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Editorial Board for section 'Health Behavior, Chronic Disease and Health Promotion'

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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 (161)


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1. Division of Health Sciences, School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, Australia
2. Alliance for Research in Exercise, Nutrition and Activity (ARENA), Adelaide, SA, Australia
Interests: obesity; lipids; diabetes; heart disease
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Dr. Mirella Coppo
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Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, 50134 Florence, Italy
Interests: tissue RAS; cellular RAS; hypertension; unstable angina; coronary microvessels; inflammation
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, 98122 Messina, Italy
Interests: insulin resistance; obesity; aging; elderly; internal medicine; geriatrics; nutrition; metabolic 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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1. Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal
2. Competences Center on Active and Healthy Ageing, University of Porto, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal
Interests: ageing; adherence; quality of life; heathy lifestyles
Prof. Dr. Linda S. Cox
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Department of Medicine, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33314, USA
Interests: allergy; asthma; immunology
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
Interests: tobacco control; smoking cessation; nicotine dependence; tobacco policy research
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Department of Clinical, Internal, Anaesthesiological and Cardiovascular Sciences, Sapienza University, Viale del Policlinico 155, 00161 Rome, Italy
Interests: obesity; clinical nutrition; metabolic syndrome; diabetes; liver diseases
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Unit of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Department of Experimental and Clinic Medicine, University "Magna Græcia" of Catanzaro, Viale Europa, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
Interests: contraception; menopause; endometriosis; hormonal contraception; vulvovaginal atrophy; genitourinary syndrome of menopause; gestational diabetes; osteoporosis


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National School of Public Health, Universidade NOVA Lisboa, 1600-560 Lisboa, Portugal
Interests: health promotion; health literacy; community-based participatory research; key populations; health equity; behavior and social change
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Department of Psychology, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI 49401-9403, USA
Interests: role of risk perception and emotions (e.g., anticipated regret) in motivating health behaviors; unrealistic optimism; anxiety and information processing; health narratives; impact bias for health events; health and risk communication
Department of Experimental Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, 00161 Roma, Italy
Interests: nutritional status; obesity; eating disorders; malnutrition; Mediterranean diet
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 variable modeling; population heterogeneity
Dr. Tamara Dubowitz
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RAND Corporation, 4570 Fifth Avenue, Suite 600, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Interests: health disparities; neighborhood influences on health; nutrition policy; obesity; social determinants of health
Departament of Health Psychology, University of Miguel Hernandez, Edificio Altamira, 03202 Alicante, Spain
Interests: peer aggression; peer victimization; school violence, bullying, cyberbullying; school climate; school adjustment; psychosocial adjustment; emotional adjustment; emotional regulation; emotional intelligence; life satifaction
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Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, Princetonlaan 8a, 3584 CB Utrecht, The Netherlands
Interests: travel behaviour; land use-transport interaction; mobility innovations; sustainability; health; inclusion

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Department of Psychology, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON M5B 2K3, Canada
Interests: aging; stress; cognitive aging; biopsychosocial determinants; mindfulness meditation
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The Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm 11365, Sweden
Interests: depression; anxiety; well-being; physical exercise; interventions
Department of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, James Cook University, Douglas, QLD 4811, Australia
Interests: injury prevention; drowning prevention; farm safety; child safety; alcohol-related safety; child development; quad bike safety; road safety; poisoning; chemicals; disasters; flooding; epidemiology; determinants of health; global burden of disease; motorcycles; helmets; swimming; education; behavioral approaches; communication; health promotion; public health
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Department of Population Health, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USA
Interests: big events; social crises; pandemics; social networks; HIV; overdose

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School of Public Health & Key Laboratory of Public Health Safety & NHC Key Laboratory of Health Technology Assessment, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
Interests: genetic and social epidemiology on chronic diseases including diabetes, hypertension and COPD; health policy and care on mediciens and vaccines; mental health
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1. Department of Health Sciences, Psychology Section, University of Florence, 50135 Florence, Italy
2. Integrative Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Institute, Via Ricasoli 32, 50122 Florence, Italy
Interests: assessment; addiction; treatment; addictive behaviors
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Sleep and Health Research Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of Arizona, PO Box 245002, Tucson, AZ 85724-5002, USA
Interests: real-world impacts of sleep health; sleep and cardiometabolic health; sleep and daytime function; social, behavioral and environmental determinants of sleep; sleep and health disparities
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Public Health Institute, 6001 Shellmound St., Suite 450, Emeryville, CA 94608, USA
Interests: the epidemiology of alcohol use and problems; alcohol policy studies; regulatory environments and externalities; alcohol-related problem and consumption measurement; drinking patterns and mortality, alcohol related health disparities; cultural and ethnic variations in drinking behavior; services research and consumer satisfaction with services
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Department of Environmental Medicine, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY 10987, USA
Interests: lung immunology; environmental exposures; pulmonary vasculature; airways; e-cigarettes; pulmonary hypertension; asthma
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1. Department of Basic Science, New York University College of Dentistry, New York, NY 10010, USA
2. Department of Environmental Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10019, USA
Interests: induction of DNA repair; tobacco carcinogens; detect DNA damage; human oral tissue; effects of nutaceuticals and tobacco on gene expression

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School of Public Health Sciences, University of Waterloo, 200 University Ave W., Waterloo, ON N2L3G1, Canada
Interests: Indigenous food systems; assessment of environmental/social (including economic, justice, racism)/historical/cultural determinants or impacts on Indigenous health and/or wellbeing; Indigenous food/eating/health promotion or disease prevention program/policy/case studies and their evaluation; Indigenous methods in environment or public health research or knowledge mobilization; Indigenous community capacity building; participatory action research; Decolonization or Indigenization initiatives as they relate to the environment, health and wellbeing; quantitative, qualitative or mixed methods
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Department of Public Health Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29631, USA
Interests: clinical trial design and analysis; obesity epidemiology; opioid use disorder epidemiology and associated infectious diseases; pediatric quality improvement

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Department of Criminal Justice, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122, USA
Interests: substance abuse treatment; implementation science; mental health; health services research
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