Editorial Masthead

Editors-in-Chief

Muzzafer Chaudery — MBBS, MEd, PhD, FRCS; Consultant Vascular & Endovascular Surgeon, Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (Frimley Park Hospital), Surrey, UK — Expertise: Vascular surgery; Global health
Luciano Candilio — Consultant Cardiologist, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK — Expertise: Cardiology

Deputy & Senior Editors

Mahmood Ahmad — Royal Free Hospital, London, UK — Specialist in Cardiology (SAS); MRCP(UK) — Expertise: Cardiology
Osama Khalid — Consultant in Infectious Diseases, Ziauddin University, Karachi, Pakistan — Expertise: Infectious Diseases
Christine Muhumuza — Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Makerere University School of Public Health (MakSPH), Uganda — Expertise: Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Malik Takreem Ahmad — King’s College London, UK — Expertise: Medicine — ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0793-7408
Nay Thu Win — MBBS, MRCP(UK); Cardiology Senior Registrar, Cardiology Department, Rockhampton Hospital, Queensland, Australia — Expertise: Medicine (Cardiology)

Honorary Editor

Tauseef Ahmad Khan — Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto, Canada — Expertise: Meta-analysis / Evidence synthesis — ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3713-2248

Founding Editors

Laiba Khan — Royal Free Hospital, London, UK — Expertise: Medicine
Talha Ahmad — Ahmadiyya Hospital, Ghana — Expertise: Medicine
Idah Mokeira Mirera — Kenya Methodist University, Kenya — Expertise: Public Health & Health Systems Management
Kirabo Justine — Makerere University School of Public Health (MakSPH), Uganda — Expertise: Public Health Nutrition
Derrick Tumwesigye — Makerere University School of Public Health (MakSPH), Uganda — Expertise: Public Health
Nabaasa Janepher — Makerere University School of Public Health (MakSPH) & Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI), Uganda — Expertise: Health Services Research
Nakhabi Annah — Makerere University School of Public Health (MakSPH), Uganda — Expertise: Public Health (Disaster Management)
Lauritta Chinazaekpere Ndufeiya-Kumasi — Department of Biochemistry, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria — Expertise: Biochemistry — ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4712-724X

Section Editors

Methodology & Evidence Synthesis: Niraj Kumar — Royal Free Hospital, London, UK — Expertise: Meta-analysis / Evidence synthesis
Biostatistics: Mohammad Ali — Royal Free Hospital, London, UK — Expertise: Medicine
Clinical Specialties: Dr Abdullah Zakaria — Figges Marsh Surgery, London, UK (GMC 6044380, MRCGP) — Expertise: Medicine
Reproducibility & Research Software: Bilaal Dar — St George’s, University of London, UK — Expertise: Meta-analysis / Evidence synthesis — ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1934-0860

Each member is listed with name, affiliation, and area of expertise; ORCID and editorial role are shown where provided.

Associate Editors

Reubeen Rashid Ahmad — Brighton and Sussex Medical School, UK — Expertise: Medicine — ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3485-6440
Syed Faizaan Shah Quadri — Medical Officer, Yashoda Hospital, Hyderabad, India — Expertise: Medicine

Editorial & Review Board

Maheen Akbar — Royal Free Hospital, London, UK — Expertise: Medicine
Sara Ahmed Ahmed — University College London, UK — Expertise: Medicine
Hamood Saeed — University of Sheffield — Expertise: Medicine
Najia Ahmad — 786-MIII, London, UK — Expertise: Medicine
Suleman Ahmad — Intrepid Health, Toronto, Canada — Expertise: Medicine
Ata Ul Hayee Sohail — Royal Free London, UK — Expertise: Medicine
Tomi Olukoya — Royal Free London, UK — Expertise: Medicine
Khaing Mar Lwin — Royal Free London, UK — Expertise: Medicine
Majed Sheikh — Canton Medical Education Foundation — Expertise: Medicine
Daniel Coles — UCL — Expertise: Medicine
Joumana Salam — London Northwest Healthcare NHS Trust — Expertise: Medicine
Soham Ganguly — University College London, UK — Expertise: Medicine
Ruhani Singh — National Medical Research Association, UK — Expertise: Medicine
Tia Mistry — UCL — Expertise: Medicine
Igor Buslowski — UCL — Expertise: Medicine
Poe Hnin Phyu — Royal Free Hospital — Expertise: Medicine
Maham Khan — Royal Free Hospital — Expertise: Medicine
Nijat Rizayev — Royal Free Hospital — Expertise: Medicine
Manpreet Kour — Royal Free Hospital — Expertise: Medicine
Touqeer Ahmad Rana — Royal Free Hospital, London, UK — Expertise: Medicine
Muhammad Hamza Khan — Heuser College — Expertise: Medicine
Joanne Lac — University College London, UK — Expertise: Medicine
Hamza Basheer — Royal Free Hospital, London, UK — Expertise: Medicine
Jacqueline Kiel — Boston University, USA — Expertise: Medicine
Taha Nasser — St Peter’s Hospital, Chertsey, UK — Expertise: Medicine
Ahmed Mahmoud Ibrahim Elsoudy — Royal Free Hospital, London, UK — Expertise: Medicine
Jake Smith — King’s College London, UK — Expertise: Medicine
Sadeed Ahmed Choudhury — King’s College London, UK — Expertise: Medicine

Conflict-of-Interest Management

Editors recuse themselves from any submission in which they have a competing interest. Editors who are also authors recuse themselves entirely from their own submissions and play no role in the editorial decision on them; such submissions are assigned to an independent, non-conflicted handling editor whose identity is recorded.