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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 Bryony Dean Franklin
Editor-in-Chief of BMJ Quality & Safety
Professor Bryony Dean Franklin is a hospital pharmacist by background, with 30 years’ experience of research into medication safety, medication use in practice and patient safety more generally. She is Co-Editor-in-Chief of BMJ Quality & Safety, Professor of Medication Safety at UCL School of Pharmacy, Executive Lead Pharmacist for Research at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Director of the NIHR North West London Patient Safety Research Collaboration and theme lead for the NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Healthcare Associated Infection and Antimicrobial Resistance at Imperial College London. Professor Franklin has published widely on medication safety, the evaluation of various technologies designed to reduce errors, and the patient’s role in patient safety. Her current post combines research, quality improvement, education and training, medical publishing and hospital pharmacy practice.
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.
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 John McMillan
Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Medical Ethics
Professor John McMillan is a professor for the Bioethics Centre at the University of Otago. He is a member of the Advisory Committee for Assisted Reproductive Technology and the National Screening Advisory Committee, and has published broadly within bioethics.
Dr Lucy Frith
Associate Editor of the Journal of Medical Ethics
Dr Lucy Frith is currently a reader in Bioethics and Social Science the Faculty of Health and Life Science at the University of Liverpool. Her research focuses on the social and ethical aspects of health-care decision-making, policy and regulation, with a particular interest in empirical ethics and socio-legal approaches.
