4>Thurka Sangaramoorthy</h4> <p><a href="https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8467-5907"><img alt="" class="img-left" style="margin-bottom:0px" src="/globalpublichealth/indirect/7ef81a3a7d58d65486c87240e539ba702e228e53a8a11b41f0332e0a0202fd77"> 0000-0002-8467-5907</a><br> University of Maryland<br> United States<br> Section: Social, Behavioral, and Qualitative Research</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 140.391px; vertical-align: top;"><img alt="" class="img-default" src="/globalpublichealth/indirect/headshot_3ff6ec0a7099c925820b842b806d166910a42dbbca83fac7dbf6eed190b67d31"></td> <td style="vertical-align: top;"> <h4>Aqsa Shaikh</h4> <p>Hamdard Institute of Medical Science and Research<br> India<br> Section: Gender and Health</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 140.391px; vertical-align: top;"> <h2><a data-anchor-id="8950" id="loc-t-z" name="loc-t-z"></a>T-Z</h2></td> <td style="vertical-align: top;"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 140.391px; vertical-align: top;"><img alt="" class="img-default" src="/globalpublichealth/indirect/headshot_4049eb447a0fd8cfa0f83cb626dbf5131b1aeaabf7edfae84770280cd459c3e9"></td> <td style="vertical-align: top;"> <h4>Amy Tan</h4> <p><a href="https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2063-4919"><img alt="" class="img-left" style="margin-bottom:0px" src="/globalpublichealth/indirect/7ef81a3a7d58d65486c87240e539ba702e228e53a8a11b41f0332e0a0202fd77"> 0000-0003-2063-4919</a><br> University of British Columbia<br> Canada<br> Section: Racism and Health</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 140.391px; vertical-align: top;"><img alt="" class="img-default" src="/globalpublichealth/indirect/headshot_e6e138eb3eff1681b59425386f8f34f84169fb4ee639dc6d29cb3df81c9e63a5"></td> <td style="vertical-align: top;"> <h4>Boghuma K. Titanji</h4> <p>Emory University<br> United States<br> Section: Diagnostics and Laboratory Medicine</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 140.391px; vertical-align: top;"><img alt="" class="img-default" src="/globalpublichealth/indirect/headshot_d229246dea077eb1d24ee836e66fbe515ef91991fde61e7ef71976f43093bf0b"></td> <td style="vertical-align: top;"> <h4>Benjamin Tsofa</h4> <p><a href="http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1000-1771"><img alt="" class="img-left" style="margin-bottom:0px" src="/globalpublichealth/indirect/7ef81a3a7d58d65486c87240e539ba702e228e53a8a11b41f0332e0a0202fd77"> 0000-0003-1000-1771</a><br> KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme: Centre for Geographic Medicine Research Coast<br> Kenya<br> Section: Global Health Delivery</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 140.391px; vertical-align: top;"><img alt="" class="img-default" src="/globalpublichealth/indirect/headshot_0fc8f1fcbda61d5e85d8ebca76ab4645e5139def9eab4992d8432325eeaa10e9"></td> <td style="vertical-align: top;"> <h4>Deisy Ventura</h4> <p><a href="https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8237-2470"><img alt="" class="img-left" style="margin-bottom:0px" src="/globalpublichealth/indirect/7ef81a3a7d58d65486c87240e539ba702e228e53a8a11b41f0332e0a0202fd77"> 0000-0001-8237-2470</a><br> University of Sao Paulo: Universidade de Sao Paulo<br> Brazil<br> Section: Global Health Ethics</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 140.391px; vertical-align: top;"><img alt="" class="img-default" src="/globalpublichealth/indirect/headshot_3e169ef6152ed7025b703123a7a8d9499de95c8fe1dcec972fff1aeb0f53e45a"></td> <td style="vertical-align: top;"> <h4>Clare Wenham</h4> <p><a href="http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5378-3203"><img alt="" class="img-left" style="margin-bottom:0px" src="/globalpublichealth/indirect/7ef81a3a7d58d65486c87240e539ba702e228e53a8a11b41f0332e0a0202fd77"> 0000-0001-5378-3203</a><br> London School of Economics (LSE)<br> United Kingdom<br> Section: Policy and Finance</p></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </article> </div><script defer src="/resource/js/components/scroll.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <script defer src="/resource/js/components/floating_nav.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <script defer src="/resource/js/pages/site_content.js" type="text/javascript"></script> </main> <footer id="pageftr"> <div class="row"> <div class="block x-small"> <ul class="nav nav-secondary"> <li class="ftr-header"><a href="https://plos.org/publications/journals/">Publications</a></li> <li><a href="/plosbiology/" id="ftr-bio">PLOS Biology</a></li> <li><a href="/climate/" id="ftr-climate">PLOS Climate</a></li> <li><a href="/complexsystems/" id="ftr-complex-systems">PLOS Complex Systems</a></li> <li><a href="/ploscompbiol/" id="ftr-compbio">PLOS Computational Biology</a></li> <li><a href="/digitalhealth/" id="ftr-digitalhealth">PLOS Digital Health</a></li> <li><a href="/plosgenetics/" id="ftr-gen">PLOS Genetics</a></li> <li><a href="/globalpublichealth/" id="ftr-globalpublichealth">PLOS Global Public Health</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="block x-small"> <ul class="nav nav-secondary"> <li class="ftr-header"> </li> <li><a href="/plosmedicine/" id="ftr-med">PLOS Medicine</a></li> <li><a href="/mentalhealth/" id="ftr-mental-health">PLOS Mental Health</a></li> <li><a href="/plosntds/" id="ftr-ntds">PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases</a></li> <li><a href="/plosone/" id="ftr-one">PLOS ONE</a></li> <li><a href="/plospathogens/" id="ftr-path">PLOS Pathogens</a></li> <li><a href="/sustainabilitytransformation/" id="ftr-sustainabilitytransformation">PLOS Sustainability and Transformation</a></li> <li><a href="/water/" id="ftr-water">PLOS Water</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="block xx-small"> <ul class="nav nav-tertiary"> <li> <a href="https://plos.org" id="ftr-home">Home</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://blogs.plos.org" id="ftr-blog">Blogs</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://collections.plos.org/" id="ftr-collections">Collections</a> </li> <li> <a href="mailto:webmaster@plos.org" id="ftr-feedback">Give feedback</a> </li> <li> <a href="/globalpublichealth/lockss-manifest" id="ftr-lockss">LOCKSS</a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="block xx-small"> <ul class="nav nav-primary"> <li><a href="https://plos.org/privacy-policy" id="ftr-privacy">Privacy Policy</a></li> <li><a href="https://plos.org/terms-of-use" id="ftr-terms">Terms of Use</a></li> <li><a href="https://plos.org/advertise/" id="ftr-advertise">Advertise</a></li> <li><a href="https://plos.org/media-inquiries" id="ftr-media">Media Inquiries</a></li> <li><a href="https://plos.org/contact" id="ftr-contact">Contact</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <p> <img src="/resource/img/logo-plos-footer.png" alt="PLOS" class="logo-footer"/> <span class="footer-non-profit-statement">PLOS is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) corporation, #C2354500, based in San Francisco, California, US</span> </p> <div class="block"> </div> </div> <script src="/resource/js/global.js" type="text/javascript"></script> </footer> </body> </html>