Editorial Board for section 'Infectious Diseases, Chronic Diseases, and Disease Prevention'
- Global Health Section
- Environmental Health Section
- Health Care Sciences Section
- Behavioral and Mental Health Section
- Infectious Diseases, Chronic Diseases, and Disease Prevention Section
- Exercise and Health-Related Quality of Life Section
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Please note that the order in which the Editors appear on this page is alphabetical, and follows the structure of the editorial board presented on the MDPI website under information for editors: editorial board responsibilities.
Members
School of Public Health Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada
Interests: HIV/HCV/HBV coinfections; vaccine preventable diseases; communicable and non-communicable disease syndemics; global health; big data; spatial analysis of complex data
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Interests: HIV/HCV/HBV coinfections; vaccine preventable diseases; communicable and non-communicable disease syndemics; global health; big data; spatial analysis of complex data
* Section: Infectious Diseases, Chronic Diseases and Disease Prevention
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Performance and Sport Rehabilitation Laboratory (DEPORSALUD), Faculty of Sports Sciences, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Avda. Carlos III s/n, 45071 Toledo, Spain
Interests: sport science; sport biomechanics; physical activity; caffeine; ergogenic aids; racquet sports; injury prevention; exercise performance; sonoelastography in sports injury diagnosis
* Section: Infectious Diseases, Chronic Diseases and Disease Prevention
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Interests: sport science; sport biomechanics; physical activity; caffeine; ergogenic aids; racquet sports; injury prevention; exercise performance; sonoelastography in sports injury diagnosis
* Section: Infectious Diseases, Chronic Diseases and Disease Prevention
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1. Microbiology Division, Faculty of Sciences, University of Burgos, 09001 Burgos, Spain
2. Research Centre for Emerging Pathogens and Global Health, University of Burgos, 09001 Burgos, Spain
Interests: food-borne pathogens; food safety; food microbiology
* Section: Infectious Diseases, Chronic Diseases and Disease Prevention
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2. Research Centre for Emerging Pathogens and Global Health, University of Burgos, 09001 Burgos, Spain
Interests: food-borne pathogens; food safety; food microbiology
* Section: Infectious Diseases, Chronic Diseases and Disease Prevention
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Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience (CAWR) & Centre for Healthcare Research (CHR), Coventry University, Coventry CV8 3LG, UK
Interests: nutrition; maternal and women’s health; health inequality; equity and diversity; obesity; dairy intake; gestational outcomes; chronic diseases; oral health
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Interests: nutrition; maternal and women’s health; health inequality; equity and diversity; obesity; dairy intake; gestational outcomes; chronic diseases; oral health
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Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies “G.F. Ingrassia”, University of Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy
Interests: public health; epidemiology and prevention; nutritional epidemiology; molecular epidemiology; epigenetics; genomics; healthcare-associated infections
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Interests: public health; epidemiology and prevention; nutritional epidemiology; molecular epidemiology; epigenetics; genomics; healthcare-associated infections
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Alexopoulos Evangelos Medical PC, Ellispontou 11, 156 69 Athens, Greece
Interests: occupational stress; employee wellbeing; ESG activities; occupational medicine; stress management; environmental health; preventive medicine; health promotion
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Interests: occupational stress; employee wellbeing; ESG activities; occupational medicine; stress management; environmental health; preventive medicine; health promotion
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Department of Biological, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies, University of Palermo, 90128 Palermo, Italy
Interests: human physiology; endocrinology; bone; aging/well-being; applied physiology; human nutrition; gastroenterology; obesity/diabetes; appetite regulation; energy metabolism; biofortified food; micronutrients
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Interests: human physiology; endocrinology; bone; aging/well-being; applied physiology; human nutrition; gastroenterology; obesity/diabetes; appetite regulation; energy metabolism; biofortified food; micronutrients
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Division of Internal Medicine, Hospital of Pavullo, 41126 Modena, Italy
Interests: epidemiology; pathogenesis; diagnosis and treatment of fatty liver (metabolic and viral); genetic determinants of fatty liver; metabolic syndrome; insulin resistance; association between fatty liver, metabolic syndrome, diabetes and cardiovascular diseases; liver ultrasonography
Interests: epidemiology; pathogenesis; diagnosis and treatment of fatty liver (metabolic and viral); genetic determinants of fatty liver; metabolic syndrome; insulin resistance; association between fatty liver, metabolic syndrome, diabetes and cardiovascular diseases; liver ultrasonography
1. Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, 20090 Pieve Emanuele, MI, Italy
2. Internal Medicine, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center- IRCCS, 20089 Rozzano, MI, Italy
Interests: cardiovascular autonomic nervous system; shift work; sleep disorders; syncope and orthostatic intolerance syndromes; occupational and environmental health; heart rate, blood pressure and respiratory activity variability
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2. Internal Medicine, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center- IRCCS, 20089 Rozzano, MI, Italy
Interests: cardiovascular autonomic nervous system; shift work; sleep disorders; syncope and orthostatic intolerance syndromes; occupational and environmental health; heart rate, blood pressure and respiratory activity variability
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1. Department of Translational Medicine, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, 11200 SW 8th Street, Miami, FL 33199, USA
2. Department of Health Policy & Management, Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work, Florida International University, 11200 SW 8th Street, Miami, FL 33199, USA
3. Faculty of Medicine, Riga Stradiņš University, LV-1007 Riga, Latvia
Interests: diabetes prevention; diabetes epidemiology; public health; risk factors and lifestyle habits of chronic noncommunicable diseases; screening for type 2 diabetes; implementation science; dissemination science
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2. Department of Health Policy & Management, Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work, Florida International University, 11200 SW 8th Street, Miami, FL 33199, USA
3. Faculty of Medicine, Riga Stradiņš University, LV-1007 Riga, Latvia
Interests: diabetes prevention; diabetes epidemiology; public health; risk factors and lifestyle habits of chronic noncommunicable diseases; screening for type 2 diabetes; implementation science; dissemination science
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Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Via Giuseppe Campi, 287, 41125 Modena, Italy
Interests: prevention and control of waterborne hospital-acquired infections; relationship between essential, non-essential and toxic elements and human health; food hygiene and nutrition; healthcare-associated infection prevention; patient fall risk prevention
Interests: prevention and control of waterborne hospital-acquired infections; relationship between essential, non-essential and toxic elements and human health; food hygiene and nutrition; healthcare-associated infection prevention; patient fall risk prevention
Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences, School of Integrated Health Sciences, University of Nevada Las Vegas, 4505 S., Maryland Parkway, Box 453034, Las Vegas, NV 89154-3034, USA
Interests: dietary bioactive compounds; diabetes; inflammation; dietary patterns
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Interests: dietary bioactive compounds; diabetes; inflammation; dietary patterns
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1. Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, School of Cancer & Pharmaceutical Sciences, King’s College London, London SE1 9RT, UK
2. Medway NHS Foundation Trust, Windmill Road, Gillingham ME7 5NY, Kent, UK
3. Kent Medway Medical School, University of Kent, Canterbury CT2 7LX, Kent, UK
4. AELIA Organization, 9(th)Km Thessaloniki-Thermi, 57001 Thessaloniki, Greece
Interests: prostate cancer; renal cancer; ovarian cancer; homologous recombination of DNA; PARP inhibitors; cervical cancer; carcinoma of unknown primary; colorectal cancer; cancer and autoimmune diseases; biomarkers
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2. Medway NHS Foundation Trust, Windmill Road, Gillingham ME7 5NY, Kent, UK
3. Kent Medway Medical School, University of Kent, Canterbury CT2 7LX, Kent, UK
4. AELIA Organization, 9(th)Km Thessaloniki-Thermi, 57001 Thessaloniki, Greece
Interests: prostate cancer; renal cancer; ovarian cancer; homologous recombination of DNA; PARP inhibitors; cervical cancer; carcinoma of unknown primary; colorectal cancer; cancer and autoimmune diseases; biomarkers
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Research Unit, Sardenya Primary Health Care Center, Biomedical Research Institute Sant Pau, 08025 Barcelona, Spain
Interests: cardiovascular disease prevention; primary health care; general practice; health promotion; cardiovascular diseases; dyslipidemias; risk factors
Interests: cardiovascular disease prevention; primary health care; general practice; health promotion; cardiovascular diseases; dyslipidemias; risk factors
Contextual Risk Factors Laboratory, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, 6400 Perkins Avenue, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, USA
Interests: physical activity; obesity; built environment; social environment; social determinants of health; health equity
Interests: physical activity; obesity; built environment; social environment; social determinants of health; health equity
Institute for Cancer Research, Prevention and Clinical Network (ISPRO), Via Cosimo il Vecchio 2, 50139 Florence, Italy
Interests: melanoma; skin cancer; epidemiology; genetics; risk factors; prevention
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Interests: melanoma; skin cancer; epidemiology; genetics; risk factors; prevention
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Department of Surgery, Medicine, Molecular biology and Critical Care, University of Pisa, and Cardio-thoracic and Vascular Department, University Hospital of Pisa, via Savi, 10, 56126 Pisa, Italy
Interests: epidemiology of respiratory diseases; smoking and smoking cessation; lung cancer screening; COPD, bronchiectasis; bronchial asthma; interstitial lung diseases; acute and chronic respiratory failure; pulmonary embolism
Interests: epidemiology of respiratory diseases; smoking and smoking cessation; lung cancer screening; COPD, bronchiectasis; bronchial asthma; interstitial lung diseases; acute and chronic respiratory failure; pulmonary embolism
Department of Translational Research, New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, 56126 Pisa, Italy
Interests: epidemiology of infectious diseases; molecular epidemiology of pathogenic microorganisms; prevention of healthcare-associated infections; assessemnet and control of microbiological risks of water; assessment of occupational biological risk; health communication and implementation of communication tools
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Interests: epidemiology of infectious diseases; molecular epidemiology of pathogenic microorganisms; prevention of healthcare-associated infections; assessemnet and control of microbiological risks of water; assessment of occupational biological risk; health communication and implementation of communication tools
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Department of Health Promotion Sciences, Maternal and Infantile Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties “G. D’Alessandro”, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
Interests: health promotion; vaccination; breastfeeding; screening; health impact assessment vaccine effectiveness; vaccine efficacy
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Interests: health promotion; vaccination; breastfeeding; screening; health impact assessment vaccine effectiveness; vaccine efficacy
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BHF Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre, Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8TA, UK
Interests: precision nutrition; physical activity; genetics and its role on chronic diseases
Interests: precision nutrition; physical activity; genetics and its role on chronic diseases
Halberg Chronobiology Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
Interests: human chronobiology; blood pressure monitoring; cardiovascular disease; heart rate variability; time series analysis
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Interests: human chronobiology; blood pressure monitoring; cardiovascular disease; heart rate variability; time series analysis
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1. Department of Health Promotion, Maternal and Child Care, Internal Medicine and Excellence Specialties, University of Palermo, 90127 Palermo, Italy
2. Vaccination Unit, University Hospital of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
Interests: vaccination; vaccines; vaccine hesitancy; vaccine outreach; vaccine communication; paediatric vaccination; adolescent vaccination; adult vaccination; elderly vaccination
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2. Vaccination Unit, University Hospital of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
Interests: vaccination; vaccines; vaccine hesitancy; vaccine outreach; vaccine communication; paediatric vaccination; adolescent vaccination; adult vaccination; elderly vaccination
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Department of Medicine, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33314, USA
Interests: allergy; asthma; immunology
Interests: allergy; asthma; immunology
1. Department of Health Sciences, University of Genova, Via Pastore 1, 16132 Genova, Italy
2. Galliera Hospitals Via Mura delle Cappuccine 14, 16128 Genova, Italy
Interests: public health; healthcare infections; environment; environmental monitoring; healthcare environment
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2. Galliera Hospitals Via Mura delle Cappuccine 14, 16128 Genova, Italy
Interests: public health; healthcare infections; environment; environmental monitoring; healthcare environment
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Department of Clinical, Internal, Anaesthesiological and Cardiovascular Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Viale del Policlinico 155, 00161 Rome, Italy
Interests: obesity; clinical nutrition; metabolic syndrome; diabetes; liver diseases
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Interests: obesity; clinical nutrition; metabolic syndrome; diabetes; liver diseases
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Allergy and Lung Health Unit, University of Melbourne, Parkville 3010, Australia
Interests: epidemiology; respiratory medicine; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); asthma; allergy; risk factors
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Interests: epidemiology; respiratory medicine; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); asthma; allergy; risk factors
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Department of Health Promotion, Mother and Child Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, University of Palermo, 90127 Palermo, Italy
Interests: HIV; tuberculosis; pediatric infectious disease; microbiota in surgery patients
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Interests: HIV; tuberculosis; pediatric infectious disease; microbiota in surgery patients
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1. Karl-Landsteiner Institute for Health Promotion Research, 3454 Sitzenberg-Reidling, Austria
2. Social Insurance Fund for Public Service, Railway and Mining Industries, Gesundheitseinrichtung Sitzenberg-Reidling, 3454 Sitzenberg-Reidling, Austria
3. Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Centre for Public Health, Medical University of Vienna, 1080 Vienna, Austria
Interests: (social) determinants of health; healthy aging; physical activity; nutrition; sexuality; chronic disease prevention; community resilience
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2. Social Insurance Fund for Public Service, Railway and Mining Industries, Gesundheitseinrichtung Sitzenberg-Reidling, 3454 Sitzenberg-Reidling, Austria
3. Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Centre for Public Health, Medical University of Vienna, 1080 Vienna, Austria
Interests: (social) determinants of health; healthy aging; physical activity; nutrition; sexuality; chronic disease prevention; community resilience
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1. Department of Acute & Chronic Care, School of Nursing, George Washington University, Washington, DC 20006, USA
2. Department of Epidemiology, George Washington University, Washington, DC 20006, USA
Interests: Alzheimer's disease and related dementias; health disparities and health outcomes in older adults; methods to strengthen causal inference in observational research; longitudinal data analysis; latent vari
2. Department of Epidemiology, George Washington University, Washington, DC 20006, USA
Interests: Alzheimer's disease and related dementias; health disparities and health outcomes in older adults; methods to strengthen causal inference in observational research; longitudinal data analysis; latent vari
Research Centre in Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine (EPIMED), Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Insubria, Via O Rossi 9-Pad Rossi-1 Piano, 21100 Varese, Italy
Interests: epidemiology methods; cardiovascular diseases; work stress assessments; job strain; occupational physical activity; cardiovascular diseases prevention at the workplace; total worker heath interventions; work-related mental disorders; breast cancer and shift work
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Interests: epidemiology methods; cardiovascular diseases; work stress assessments; job strain; occupational physical activity; cardiovascular diseases prevention at the workplace; total worker heath interventions; work-related mental disorders; breast cancer and shift work
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