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Editors & staff

Co-ordinating Editors

  • Sasha Shepperd, UK
  • Simon Lewin, Norway

Editors

  • Elie Akl, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
  • Luciana Ballini, Regione Emilia-Romagna, Azienda USL-IRCSS Reggio Emilia, Italy.
  • Meghan Bohren, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
  • Xavier Bosch-Capblanch, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Switzerland
  • Soo Downe, School of Community Health and Midwifery, University of Central Lancashire, UK
  • Signe Flottorp, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Norway
  • *Atle Fretheim, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Norway
  • Claire Glenton, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Norway
  • Carmel Hughes, School of Pharmacy, Queen’s University Belfast
  • Susan Munabi Babigumira, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Norway
  • Liesl Nicol, Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Cabrini Institute, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University Melbourne, Australia
  • Mary Ann O’Brien, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Women's College Research Institute, Women's College Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • Denise O’Connor, Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Cabrini Institute, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University Melbourne, Australia
  • Andy Oxman, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Norway
  • Tomas Pantoja, Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
  • Gabriel Rada, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
  • Arash Rashidian, WHO EMRO, Egypt
  • Janet Squires, School of Nursing, University of Ottawa, Canada
  • Joshua Vogel, Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health Program, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Australia

* currently on sabbatical from EPOC editorial work

Emeritus Editor

  • Jeremy Grimshaw, Canada

Associate Editors

  • Jorge Barreto, Fiocruz Brasilia, Brasilia, Brazil
  • Michelle Butler, Faculty of Science and Health, Dublin City University, Ireland
  • Cathal Cadogan, School of Pharmacy in the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI), Dublin, Ireland
  • Mohamed Farouk Chughlay, Switzerland
  • Cristóbal Cuadrado Nahum, Sistemas y Gestión en Salud, Escuela de Salud Pública, Universidad de Chile
  • Karen Daniels, WHO HQ, Switzerland
  • Marita Fønhus, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Norway
  • Daniela Goncalves Bradley, UK
  • Cristian Herrera Riquelme, Chile
  • Greg Irving, Edge Hill University Medical School, UK
  • Noah Ivers, Women's College Hospital, University of Toronto, Canada
  • Etienne Langlois, WHO HQ, Switzerland
  • Cristián Mansilla, Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence & Impact, McMaster University, Canada
  • Celeste Naude, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
  • Villyen M Nkengafac, South Africa
  • Kent Ranson, Switzerland
  • Emma Tavender, Australia
  • Jesse Uneke, Nigeria
  • Michel Wensing, Heidelberg University, Germany

Feedback Editor

  • Martin Eccles, UK

Managing Editors

  • Elizabeth Paulsen, Norway

Assistant Managing Editor

  • JC Han, Australia

Information Specialists

  • Marit Johansen, Norway

Health Economics Editors

  • Denny John, India (Associate Editor)
  • Espen Movik, Norway

Statistical Editors

  • Andrew Hutchings, UK
  • Craig Ramsay, UK
  • Chris Rose, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Norway

Plain Language Summary Editor

  • Claire Glenton, Norway

Systematic Reviewer

  • Judith Cole