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Dr Brandy Shillace
Editor-in-Chief of Medical Humanities
Brandy Schillace, PhD, is Senior Research Associate and Public Engagement and Programs Leader for the Dittrick Museum of Medical History. Dr Schillace writes about intersections of medicine, history, and literature. For ten years, she managed the medical anthropology journal, Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry, and edited its first medical humanities special issue. Brandy’s recent books include Death’s Summer Coat (2016), Clockwork Futures (2017) and Mr Humble and Dr Butcher: A Monkey’s Head, the Pope’s Neuroscientist, and the Quest to Transplant the Soul (2021).
Professor Stephen Kaye
Editor-in-Chief BMJ Open Ophthalmology
Professor of Ophthalmology, Institute of Life Course and Medical Sciences, University of Liverpool where he leads the research into infections of the eye, Consultant Ophthalmologist Royal Liverpool University Hospital where he leads the Cornea and Ocular Surface Disease Service, Vice President of The Royal College of Ophthalmologists, Director of The Liverpool Research Eye Biobank, NHS England National lead for Corneal Transplantation, Honorary Professorship, Queens University, Belfast.
Dr Jinghong Chen
Deputy Editor of General Psychiatry
Dr Jinghong Chen is the joint deputy editor of General Psychiatry. She is currently the principal investigator at Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders and professor at Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine.
Professor Anna Maria Geretti
Editor-in-Chief of Sexually Transmitted Infections
Anna Maria Geretti, MD, PhD, FRCPath, is Professor of Virology & Infectious Diseases at the Institute of Infection & Global Health of the University of Liverpool, and Honorary Consultant at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital. She trained in Italy, the Netherlands and the UK and has a special interest in HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C infection. She has published over 100 peer-reviewed articles, editorials, reviews and book chapters, runs capacity building programmes for resource-limited countries and enthusiastically shares her expertise to train doctors and scientists.
Professor Caroline Finch AO
Editor-in-Chief of Injury Prevention
Professor Caroline Finch AO is the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research), Edith Cowan University. She is one of Australia’s leading injury epidemiologists, particularly known internationally for her public-health-focused injury prevention research. Her influential research has informed the development of injury surveillance and data systems, the implementation and evaluation of preventive measures, and the dissemination of safety advice and guidance. Her research outcomes have directly informed safety policy for Government Departments of Sport and Health, health promotion/injury prevention agencies, and sports bodies worldwide. In 2015, she was awarded the International Distinguished Career Award from the American Public Health Association’s Injury Control and Emergency Health Services Section. In 2018, she became an Officer of the Order of Australia for ‘distinguished service to sports medicine’.
Dr Declan Walsh
Editor-in-Chief of BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care
A pioneer in palliative medicine, Dr Declan Walsh is an internationally renowned physician, researcher, educator and administrator. He developed the first palliative care programme in the United States. In recognition of his achievements, he received the John Mendelsohn Award from MD Anderson Cancer Centre, a lifetime achievement award from the Multinational Association for Supportive Care in Cancer and a Visionary Award from the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine.
