Editorial Board

Associate Editor

Alex Goodridge, PhD, Springer Nature, UK
Alex is an Associate Editor at the BMC series. Before joining BMC, Alex completed a BSc in Biological Sciences and a MSc in Molecular Biotechnology at the University of Birmingham, before working in industry for a few years as a research scientist at a medical development company, where his role was to develop new immunodiagnostic assays for various biomarkers. Most recently, Alex completed his PhD research in Algal Biotechnology at Durham University, where he worked on a project to develop seaweed biomass as a feedstock for biofuel production using various biochemical and biophysical techniques. Alex now looks forward to promoting open access publishing and reproducible research in his role at BMC.


Senior Editorial Board Members

Chaisiri Angkurawaranon, MD, PhD, Chiang Mai University, Thailand
Chaisiri Angkurawaranon received his MD from Chiang Mai University and specialises in Family Medicine. He received a Masters in Medical Statistics and a PhD in Non-communicable Disease Epidemiology from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. His research focuses on global health issues related to ageing, and chronic conditions (both communicable and non-communicable) in primary care.



Gabriel Iloh, Rhema University Nigeria/Federal Medical Centre, National Postgraduate Medical College Of Nigeria, Nigeria

 

Kristiana Ludlow, BPsych(Hons), MRes, PhD, The University of Queensland, Australia

Dr Kristiana Ludlow, BPsych (Hons), MRes, PhD, is a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Health Services Research, the University of Queensland; National Health and Medical Research Council Emerging Leadership Fellow; Honorary Fellow at the Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University; and member of the Australian Frailty Network. Dr Ludlow has expertise in co-design, qualitative research and Q-methodology. Her research interests include frailty, education, co-designing digital tools, aged care, person-centred care, the role of family caregivers in care, missed care/unfinished care, and care prioritisation. She is passionate about meaningfully collaborating with consumers, service users and health professionals to improve the delivery of healthcare services and health outcomes.

Pauline Siew Mei Lai, PhD, University Malaya, Malaysia
Graham Reid, PhD, The University of Western Ontario, Canada

Dr. Graham Reid is a clinical psychologist and Associate Professor in Psychology, Family Medicine, and Paediatrics at The University of Western Ontario. He holds Scientist appointments with the Children’s Health and Lawson Health Research Institutes. Dr. Reid has two programs of research: (1) access and use of health and mental-health services for children and youth; (2) pediatric sleep problems. Within these two research areas there are two cross-cutting themes: primary health care, and measure development. Within the pediatric sleep theme, topics include parenting, outcomes, and predictors of sleep problems; development and testing interventions for sleep problems; and most recently napping among preschool-age children. Within the health service use theme, topics include help-seeking, and examining patterns of service use and transition to adult care. Recent studies have focused on examining ongoing and episodic care over extended periods of time for children and youth with mental health problems. Studies have analyzed administrative data from children’s mental health centers in Ontario, Canada, and used linked datasets combining data from physicians billing records and children’s mental health centers. Dr. Reid has extensive experience in measure development, having published 18 questionnaires/ measures on topics such as defining episodes of care in children’s mental health services and parents’ beliefs about their children’s napping.

Paul Van Royen, PhD, University of Antwerp, Belgium
Paul Van Royen, MD, PhD, is Professor of Family Medicine within the Department of Family Medicine and Population Health. He was Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (2012-18). He has more than 30 years academic expertise in clinical general practice and research. His academic work is directed at teaching and research in primary care. He is co-ordinator of several teaching modules and programs at undergraduate levels, as well as graduate and postgraduate levels. He was/is involved in several research projects, including several EU-funded projects within primary care, on respiratory infections and antibiotic prescribing, medical decision making, medical education, health care organization and data handling. He is author of more than 250 articles in peer-reviewed journals and reviewer of different scientific journals. At his department, he has developed a research centre with a strong expertise in qualitative research and  systematic reviews. He is also co-ordinator of the Clinical Guidelines project for primary care in Belgium.

Shilpa Tyagi, PhD, MOH Office for Healthcare Transformation (MOHT) and National University of Singapore, Singapore

Dr. Shilpa Tyagi is a public health trained physician-researcher specializing in health services research. She earned her Ph.D. from the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health at the National University of Singapore (NUS) as a recipient of the prestigious President's Graduate Fellowship. Her methodological expertise spans qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods research approaches. Currently serving as the Research & Evaluation Specialist and Senior Data Analyst at the MOH Office for Healthcare Transformation (MOHT), She spearheads the evaluation of innovative technology-enabled care models within Future Primary Care Programme. She employs an implementation science lens to ensure new care models are not only effective but also feasible, well-adopted, and sustainable within primary care environments. Her portfolio encompasses projects ranging from small-scale feasibility pilots to nationwide implementation initiatives. Her work focuses on conducting rigorous research that bridges the gap between evidence and practice, directly informing healthcare policy and implementation in real-world settings.

 

Assistant Editors
Sayali More, MSc, BSc, Springer Nature, India
Siddhali Shirude, MSc, BSc, Springer Nature, India
Nikhil Dandge, MSc, BSc, Springer Nature, India

Manuscript Editors
Akshay Ravindra Joshi, PhD, MPhil, MSc, BSc, Springer Nature, India
Gayatri Kanade, PhD, MSc, BSc, Springer Nature, India
Neha Tiwari, PhD, M.Tech, B.Tech, Springer Nature, India
Noohi Nasim, PhD, Springer Nature, India
Rajasree K P, PhD, MSc, BSc, Springer Nature, India
Pranitha Pandit, PhD, MPhil, MSc, BSc, Springer Nature, India
Pratibha Verma, PhD, MSc, BSc, Springer Nature, India
Pravin Giri, PhD, MSc, Bsc, Springer Nature, India
Priya Sharma, PhD, MSc, BSc, Springer Nature, India
Raunaq Singh Nagi, PhD, MSc, BSc, Springer Nature, India
Swayamsidha Pati, PhD, MSc, BSc, Springer Nature, India
Varsha Shetty, PhD, Springer Nature, India


Editorial Board Members
Loai Albarqouni, MD, MSc, PhD, Bond University, Australia
Charlotte Albury, DPhil, University of Oxford, UK
Camilla Aakjær Andersen, MD, PhD, Center for General Practice at Aalborg University , Denmark
Ignacio Aznar-Lou, PhD, Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu, Spain
Mubashir Arain, PhD, University of Alberta, Canada
Monique Araujo, PhD, São Paulo State University - UNESP, Brazil
Sara Ares Blanco, MD, Centro de Salud Federica Montseny, Madrid, Spain
Bengt Arnetz, MD, PhD, MPH, MScEpi, Michigan State University, USA
Sabine Bayen, PhD, MD, University of Lille, France
Sudip Bhattacharya, MD, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India
Gallus Bischof, University of Lübeck, Germany 
Jesper Blinkenberg, PhD, NORCE, Norwegian Researche Centre AS, Norway
Aleksandra Borek, PhD, University of Oxford, UK
Ying Xian Chua, MBBS, MPH, FCFP, National University Polyclinics, Singapore
Fatma Goksin Cihan, Necmettin Erbakan University, Turkey
Jamile Codogno, Sao Paulo State University, Brazil
Fitriana Ekawati, PhD, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia
Kristen Glenister, PhD, University of Melbourne, Australia
Katja Goetz, Dr. phil., University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Lay Hoon Goh, MBBS, PhD, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Indiran Govender, Dr. med., University of Pretoria, South Africa
Christos Grigoroglou, PhD, University of Manchester, UK
Pramendra Prasad Gupta, MD, B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Nepal
Peter Haastrup, PhD, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
Christopher Harrison, PhD, University of Sydney, Australia
Emma Healey, PhD, Keele University, UK
Robert Daniel Hoffman, Dr. med., Tel Aviv University, Israel
Susann Hueber, Dr. phil, University Hospital Erlangen, Germany
Adelson Jantsch, PhD, Universidade Aberta do SUS (UNA-SUS), Brazil
Aisling Jennings, BSc, BCh, BAO, MICGP, PhD, University College Cork, Ireland
Peter K. Kurotschka, University Hospital Würzburg, Germany
Donata Kurpas, MD, Wroclaw Medical University, Poland
Dorothy Lall, PhD, MD, CMC Vellore , India
Michael Lawless, Bachelor of Psychology (Honours), PhD, Flinders University, Australia
Yew Kong Lee, PhD, University of Malaya, Malaysia
Lian Leng Low, MD, MBBS, MMed, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
Jo-Anne Manski-Nankervis, BSc(Hons) MBBS(Hons) PhD FRACGP, Nanyang Technological University of Singapore, Singapore
Alexandre Malmartel, MD, PhD, Université Paris Cité, France
Csaba Moczar, Irinyi Health Center, Hungary
Stephanie Montesanti, PhD, University of Alberta, Canada
Yousef Moradi, PhD, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Achim Mortsiefer, PhD, Witten/Herdecke University, Institute of General Practice and Primary Care (IAMAG), Germany
Keshena Naidoo, PhD, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, South Africa
Toshio Naito, MD, PhD, Juntendo University, Japan
Raymond O'Connor, MBSS, University of Limerick, Ireland
Gritt Overbeck, PhD, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Lieve Peremans, PhD, University of Antwerp, Belgium
Nadine Pohontsch, Dr. hum. biol., University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany
Constance Dimity Pond, BA, MBBS, PhD, University of Newcastle, UK
Ramakrishna Prasad, MD, MPH, Academy of Family Physicians of India (AFPI), India
Filipe Prazeres, MD, PhD, MSc, University of Beira Interior, Portugal
Maja Racic, PhD, University of East Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Paolo Giorgi Rossi, Agency for Public Health, Italy
Simon Schwill, Dr. med, MME, University Hospital Heidelberg, Germany
Anna De Simoni, PhD, Queen Mary University of London, UK
Jean Soler, MD, PhD, FMCFD, European General Practice Research Network, Malta
Jens Søndergaard, PhD, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
Neophytos Stylianou, PhD, Eratosthenes Centre of Excellence, Cyprus
Asvini Subasinghe, PhD, NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence and Health in Preconception & Pregnancy, Australia
Tony Kai Sing Sun, PhD, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Wade Thompson, PharmD, PhD, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
Zoi Tsimtsiou, MD, MSc, PhD, Aristotle University Thessaloniki, Greece
Wenhua Wang, PhD, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China
Haipeng Wang, PhD, Shandong University, China
Apichai Wattanapisit, MD, Walailak University, Thailand
Samuel Wong, MD, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Rosemary Wyber, MBChB, MPH, PhD, FRACGP, Australian National University, Australia
Zhijie Xu, MD, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, China
Hakan Yaman, MD, Akdeniz University, Turkey
Beibei Yuan, Peking University, China
Chengchao Zhou, Shandong University, China
Yin Zhou, PhD, Queen Mary University of London, UK


Editorial Advisors
Margaret Cupples, Queen's University Belfast, UK
Martin Duerden, Cardiff University, UK