Advisory Board and Editors Epidemiology
Stefanos Bonovas
Clinical epidemiologist, biostatistician and research methodologist with special interests in study design and methods, clinical research, and evidence synthesis (by means of systematic reviews, classic and network meta-analyses) to inform health care decisions.
Associate Professor at Humanitas University, Milan, Italy.
Ricardo Castro Alves
Dr. Ricardo Castro Alves specialises in periodontology and is the Head of the Department of Periodontology at the Instituto Universitário Egas Moniz. His is also Head of the Clinical Research Unit at Centro de Investigação Interdisciplinar Egas Moniz (CiiEM), Co-Coordinator of the Post-Graduate Program in Clinical Periodontology, Professor of the Post-Graduate Program in Implant Dentistry and an invited Professor at several Post-Graduation Courses.
Eduardo Castro-Nallar
Originally trained as a biochemist, got a PhD in Biological Sciences at The George Washington University, and now is a Professor in the Center for Integrative Ecology and in the Department of Microbiology, Universidad de Talca, Chile.
Eduardo is interested in microbial (meta)genomics, computational biology, and bioinformatics.
Ciro Cattuto
Associate Professor in the Computer Science Department of the University of Turin, Italy. Principal Scientist and Research Area Coordinator at ISI Foundation, Italy.
Interested in Data & Network Science, Computational Social Science, Web Science, wearable sensors, Digital Epidemiology. SocioPatterns.org co-founder. Past: Sapienza University of Roma, Centro Enrico Fermi, RIKEN Frontier Research Systems, University of Michigan, University of Perugia.
Chong Chen
My main research interest is to understand the cognitive and neural computational mechanisms of human decision-making and learning, and how they are dysregulated in neuropsychiatric diseases (in particular, major depressive disorders and anxiety disorders). I am also interested in exploring behavioral and psychological interventions (such as physical exercise and contact with natural environments) that help to enhance cognitive functions, build resilience, promote mental health, and/or have therapeutic effects for neuropsychiatric diseases. My research employs a range of methodologies, including psychometric tests, behavioral tests, cognitive theories-informed computational modelling, neuroimaging, and machine learning. By combining these techniques, I am currently conducting studies to predict the incidence of neuropsychiatric diseases in a public health setting and predict patients’ responses to various treatments to promote personalized medicine. Previously, I have also conducted basic research with rats using behavioral experiments and microdialysis and microinjection techniques, for the purpose of investigating the neurobiological (neuroendocrinological and neurotransmitter) basis of the antidepressant-like and anxiolytic-like effects of drugs and physical exercise. Based on these results, I have proposed “The Exercise-Glucocorticoid Paradox”, which describes the phenomenon that despite increasing the stress hormone cortisol, a mediator of the detrimental effects of stress on cognition and mental health, physical exercise enhances cognition and promotes mental health.
Davide Chicco
Davide Chicco is a scientific researcher at the University of Toronto. He received his PhD. from Politecnico di Milano in 2014, and his MSc. in Computer Science from the University of Genoa, Italy in 2010. From September 2018 to January 2020 he was a researcher at the University Health Network (Toronto, Ontario, Canada). Davide Chicco's research centres on biomedical informatics and machine learning.
Francesco Chirico
Contract Professor of Occupational Epidemiology at Post-graduate School of Occupational Health, Department of Life Sciences and Public Health, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome. Official Medical Doctor at Health Service Deopartment, Italian State Police. Editor in Chief and Founder at "Journal of Health and Social Sciences: The Italian Journal for Interdisciplinary Health and Social Development".
C Robert Cloninger
Director, Anthropedia Institute for Well-being Research; Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at Washington University in St. Louis.
Gary S Collins
Gary has research interests primarily focussed on statistical (and reporting) aspects in developing and validating multivariable prediction models. He has published over 100 papers on clinical trials, observational studies, systematic reviews, quality of life, propensity scores and prediction models.
Gary is a statistical editor ("hanging committee") for the BMJ.
Gary also led the development of the TRIPOD Statement for reporting clinical prediction models - www.tripod-statement.org.
Anne Conan
Dr. Anne Conan is a veterinary epidemiologist. Her main research topic is the epidemiology of infectious diseases in low-income farming systems, including the consequences of the intensification of chicken farming, the epidemiology of African swine fever , the epidemiology of Coxiella burnetii in humans and livestock, and the control of rabies in humans and dogs. She has worked in Cambodia, South Africa, St. Kitts (West Indies) and Hong Kong SAR. She is now based in Zimbabwe studying the topics of One Health and of the surveillance of infectious diseases.
Aldo Croquer
Dr. Aldo Croquer graduated from Universidad Central De Venezuela in 1998. His PhD is in Biological Sciences and has been a Postdoctoral Fellow 3 times, a Senior Professor at Simon Bolivar University and currently Coral Program Manager of The Nature Conservancy in the Dominican Republic. I am interested in coral reef ecology, benthic ecology and coral biology ecology, including life history traits, coral disease-health dynamics and ecological restoration.
Maha El Tantawi
Professor of Dental Public Health in Alexandria University, Egypt.