Tovah Honor Aronin, Ph.D. - Senior Editor, BMC series
Tovah Honor Aronin has been an Editor for BMC since 2016 and has been working on BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth since 2017. Before moving into publishing, Tovah received her Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA, where she studied calcium signaling in yeast, developing a novel microscopy probe for real-time measurement of calcineurin activity. An early fascination with Punnett squares lead to a focus on genetics, which then broadened into an interest in the communication and application of scientific research across disciplines. Tovah is an editor for the BMC series blog and is interested in promoting best practices in health care.
Senior Editorial Board Members
Ishag Adam - Qassim University, Saudi Arabia
Prof Ishag Adam is a full Professor at Unaizah Medical College, Qassim University in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Professor Ishag is a holder of MD in Obstetrics and Gynaecology as well as PhD in Public Health, Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. Ishag's areas of interest, where he published extensively, included maternal and perinatal epidemiology.
Professor Ishag has been author or co-author on over 375 articles and 6 chapters that have appeared in peer-reviewed journals. He spent most of his carrier investigating communicable diseases during pregnancy, anemia, preeclampsia and he is known in the safety of artemisinins during pregnancy. Prof Ishag and his collaborators succeeded to move Praziquantel during pregnancy from unsafe zoon (X) to be safely used during pregnancy as per WHO guidelines.
Amir Aviram - University of Toronto, Canada
Dr. Amir Aviram graduated medical school in the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel. He finished is post-graduate training in Obstetrics and Gynecology in Israel, followed by Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fellowship program at the University of Toronto. He currently holds an academic position as an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, and practices as a staff physician at the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Paolo Cavoretto - IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Italy
Paolo Ivo Cavoretto MD PhD is a senior consultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy and Senior Board Member of BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. He is also active member of the Editorial Board of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynaecology (ISUOG), Associate Editor for Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics and past Advisory Member for ISUOG. Dr Cavoretto is a member of the International Fetoscopy Working Group and Coordinator of the First Trimester Committee of Italian Society of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (SIEOG). He is involved at editorial level or as a reviewer with other international Journals as well as in several national and international multicenter scientific projects.
He attended extensive sub-speciality training as a research fellow in King’s College Hospital (London, UK). He achieved the Fetal Medicine Foundation (FMF) Diploma in Fetal Medicine and the Italian Scientific Qualification of Associate Professor in Obstetrics-Gynaecology. Dr Cavoretto has commitment in clinical activity, teaching and clinical research with a broad range of interests within the obstetric field (fetal-maternal medicine and prenatal diagnosis with a focus on ultrasound; fetal echocardiography and congenital heart defects; high-risk obstetrics including fetal monitoring in labour as well as obstetric procedures and fetal surgery for spina bifida). Since the year 2006 he serves as ultrasound trainer for the FMF.
Christian Göbl - Medical University of Vienna, Austria
Christian Göbl is associate professor and senior consultant at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Medical University of Vienna. He graduated in Human Medicine in 2008 and holds a Ph.D. degree in Endocrinology and Metabolism as well as a M.Sc. degree in Medical Biometry and Biostatistics. He is the head of the metabolic research group with strong research focus in gestational diabetes mellitus, obesity as well as pregnancy in women after bariatric surgery. Another research activity is in the assessment of novel methods to describe the major components of glucose metabolism. He joined BMC pregnancy and Childbirth in 2017 and is a Senior Board Member since 2020.
Vishnu Khanal - Menzies School of Health Research, Australia and Nepal Development Society, Nepal
Dr. Vishnu Khanal is a public health researcher in Menzies School of Health Research, Australia. He has completed his PhD (public health) from Curtin University, Western Australia. Prior to PhD, he has completed Maser of Public Health (Applied Epidemiology and Biostatistics with distinction), Master of Sociology and Anthropology and Bachelor of Public Health. In his current research, he is working towards increasing access to Comprehensive Primary Health Care using digital technologies among Indigenous Australians living in remote and very remote communities. He has significant experience in maternal and child health, primary health care, breastfeeding, international health and nutrition from his previous work with UNICEF, CARE International, and the Ministry of Health and Population Nepal. Vishnu’s areas of interest, which he has published extensively, include inequity in the access and utilisation of health services, global health, and maternal and child health.
In addition to his role at Menzies School of Health Research, Vishnu is a founding member of the Nepal Development Society which is one of the leading research organizations in non-communicable disease prevention in Nepal. He joined BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth in 2014 as an Associate Editor and has been contributing since then.
Ashraf Nabhan - Ain Shams University, Egypt
Ashraf Nabhan is a Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Ain Shams University, Egypt. He is a consultant of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University Hospitals. His university hospital is one of the largest maternity hospitals in the Middle East and Africa with more than 16,500 births per annum. Nabhan's areas of interest, where he published extensively, include high risk pregnancy and operative obstetrics. He is a world expert in synthesized evidence and in developing evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. Among many credentials, He is the founder and director of Egyptian Center of Evidence Based Medicine (ECEBM), renowned as a national and regional center of excellence in Evidence Based Healthcare. His center is a member of Global Evidence Synthesis Initiative (GESI) network and The Partnership for Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child & Adolescent Health (PMNCH). His center produces and disseminates systematic reviews of research evidence in health care, supports policy making and guideline development and provides training to strengthen research capacity and provides peer mentoring in evidence synthesis and guideline development.
Hora Soltani - Sheffield Hallam University, UK
Professor Hora Soltani holds the Chair of Maternal and Infant Health in Sheffield Hallam University. She is a Senior Board Member for BMC Pregnancy & Childbirth, Co-Chair of the International Confederation of Midwives - Research Standing Committee (ICM-RSC) with a history of working as an advisor for the World Health Organization on several guideline developments, and as a member of Human Reproduction Programme Alliance for Research capacity Strengthening and Steering Committee. Through her 20 year research experience, she has led interdisciplinary projects in collaboration with a wide range of disciplines from "Design and Technology, Psychology and Nutrition Sciences" whilst retaining a thematic integrity with the core aim of enhancing care standards and reducing health inequalities for mothers and their babies. Using both qualitative and quantitative approaches, her main areas of research include postpartum haemorrhage, weight and physical activity during pregnancy and maternity care models particularly for vulnerable groups of women (e.g. those with obesity, of young age or from ethnic minorities).
Valerie Smith - University of Dublin, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
Prof Valerie Smith is a Professor in Midwifery at the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin. Valerie’s research interests extend to all areas of maternity care, with specific topic expertise in the areas of assessing fetal wellbeing (fetal heart rate monitoring and fetal movements), preterm birth, caesarean section, and intrapartum care. Valerie has extensive methodological expertise in systematic reviews, randomised and non-randomised trials, survey research, and qualitative research methods. Valerie has been author or co-author on ~130 peer reviewed publications, including three book chapters and two co-authored textbooks. Valerie has contributed to national and international (World Health Organisation) guidelines, is a member of the Steering Committee of Evidence Synthesis Ireland and was a member of a previous EU COST Action (ISO907) Childbirth Cultures, Concerns and Consequences, Creating a Dynamic EU Framework for Optimal Maternity Care.
Jos van Roosmalen - Athena Institute VU University Amsterdam and Department of Obstetrics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
Jos van Roosmalen is emeritus professor of Safe Motherhood and Health Systems at VU University Amsterdam and a retired consultant obstetrician in the department of Obstetrics, Leiden University Medical Center, the Netherlands.
He published extensively on Safe Motherhood issues in low and high income countries and is a (co-)promotor of 25 Safe Motherhood theses, written by students of both the Northern and Southern hemisphere. He is a Senior Board Member of BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth.
Among many credentials, he is a founder of the Dutch Working Party for International Safe Motherhood and Reproductive Health (since 1987), he was the Chairman of the Maternal Mortality Audit Committee of the Netherlands Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology (2001-2016) and a co-founder of the International Network for Obstetric Survey Systems (INOSS) in 2010. He was a board member of the Netherlands Society for Tropical Medicine and International Health (1992-1998). He acted as technical advisor to WHO for Maternal Near Miss (2015) and Maternal Sepsis (2016). He works as a consultant for CCBRT Capacity building for emergency obstetric care in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and for WLF’s Maternity care project Thamini Uhai in Tanzania.
Senior Editorial Board Members
Ishag Adam, University of Khartoum, Sudan
Amir Aviram, University of Toronto, Canada
Paolo Ivo Cavoretto, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Italy
Christian Göbl, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
Eran Hadar, Rabin Medical Center, Israel
Vishnu Khanal, Menzies School of Health Research, Australia and Nepal Development Society, Nepal
Ashraf Nabhan, Ain Shams University, Egypt
Valerie Smith, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
Hora Soltani, Sheffield Hallam University, UK
Jos van Roosmalen, Leiden University Medical Center, Netherlands
Editorial Board Members
Raymond Aborigo, Navrongo Health Research Centre, Ghana
Sumaiya Adam, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Akilew Adane, Murdoch University, Australia
Emmanuel Adewuyi, Edith Cowan University, Australia
Agani Afaya, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho, Ghana
Kingsley Agho, University of Western Sydney, Australia
Ki Hoon Ahn, Korea University Anam Hospital, Republic of Korea
Souhail Alouini, Centre Hospitalier Régional d'Orleans, France
Negash Wakagri Amanta, Ambo University, Ethiopia
Charles Ameh, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom
Carmen Amezcua-Prieto, Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Granada, Spain
Mary Amoakoh-Coleman, University of Ghana, Ghana
Melania Amorim, Instituto de Medicina Integral Prof. Fernando Figueira, Brazil
Carla Andreucci, Federal University of Sao Carlos, Brazil
Anteneh Asefa, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Belgium
Nina Ayala, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, USA
Elie Azria, Paris University - Paris Saint Joseph Hospital, France
Aduragbemi Banke-Thomas, University of Greenwich, UK
Jacob Bar, Edith Wolfson Medical Centre, Israel
Eran Barzilay, Samson Assuta Ashdod University Hospital, Israel
Theresa Bastain, University of Southern California, USA
Wubet Alebachew Bayih, Debre Tabor University, Ethiopia
Artur Beke, Semmelweis University, Hungary
Mireille Bekker, University Medical Center Utrecht, Netherlands
Pamela Berens, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas at Houston, USA
Alexandra Berezowsky, North York General Hospital and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Canada
Yifru Berhan, St Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College, Ethiopia
Lorena Binfa, University of Chile, Chile
Hilary Brown, University of Toronto, Canada
Danilo Buca, Center for Fetal Care and High Risk Pregnancy, University of Chieti, Italy
Piya Chaemsaithong, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Thailand
Christos Chatzakis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Leonardo Chavane, Eduardo Mondlane University, Mozambique
Min Chen, Guangzhou Medical University, China
Xiaoyan Chen, Shenzhen Baoan Women's and Children's Hospital, China, People's Republic
Etienne Ciantar, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, United Kingdom
Ricardo Cobucci, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
Patricia Coffey, PATH, USA
Raquel Costa, Universidade Lusófona, Portugal
Berihun Dachew, Curtin University, Australia
Andrea Dall'Asta, University of Parma, Italy / Imperial College London, UK
Edward Dassah, School of Public Health, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana
Ank De Jonge, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Netherlands
Jill Demirci, University of Pittsburgh, USA
Erhan Demirdag, Gazi University School of Medicine, Turkey
Deepa Dongarwar, Baylor College of Medicine, USA
Pratibha Dwarkanath, St. John's Research Institute, Bangalore, India
Kristina Edvardsson, La Trobe University, Australia
Erika Edwards, University of Vermont, USA
Samantha Ehrlich, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, United States
Tariku Ersado, Wachemo University Durame campus, Ethiopia
Fabio Facchinetti, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences for Mother Child and Adult, Italy
Alessandra Familiari, Fondazione Policlinico Agostino Gemelli, Italy
Dazhi Fan, Foshan Institute of Fetal Medicine, Affiliated Foshan Maternity & Child Healthcare Hospital, Southern Medical University, China
Ilaria Fantasia, I.R.C.C.S. Materno Infantile Burlo Garofolo, Italy
Alex Farr, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
Vicki Flenady, Mater Research - University of Queensland, Australia
Kazumichi Fujioka, Kobe University, Japan
Romy Gaillard, Erasmus University Medical Center, Netherlands
Jewel Gausman, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, USA
Ismail Guler, Gazi University, Turkey
Amanuel Gebremedhin, Curtin School of Population Health, Curtin University, Australia
Tamirat Getachew, Haramaya University, Ethiopia
Solmaz Ghanbari-Homayi, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Elvira Grandone, University of Foggia, Italy
Hisham Haggag, Cairo University, Egypt
Amr Hamza, University of Saarland, Germany
Claudia Hanson, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
Christian Haslinger, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland
Melanie Hayman, CQUniversity, Australia
Jianrong He, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, China
Alexander Heazell, University of Manchester, UK
Kamran Hessami, Harvard Medical School, USA
Liran Hiersch, Lis Maternity Hospital, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel
Larry Hinkson, Charité University Hospital, Berlin, Germany
Sara Holton, Deakin University, Australia
Shigeko Horiuchi, St Luke's International University, Japan
Bo Huang, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China, People's Republic
Jialyu Huang, Jiangxi Maternal and Child Health Hospital, China
Evelyn Huhn, Department of Obstetrics and Perinatal medicine, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland and Department of Obstetrics and Perinatal medicine, University Hospital Hamburg, Germany
Peiyin Hung, University of South Carolina Arnold School of Public Health, USA
Lisa Hurt, Cardiff University School of Medicine, UK
Nik Hazlina Nik Hussain, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
Chiara Ionio, Dipartimento di Psicologia, Universita Cattolica, Milano, Italy
Shayesteh Jahanfar, Tufts University School of Medicine USA,
Elaine Jefford, University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia
Hong Jiang, Fudan University, China, People's Republic
Sadhana Joshi, Interactive Research School For Health Affairs, Bharati Vidyapeeth University, India
Ixora Kamisan Atan, National University of Malaysia, Malaysia
Leila Katz, Institute of Integral Medicine Prof Fernando Figueira IMIP, Brazil
Anish Keepanasseril, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, India
Hussein Kidanto, Aga Khan University Medical College, Tanzania
Eyal Krispin, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, USA
Sailesh Kumar, University Of Queensland, Australia
Sonia Lansky, Health Department Belo Horizonte City, Brasil
Olav Lapaire, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland
Osaheni Lawani, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital, Ebonyi State, Nigeria
Debora Leite, Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil
Kwok-yin Leung, Gleneagles Hospital Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
Gabriel Levin, Hadassah Medical Center, Israel
Cheng Li, Obstetrics & Gynecology Hospital, Fudan University, China
Hong-tian Li, Peking University Institute of Reproductive and Child Health, China, People's Republic
Pei Shan Lim, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia
Yuan Lin, Nanjing Medical University, China
Helena Lindgren, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
Jufen Liu, Peking University, China, People's Republic
Xitong Liu, Assisted reproduction center, China
Ambrogio P Londero, Academic Unit of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics Maternal and Infant Health, University of Genoa, Genova, Italy
Ahmed Maged, Cairo University, Egypt
Moke Magoma, EngenderHealth, Tanzania
Zaleha Abdullah Mahdy, The National University of Malaysia, Malaysia
Juan Miguel Martinez Galiano, University of Jaen, Spain
Daniele Di Mascio, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Salvatore Andrea Mastrolia, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ospedale dei Bambini "Vittore Buzzi", University of Milano, Italy
Jiji Mathews, Christian Medical College Vellore, India
Mitsuaki Matsui, Nagasaki University School of Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Japan
Shinya Matsuzaki, Osaka University, Japan and Osaka International Cancer Institute, Japan
Shahla Meedya, University of Wollongong, Australia
Tarek Meguid, Child Health Unit, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
Elad Mei-Dan, North York General Hospital, Canada
Philippa Middleton, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, Australia
Attila Molvarec, Semmelweis University, Hungary
Maddalena Morlando, Department of Woman, Child and General and Specialized Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology Unit, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy
Cheryl Moyer, University of Michigan, USA
Achenef Muche, University of Gondar and EPHI, Ethiopia
David Mukunya, Busitema University, Uganda
Mona Nabulsi, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Ahmed Nassr, Baylor College of Medicine amd Texas Children’s Hospital, USA
Ilona Nenko, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Poland
Sutapa Bandyopdhyay Neogi, International Institute of Health Management Research (IIHMR) Delhi, India
Tanya Nippita, University of Sydney, Australia
Theoneste Nkurunziza, Technical University of Munich, Germany
Roseli Nomura, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo and Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
Mohd Noor, Norhayati Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
Rhona O'Connell, University College Cork, Ireland
Friday Okonofua, Centre of Excellence in Reproductive Health Innovation, University of Benin, Nigeria
Rossana Orabona, Spedali Civili of Brescia, Italy
Tiago Miguel Pinto, Lusófona University, Portugal
Shuby Puthussery, University of Bedfordshire, Maternal and Child Health Research Centre, UK
Paola Quaresima, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Italy
Maggie Redshaw, University of Oxford, UK
Jianzhi Ren, Xiamen University Affiliated Chenggong Hospital, China
Elisha Riggs, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Australia
Fredrick J. Rosario, University of Colorado, USA
Amihai Rottenstreich, Hadassah Medical Center, Israel
Marilza Rudge, Sao Paulo State University -Medical school, Botucatu, Brazil
Stephen Rulisa, University of Rwanda, Rwanda
Gabriele Saccone, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
Emma Sacks, John Hopkins School of Public Health, USA
Hidayet Sal, Araklı Bayram Halil State Hospital, Turkey
Srividhya Sankaran, Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, UK
Laura Sarno, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
Dietmar Schlembach, Vivantes Network for Health Berlin, Germany
Hen Sela, Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem Affiliated with the Hebrew University School of Medicine, Israel
Katherine Semrau, Ariadne Labs and Harvard Medical School, USA
Endalew Gemechu Sendo, Addis Ababa University, College of Health Sciences, Ethiopia
Loïc Sentilhes, Bordeaux Univeristy Hospital, France
Mehmet Baki Senturk, Namik Kemal University, Turkey
Steven W. Shaw, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan R.O.C.
Songying Shen, Guangzhou women and children's medical center, Guangzhou medical university, China
Andrew Shennan, King's College London, UK
Makino Shintaro, Juntendo University Urayasu Hospital, Japan
Filomena Giulia Sileo, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy
Angelo Sirico, AORN Caserta Hospital, Caserta, Italy
Renato Souza, University of Campinas, Brazil
Jelle Stekelenburg, University of Groningen, Netherlands
Linda Tahaineh, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan
Maira Takemoto, Botucatu Medical School, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Brazil
Hannah Tappis, Jhpiego - an affiliate of Johns Hopkins University, USA
Lesley Tarasoff, University of Toronto, Canada
Chiara Tersigni, Fondazione Policlinico A. Gemelli IRCCS, Italy
Gill Thomson, University of Central Lancashire, UK
Rachel Tinius, Western Kentucky Univeristy, USA
Stefania Triunfo, S. Paolo University Hospital, Italy
Akaninyene Eseme Ubom, Department of Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Perinatology, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria
Akihiko Ueda, Kyoto University, Japan
Thomas van den Akker, Leiden University Medical Center, Netherlands
Paige van der Pligt, Deakin University, Australia
Edwin van Teijlingen, Bournemouth University, UK
Corine Verhoeven, VUMC, Netherlands
Angela Vinturache, Grande Prairie Regional Hospital, Alberta, Canada
Bellington Vwalika, University of Zambia, School of Medicine, Zambia
Dongqing Wang, George Mason University, USA
Xiao Wanqing, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, China
Tuangsit Wataganara, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Thailand
Xiaozhong Wen, State University of New York at Buffalo, USA
Aleksandra Wesołowska, Warsaw Medical University, Poland
Jiang-Nan Wu, Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital of Fudan University, China
Karen Wynter, Monash University, Australia
Jeanine Young, University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia
Agnieszka Zawiejska, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poland
Depeng Zhao, Shenzhen Maternity and Child Healthcare Hospital, Southern Medical University, China
Fabrizio Zullo, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Italy
Editorial Advisors
Howard Berger, University of Toronto, St. Michael's Hospital, Canada
Luis Gabriel Cuervo, Pan American Health Organization, USA
Pisake Lumbiganon, Khon Kaen University, Thailand
