Editor-in-Chief
Francesco Chirico, MD, PhD
Medical Officer, Italian State Police, Milan, Italy
President and Founder, International Network for the Advancement of Medicine, Psychology, and Public Health — INAMPPH
Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Advances in Medicine, Psychology, and Public Health
Areas of expertise: Occupational medicine; occupational and public health; psychosocial risks; workplace health promotion; research methodology; scientific publishing.
Associate Editors
Mahmood Bahramizadeh, PhD
Professor, Department of Orthotics and Prosthetics, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Editorial area: Rehabilitation Sciences, Orthotics and Prosthetics, and Clinical Research
Hicham Khabbache, PhD
Professor, Department of Applied Psychology, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fez, Morocco
Editorial area: Applied Psychology, Health Psychology, Mental Health, and Education
Nicola Magnavita, MD
Former Director, Postgraduate School of Occupational Medicine, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
Editorial area: Occupational Medicine, Occupational Epidemiology, and Workplace Health
Amelia Rizzo, PhD
Psychologist, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
Editorial area: Clinical Psychology, Health Psychology, and Psychological Assessment
Manoj Sharma, MBBS, PhD, MCHES®
Professor, Department of Social and Behavioral Health, School of Public Health, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Adjunct Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV
Editorial area: Public Health, Health Promotion, Behavioral Health, Global Health, and Integrative Health.
Łukasz Szarpak, PhD, DPH, MBA, DBA
Professor, Institute of Medical Sciences, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland
Editorial area: Emergency Medicine, Disaster Medicine, Resuscitation, Critical Care, and Evidence Synthesis.
Murat Yıldırım, PhD
Associate Professor and Head, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Science and Letters, Ağrı İbrahim Çeçen University, Ağrı, Türkiye
Editorial area: Clinical and Health Psychology, Personality Psychology, Resilience, Mental Health, and Psychological Well-Being.
The Associate Editors above replace the less structured presentation currently used on the AMPPH Board page.
Statistical and Methodological Editor
Kavita Batra, PhD, MPH, BDS, FRSPH
Assistant Professor, Medical Research Biostatistician, and Executive Director of Research and Scholarly Activity, Office of Research, Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Areas of responsibility: Biostatistics; epidemiology; research methodology; clinical research; qualitative and quantitative methods; systematic reviews and meta-analyses; statistical and methodological assessment of submitted manuscripts.
Section Editor
Case Reports and Clinical Images
Antonio Villa, MD
ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco, Fatebenefratelli Hospital, Milan, Italy
Areas of responsibility: Initial assessment and editorial coordination of clinical case reports, case series, and clinical images.
International Editorial Board
Medicine, Clinical Research, and Rehabilitation
Ishaq Adam Ahmed Mohammad
Professor, Unaizah College of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Qassim University, Qassim, Saudi Arabia
Alla Navolokina
Associate Professor, International European University, Kyiv, Ukraine
Livio Tarchi, MD
University of Florence, Florence, Italy
The appointments and affiliations in this section are retained from the existing AMPPH Editorial Board.
Occupational and Environmental Health
Luigi Coppeta, MD
University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
Luca Di Giampaolo, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Innovative Technologies in Medicine and Dentistry, “G. d’Annunzio” University of Chieti–Pescara, Chieti, Italy
Juan Gómez-Salgado, PhD
Professor, University of Huelva, Huelva, Spain
Behdin Nowrouzi-Kia, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Enrico Oddone, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
The appointments and affiliations in this section are retained from the existing AMPPH Editorial Board.
Public Health, Epidemiology, and Health Promotion
Matthew Asare, PhD, MPH, MBA, CHES
Associate Professor and Director, MPH in Community Health Science Program
Department of Public Health, Robbins College of Health & Human Sciences
Baylor University, Waco, Texas, United States
Areas of expertise: Health disparities; cancer prevention and control; implementation science; global health; behavioral health; community-based interventions
Chia-Liang “Leo” Dai, PhD, CHES
Associate Professor of Health Education
Department of Teaching and Learning, College of Education
University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Areas of expertise: Health education; health behavior change; physical activity; mental health; program implementation and evaluation; school and community health.
Meghnath Dhimal, PhD
Senior Research Officer, Nepal Health Research Council, Kathmandu, Nepal
Traci Hayes, DrPH, MS, MBA, CHES
Assistant Professor of Public Health
School of Health Professions, College of Nursing and Health Professions
University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States
Areas of expertise: Health promotion; health behavior; health communication; community engagement; program implementation and evaluation
Olayinka Stephen Ilesanmi, MD, PhD
Department of Community Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
Ram Lakhan, DrPH
Associate Professor, Department of Health and Human Performance
Berea College, Berea, Kentucky, United States
Areas of expertise: Public health; disability and health; mental health; health behavior; community health.
Vahid Rashedi, PhD
Assistant Professor, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran
The continuing appointments in this section are retained from the existing AMPPH Editorial Board.
Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Interdisciplinary Health Research
Nicola Luigi Bragazzi, MD, PhD
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, York University, Toronto, Canada
Areas of expertise: Epidemiology; biostatistics; public health; digital health; evidence synthesis
The appointment and affiliation are retained from the existing AMPPH Editorial Board.
Psychology, Behavioral Sciences, and Mental Health
Dario Alparone, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Brest, France
Sefa Bulut, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, Ibn Haldun University, Istanbul, Türkiye
Gabriele Giorgi, PhD
Professor, European University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Rasool Shakeri, PhD
Department of Human Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Bojnord Branch, Bojnord, Iran
The appointments and affiliations in this section are retained from the existing AMPPH Editorial Board.
Social, Educational, and Community Sciences
Fuat Aydoğdu, PhD
Osmangazi Science and Art Center, Bursa, Türkiye
Hussein Alkhozahe, PhD
Professor of Sociology, Al-Balqa Applied University, Jordan
İsmail Kuşci
Research Assistant, Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa University, Tokat, Türkiye
The appointments and affiliations in this section are retained from the existing AMPPH Editorial Board.
Nursing and Healthcare Sciences
Fiona Timmins, PhD
School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Systems, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Areas of expertise: Nursing; healthcare education; professional development; clinical practice; healthcare systems.
In Memoriam
Gabriella Nucera, MD
Founding Associate Editor — In Memoriam
AMPPH honours the memory of Dr Gabriella Nucera and gratefully acknowledges her invaluable contribution to the establishment, development, and scientific community of the journal.
Her professional commitment, humanity, and dedication to medicine and patient care remain an enduring part of the history and identity of AMPPH.
Responsibilities of Editors and Editorial Board Members
Editors and Editorial Board members are expected to:
- support the scientific, ethical, and international development of AMPPH;
- advise the Editor-in-Chief on the journal’s scope, policies, and editorial strategy;
- contribute to peer review or recommend qualified independent reviewers;
- promote methodological rigor, transparent reporting, and research integrity;
- encourage high-quality submissions within their areas of expertise;
- identify relevant emerging topics and possible thematic collections;
- maintain the confidentiality of manuscripts and editorial communications;
- disclose conflicts of interest and abstain from decisions when appropriate;
- periodically verify and update their academic title, affiliation, institutional profile, and ORCID iD.
Editorial Board membership does not guarantee publication and does not confer preferential treatment on manuscripts submitted by editors or Board members.