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Professor Ronald F. van Vollenhoven
Editor-in-Chief of Lupus Science & Medicine
Professor Ronald F. van Vollenhoven is a distinguished rheumatologist and immunologist, known for his significant contributions in the field. He currently holds the position of Chair of the Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology at Amsterdam UMC and directs the Amsterdam Rheumatology Centre. With a background in immunology and extensive training in Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, he has dedicated his career to the development and evaluation of biological and immunomodulatory treatments for rheumatic diseases. Dr. Van Vollenhoven has played a pivotal role in establishing crucial registries, including the Stockholm registry for biological therapies (STURE database), and has been a principal investigator in numerous clinical trials.
Professor Juan Víctor Ariel Franco
Editor-in-Chief of BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine
Professor Juan Franco is a family doctor at the Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Vice-chair of the Research Department at the Instituto Universitario Hispital Italiano (IUHI), where he is also Director of the Cochrane Associate Centre. He is a professor at IUHI and Universidad Nacional de La Matanza, and editor for the Cochrane Urology Group and a member of Cochrane’s Governing Board.
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’.
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.
