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

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Department of Preventive Dentistry, Graduate School of Medicine Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Okayama 700-8558, Japan
Interests: epidemiology; oxidative stress; periodontal disease; microRNA; dental caries; occupational health
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Department of Physical Therapy, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35233, USA
Interests: exercise; behavior change interventions; neuroscience; theory; neurological disease

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Department of Physical Therapy, School of Rehabilitation, Hyogo Medical University, Hyogo 650-8530, Japan
Interests: frailty; fall prevention; physical activity; rehabilitation; sarcopenia

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School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Gothenburg, 405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden
Interests: epidemiological transition; chronic diseases; cardiovascular diseases; aging; risk factors; quality of life; disability
Departments of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Epidemiology College of Global Public Health, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USA
Interests: tobacco; nicotine; smoking cessation; e-cigarettes; addiction
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Department of Movement Sciences and Wellbeing, University of Naples Parthenope, 80133 Napoli, Italy
Interests: physical exercise; muscle biochemistry; muscle proteomics; healthy aging; soccer in aging
Department of Psychology, Universidad de Córdoba (Spain), 14004 Córdoba, Spain
Interests: bullying; cyberbullying; dating and dating violence among adolescents and children play

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Division of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Interests: companion animal; human-animal interaction; heart rate variability; physical activity; older Veterans; skeletal muscle lipoprotein lipase; skeletal muscle glycogen synthase; mitochondrial enzyme activities; insulin resistance; insulin action
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Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
Interests: climate change; health; mental health; services; migration; implementation science

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1. Department of Public Health, University of Naples Federico II, Corso Umberto I, 40, 80138 Napoli, NA, Italy
2. Department of Public Health, Imperial College London, London W68RP, UK
Interests: public health policy evaluation; multimorbidity; cardiovascular disease epidemiology; neuroepidemiology; drug efficacy

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Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA
Interests: influence of marketing of unhealthy products such as tobacco, alcohol, food and beverages on youth and young adult risk behaviors; substance use; obesity-related behaviors; sleep and caffeine consumption
Prof. Dr. Mai Chin A. Paw
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Department of Public and Occupational Health, Amsterdam Public Health, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, de Boelelaan 1117, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Interests: physical activity; sedentary behaviour; epidemiology; children; health; participatory action research; measurement; accelerometry; health promotion
Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), 48940 Leioa, Vizcaya, Spain
Interests: community nutrition; nutrition education; food habits; diet; lifestyle related behavior; diet intake; obesity; chronic disease prevention; community-based interventions
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Department of Psychiatry, Washington University in St. Louis, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
Interests: tobacco use; nicotine addiction; smoking cessation; depression; epidemiology; genetics; health behavior

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Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche, Chirurgiche e Sperimentali, University of Sassari, 07100 Sassari, Italy
Interests: helicobacter pylori infection; epidemiology; children; pathophysiology; gastro-intestinal diseases; extra gastro-intestinal disorders; autoimmune disorders
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Suicide Prevention Centre, Department of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Sensory Organs, Sant'Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Interests: suicide and suicide prevention; public health; well-being; youth mental health
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Dr. Halley M. Pontes
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Division of Psychology, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health, University of Tasmania, Launceston, TAS 7250, Australia
Interests: gaming disorder; internet addiction; social media addiction; exercise addiction; sex addiction; behavioral addictions

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Institute of Health and Wellbeing, Federation University Australia, Berwick, VIC 3806, Australia
Interests: public health; health promotion; tobacco/smoking; non-communicable diseases; global burden of diseases; disadvantaged population
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Prof. Dr. Rodrigo Reis
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Prevention Research Center, Brown School, Washington University in St. Louis, 1 Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA
Interests: public health; built environment; evidence-based practice; global health; overweight & obesity; physical activity; urban health
Department of Health Disparities Research, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Interests: health equity; cancer prevention; tobacco control; dissemination and implementation science; tobacco use interventions; black Americans; behavioral health; comorbid addictions; homelessness; mentorship; social determinants of health; lung cancer screening; community-embedded and engaged research

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Department of Education, University of South Australia, Adelaide 5001, Australia
Interests: bullying in schools; interventions in cases of bullying
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Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, School of Public Health, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA
Interests: child and adolescent health and well-being; chronic health conditions; social and behavioral determinants of health; early life adversity; environmental influences on child health; complex data management and analysis

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Department of Psychology, University of Zürich, CH-8050 Zürich, Switzerland
Interests: personality; character; virtues; assessment; humor; laughter; positive psychology
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School of Health Professions, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI 49104, USA
Interests: tobacco use; exposure to environmental tobacco smoke; violence; emergency preparedness and response; HIV/AIDS and adolescent health
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Department of Pharmaceutical Systems and Policy, School of Pharmacy, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA
Interests: health economics; health services and outcomes research; multimorbidity; mental health; comparative effectiveness research; chronic disease management; population health; data science; pharmacoepidemiology
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Prof. Dr. Olivia Saracho
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College of Education, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
Interests: emergent literacy; family literacy; cognitive style; play
Population, Evidence & Technologies, Division of Health Sciences, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry CV2 2DX, UK
Interests: gestational diabetes; metabolic programming; vitamin B12; thyroid disorders; diabetes and cardiovascular disease
Prof. Dr. Heide Schatten
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Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO 65211, USA
Interests: cell cycle; cytoskeleton; centrosomes; microtubules; cilia; mitochondria and other cell organelles; microscopy; cell and molecular biology; cancer biology; reproductive biology; developmental biology; microbiology (bacteria, parasites); space biology; stem cell biology
Department of Training and Movement Science, Institute of Sport Science, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany
Interests: motor learning; neurophysiology; pattern recognition; Machine learning; signal analysis; biomechanics; exercise science
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