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Editorial Team


Editor-in-Chief:

Prof. Dr. Sunil Kumar Joshi 
Head,  Department of Community Medicine
Kathmandu Medical College, Kathmandu University, 
Sinamangal, Kathmandu, Nepal (WoS Researcher ID: O-3842-2018)

Full Member, World Association of Medical Editors (WAME)
Visiting Professor, University of the West of England (UWE), Bristol, UK                                                                         
Emails: editor@ijoshnepal.com, sunil.joshi@uwe.ac.uk 

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2704-5060 

Advisers:

Prof. Dr. Paras Kumar Pokharel
School of Public Health and Community Medicine
BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal
Email: paras.k.pokharel@gmail.com

SCOPUS ID: 14057076400

Prof. Dr. Sanjay Nath Khanal
Professor of Environmental Science
School of Environmental Science and Management (SchEMS) 
Kathmandu, Nepal
Email: khanalsn@gmail.com

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9757-2683

Prof. Dr. Seshanand Sanjel
Department of Community Medicine and Public Health
Karnali Academy of Health Sciences
Jumla, Nepal
Email: sanjel.sn@gmail.com 

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0163-6946

Subhash Chandra Sharma 
Department of Psychiatry
Kathmandu Medical College
Kathmandu, Nepal
Email: subukhanal@gmail.com 

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7631-6082

Consultant Editor:

Prof. Dr. Somnath Gangopadhyay
Professor, Department of Physiology
Occupational Ergonomics Laboratory
University of Calcutta
92, APC Road, Calcutta 700 009, India 
Email: ganguly1961@yahoo.com

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2737-5836  

Managing Editors:

Dr. Pranab Dahal (Full time)
Department of Health and Caring Sciences
Linnaeus University, Kalmar
Sweden
Email: pranabdahal@gmail.com 

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7399-9829

Dr. Nayan Kamal Sainju (APF)
Indiana University Health Ball Memorial Hospital
Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis
USA
Email: nayansainju105@gmail.com 

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6219-3555

Statistical Editor:

Assoc Prof. Dr. Naresh Manandhar
Department of Community Medicine
SOM, Nepal Army Institute of Health Sciences
Tribhuvan  University
Nepal
Email: nareshsayami@yahoo.com 

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4113-7076

Associate Editors:                             

Dr. Yadav Prasad Joshi 
Coordinator, MSc in Environmental and Occupational Health
Nepal Open University (NOU)
Manbhawan, Lalitpur, Nepal
Email: yadavjoshi@gmail.com

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1578-9775 

Prakash Kumar Mahto PT
Assistant Professor, Department of Physiotherapy 
Kathmandu Medical College Public Limited
Kathmandu, Nepal
Email: mprakashk@hotmail.com

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9473-3656

Dr. Buna Bhandari
Assistant Professor, Central Department of Public Health 
Tribhuvan University Institute of Medicine
Kathmandu, Nepal
Visiting Scholar, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health 
Email: bbhandari@hsph.harvard.edu

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0102-8844  

Dr. Tara Baniya
Save the Children International
Butwal, Nepal
Email: baniyatara@gmail.com

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0525-9102

Dr. Nikita Bhattarai (Full time)
Department of Community Medicine
Kathmandu Medical College, Kathmandu
Nepal
Email: dr.nikitabhattarai@gmail.com

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4036-5007

Editorial Assistants (Full time):   

Dr. Anmol Shrestha, Department of Community Medicine, Kathmandu Medical College, Kathmandu, Nepal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3822-6967)

Dr. Megha Kasaju, Department of Community Medicine, Kathmandu Medical College, Kathmandu, Nepal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0467-4120)

Dr. Sugam Pokhrel, Department of Community Medicine, Kathmandu Medical College, Kathmandu, Nepal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3371-8006)

Dr. Rajiv Mani Adhikari, Department of Community Medicine, Kathmandu Medical College, Kathmandu, Nepal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2256-3472)

Dr. Nisha Bhattarai, Department of Community Medicine, Kathmandu Medical College, Kathmandu, Nepal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5411-823X)

Dr. Simanta Poudel, Department of Community Medicine, Kathmandu Medical College, Kathmandu, Nepal

International Editors:

Prof. William S. Carter
Emeritus Professor
The University of Findlay
Findlay, OH 45840 USA
216-921-1400
Email: carter@findlay.edu 

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2115-7045

Knut Skyberg
Advisor, Department of Occupational Medicine and Epidemiology
National Institute of Occupational Health (STAMI), Oslo
Norway
Email: Knut.Skyberg@stami.no 

Prof. Eng. Leonardo A. Quintana J. 
Professor
Centro de Estudios de Ergonomía
Bogotá
Colombia
Email:  lquintana@pea.com

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5625-0111

Prof. Katja Radon
Unit for Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology & NetTeaching
Institute and Outpatient Clinic for Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine
Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Ziemssenstr, Munich
Germany
Email: katja.radon@gmail.com 

SCOPUS ID: 7003674980

Amir Radfar
Assistant Professor of Medical Education
College of Medicine
University of Central Florida (UCF)
Orlando, Florida, USA 
Email: aradf001@fiu.edu 

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6177-3048

Dingani Moyo
Occupational Health Specialist and Director
Baines Occupational Health Centre, Harare
Zimbabwe
Email: moyod@iwayafrica.co.zw

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7780-0140

Prof. P. V. De Silva
Department of Community Medicine
University of Ruhuna
Sri Lanka
Email: pvijithadesilva123@yahoo.com

SCOPUS ID: 37024046800

Karen Michell
Researcher
Institution of Occupational Safety and Health
The Grange, Highfield Drive, Wigston, Leicestershire LE18 1NN UK
Telephone +44 (0)116 257 3100
Email: Karen.Michell@iosh.com

Prof. Carmen Marin
Professor, 
University of Costa Rica
San Jose, Costa Rica
Email: barattamarin@yahoo.com

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4506-8055

Ntombizodwa Ndlovu
Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
School of Public Health, University of the Wit Watersrand
Johannesburg
South Africa
Email: zodwa.ndlovu@wits.ac.za

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6828-0940

Buhara Önal
Medical and occupational health doctor
OHS Consultant
Turkey
Email: buharaonal@yahoo.com

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8050-8060

Claudia Meneses
Occupational Physician
Intersectoral Director, COPRECOVID
Universidad Mariano Galvez de Guatemala
Guatemala
Email: menesessos@gmail.com

Tahera Yesmin
Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial and Production Engineering (IPE)
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET)
Bangladesh
Email: taherayesmin@gmail.com, taherayesmin@ipe.buet.ac.bd

Prof. Magne Bråtveit
Section for Occupational Medicine
University of Bergen, Bergen
Norway
Email: Magne.Bratveit@isf.uib.no

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0761-0728

Puspa Raj Pant
Research Fellow – NIHR
Nepal Injury Research Centre (NIRC)
NIHR Global Health Research Group on Nepal Injury Research
University of the West of England (UWE Bristol), Bristol
UK
Email: puspa.pant@uwe.ac.uk 

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8827-0018

Naveen Ramesh 
Associate Professor 
Department of Community Health
St. John’s Medical College 
Bangalore 560034, Karnataka, INDIA 
Phone: +91 94489 27400
Email: drnaveenr@gmail.com, drnaveenr@stjohns.in

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5269-7186

Nayab Sultan 
Consultant and Professor 
Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety Researcher
Occupational Lung Diseases (Silicosis) Research
Vancouver, Canada
Phone: +1.778.956.7860
Email: nsultan@silicosisresearch.ca, nmsultan@gmail.com

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7007-9346

Prof. Palanisamy Sivaprakash 
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Dr. N.G.P. Institute of Technology
Coimbatore, India 
Email: drpsivaprakash@gmail.com

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6295-1413