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Mr. Andrew Gray, University of Otago, New Zealand
Dr. Daniel López-López, University of A Coruña, Spain
Dr. Jennifer L. Scheid, Daemen College, USA
Dr. Casey J. Thomas, University of California, USA
The Recognition Awards for Manuscripts Review:
Dr. Naser Alsharairi, Griffith University, Australia
Dr. Karl Andriessen, The University of Melbourne, Australia
Dr. Cynthia Blanton, Idaho State University, USA
Dr. Jed Boardman, King’s College London, UK
Dr. Matthew Browning, Clemson University, USA
Dr. Marica Cassarino, University College Cork, Ireland
Professor Guillermo A. Cañadas-De La Fuente, University of Granada, Spain
Professor Mariusz Duplaga, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Poland
Dr. Fernando Fajardo-Bullón, University of Extremadura, Spain
Dr. Tommaso Filippini, University of Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italy
Dr. Francesca Gorini, Istituto di Fisiologia Clinica del CNR, Italy
Dr. Sarkawt Hama, University of Surrey, UK
Professor Gaetano Isola, University of Catania, Italy
Professor Dorota Kaleta, Medical University of Lodz, Poland
Dr. Otto Lam, University of Manitoba, Canada
Dr. Paul Links, Lawson Health Research Institute, Canada
Dr. Ciro Manzo, "Mariano Lauro" Hospital, Italy
Dr. Ángel Romero Martínez, University of Valencia, Spain
Dr. Ryan McGrath, North Dakota State University, USA
Dr. Amin Mojiri, Hiroshima University, Japan
Professor Diogo Monteiro, Escola Superior de Desporto de Rio Maior, Portugal
Dr. Natale Musso, University of Genoa Medical School, Italy
Dr. Raul Navarro, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
Dr. Luís Novo, University of Aveiro, Portugal
Dr. Emmanuel Obeng-Gyasi, North Carolina A&T State University, USA
Dr. Félix Zurita Ortega, University of Granada, Spain
Dr. Ahmad Reshad Osmani, The University of Memphis, USA
Dr. Van Park, The University of California at San Francisco, USA
Professor María Del Carmen Pérez-Fuentes, Universidad de Almeria, Spain
Dr. Prashanth Rawla, SOVAH Health, USA
Dr. Gianluca Serafini, Università degli Studi di Genova, Italy
Professor Nikolaos Stilianakis, Joint Research Centre (JRC), European Commission, Italy
Professor María M. Morales Suárez-Varela, University of Valencia, Spain
Dr. Mariusz Szóstak, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland
Professor Ines Testoni, University of Padova, Italy
Dr. Sergio A. Useche, Universitat de Valencia, Spain
Dr. Luigi Vimercati, University of Bari Medical School, Italy
Dr. Peter Winwood, University of South Australia, Australia
Dr. Shirley Wyver, Macquarie University, Australia
Professor Jun Yoshinaga, University of Tokyo, Japan
IJERPH Editorial Office
IJERPH 2019 Outstanding Reviewer Award
Past Winners
Year:
Winner
Carol Nash
University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Karolina Krupa-Kotara
Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Katowice, Poland
Marius Baranauskas
Panevezys College, State Higher Education Institution, Panevėžys, Lithuania
Matteo Angelo Fabris
University of Turin, Turin, Italy
Winner
Shirley Wyver
Carol Nash
Álvaro Francisco Lopes De Sousa
Jorge Velázquez Saornil
Geovani Lopez-Ortiz
Naser Alsharairi
Salvador Baena-Morales
Anuli Njoku
Award Committee
Prof. Paul Tchounwou
Chairman
Jackson State University
Winner
Anuli Njoku
Department of Public Health, Southern Connecticut State University, USA
Haruna Musa Moda
Department of Health Professions, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
Jesús Molina-Mula
Nursing and Physiotherapy Department, University of BalearicIsland, Spain
Katharina Diehl
Department of Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology; Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
Katarzyna Tomaszek
Institute of Psychology, Pedagogical University of Kracow, Podchorążych 2, Poland
Matteo Nioi
Forensic Medicine Unit, Department of Clinical Sciences and Public Health, University of Cagliari, Italy
Pablo A. Cantero-Garlito
Department of Nursing, Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad de Castilla La Mancha, Spain
Seoyong Kim
Department of Public Administration, Ajou University, Korea
Andrzej Adamski
College of Media and Social Communication, University of Information Technology and Management in Rzeszow, Poland
Adrian Curto
Faculty of Medicine, University of Salamanca, Avenida Alfonso X el Sabio s/n, Spain
Arkaitz Castañeda Babarro
Health, Physical Activity and Sports Science Laboratory, Department of Physical Activity and Sports, Faculty of Education and Sport, University of Deusto, Spain
Álvaro Francisco Lopes De Sousa
Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade Nova de LIsboa, 1349-008 Lisbon, Portugal
Agata Gabryelska
Department of Sleep Medicine and Metabolic Disorders, Medical University of Lodz, Poland
Ana Reyes Menéndez
Department of Business Economics, Rey Juan Carlos University, Spain
Bartosz Dalewski
Department of Dental Prosthetics, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, Poland
Chong Chen
Division of Neuropsychiatry, Department of Neuroscience, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
Carla Maria Batista Ferreira Pires
Research Center for Biosciences and Health Technologies, CBIOS-Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias-Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
Claudia Pisanu
Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Cagliari, Italy
Emmanuel Obeng-Gyasi
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Greensboro, USA
Faisal F. Hakeem
Faculty of Dentistry, Oral, & Craniofacial Sciences, King’s College London, UK
Francisco Javier Fernández Carrasco
Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Punta de Europa Hospital, Spain
Haewon Byeon
College of AI Convergence, Inje University, Korea
HuiJun Chih
School of Public Health, Curtin University, Bentley, Australia
Jerónimo Aragón Vela
Department of Physiology, University of Granada, Spain
Joana Costa
Department of Economics, Management and Industrial Engineering and Tourism, University of Aveiro, Portugal
Joanne Lloyd
Cyberpsychology Research Group, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Education, Health and Wellbeing, University of Wolverhampton, UK
José Luis Romero-Bejar
Department of Statistics and Operation Research, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Granada, Spain
Laura Nathans
Human Development and Family Studies, Penn State Scranton, Dunmore, USA
Mateusz Jankowski
School of Public Health, Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, Poland
Matteo Riccò
Azienda USL-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Italy
Nicola Döring
Institute of Media and Communication Science, Technische Universität Ilmenau, Germany
Nora Suleiman-Martos
Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Granada, Cortadura del Valle s/n, Spain
Russell Kabir
School of Allied Health, Faculty of Health, Education, Medicine and Social Care, Anglia Ruskin University, UK
Roy McConkey
Institute of Nursing and Health Research, University of Ulster, UK
Sunhee Kim
Department of Public Administration, Ajou University, Korea
Sol García-Germán
Centro de Estudios e Investigación para la Gestión de Riesgos Agrarios y Medioambientalesdisabled, Spain
Sebastian Rutkowski
Faculty of Physical Education and Physiotherapy, Opole University of Technology, Poland
Tamás Berki
Institution of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Faculty of Education, University of Szeged, Hungary
Terence Moriarty
Department of Kinesiology, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, USA
Pedro Antonio Martín Cervantes
Department of Economics and Business, University of Almería, La Cañada de San Urbano, Spain
Winner
Naser Alsharairi
Griffith University, Australia
Rogelio Gonzalez
Juarez University of the Durango State (UJED), Mexico
Ainhoa Ulibarri Ochoa
Basque Health Service-Osakidetza, Spain
Jeffrey Hugh Gamble
Minhsiong County Chiayi, Taiwan
Winner
Ángel Romero Martínez
University of Valencia, Spain
Ahmad Reshad Osmani
The University of Memphis, USA
Matthew Browning
Clemson University, USA
Ciro Manzo
"Mariano Lauro" Hospital, Italy
Emmanuel Obeng-Gyasi
North Carolina A&T State University, USA
Fernando Fajardo-Bullón
University of Extremadura, Spain
Francesca Gorini
Istituto di Fisiologia Clinica del CNR, Italy
Luigi Vimercati
University of Bari Medical School, Italy
Luís Novo
University of Aveiro, Portugal
Sergio A. Useche
Universitat de Valencia, Spain
Gianluca Serafini
Università degli Studi di Genova, Italy
Gaetano Isola
University of Catania, Italy
Jed Boardman
King’s College London, UK
Mariusz Szóstak
Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland
Marica Cassarino
University College Cork, Ireland
Prashanth Rawla
SOVAH Health, USA
Ryan McGrath
North Dakota State University, USA
Sarkawt Hama
University of Surrey, UK
Van Park
The University of California at San Francisco, USA
Jun Yoshinaga
University of Tokyo, Japan
Amin Mojiri
Hiroshima University, Japan
Cynthia Blanton
Idaho State University, USA
Diogo Monteiro
Escola Superior de Desporto de Rio Maior, Portugal
Karl Andriessen
The University of Melbourne, Australia
Naser Alsharairi
Griffith University, Australia
Natale Musso
University of Genoa Medical School, Italy
Nikolaos Stilianakis
Joint Research Centre (JRC), European Commission, Italy
Otto Lam
University of Manitoba, Canada
Paul Links
Lawson Health Research Institute, Canada
María Del Carmen Pérez-Fuentes
Universidad de Almeria, Spain
Félix Zurita Ortega
University of Granada, Spain
Raul Navarro
University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
Peter Winwood
University of South Australia, Australia
Ines Testoni
University of Padova, Italy
Guillermo A. Cañadas-De La Fuente
University of Granada, Spain
Tommaso Filippini
University of Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italy
Dorota Kaleta
Medical University of Lodz, Poland
Mariusz Duplaga
Jagiellonian University Medical College, Poland
Shirley Wyver
Macquarie University, Australia
María M. Morales Suárez-Varela
University of Valencia, Spain
Jennifer L. Scheid
Daemen College, USA
Andrew Gray
University of Otago, New Zealand
Daniel López-López
University of A Coruña, Spain
Casey J. Thomas
University of California, USA
Winner
Gianluca Serafini
Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health, Section of Psychiatry, University of Genoa, 16132 Genoa, Italy
Gabriela Topa
National University of Distance Education, Spain
Lih-Ming Yiin
Tzu Chi University, Taiwan
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