Editorial Board
Jennifer Harman, Editor
Back to topJennifer is an Editor on the BMC Series based in the London office. Before joining BMC Pulmonary Medicine, Jennifer completed her PhD within the Department of Medicine at the University of Cambridge. After graduating, Jennifer became a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Royal Veterinary College in London. Throughout her research career, she studied the role of epigenetic and inflammatory mechanisms underlying cell behaviour changes associated with vascular disease. Jennifer actively supports the publication of open and reproducible research.
Arwa Tawfiq, Assistant Editor
Back to topArwa joined the BMC Series as an Assistant Editor in 2019.
Senior Editorial Board Members
Craig Hersh
Back to topDr. Hersh is a physician-scientist in the Channing Division of Network Medicine and Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) and an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School (HMS). He completed medical school, internship and residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. This was followed by a clinical fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at HMS and a research fellowship in respiratory epidemiology and genetics at BWH. His research integrates the tools of genetics, genomics and epidemiology to improve precision in the diagnosis and treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). He is a co-investigator in the multi-center COPDGene Study, and he is the Principal Investigator of several genomics ancillary studies. He started as an Associate Editor for BMC Pulmonary Medicine in 2013 and became Section Editor for COPD and Occupational Lung Disease in 2016.
Fabrizio Luppi
Back to topFabrizio Luppi is associate professor and honorary consultant at the Department of Respiratory Diseases at the University of Milan-Bicocca, based at the “S. Gerardo” Hospital in Monza (Italy). Professor Luppi received his medical degree from the University of Modena in 1993. He spent part of his PhD program in the Department of Pulmonology at the University of Leiden, The Netherlands, working on epithelial cell involvement in smoking-induced lung diseases. Prof. Luppi’s primary research interests include interstitial lung diseases, particularly Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) and sarcoidosis, and he has been the Principal Investigator in several Phase II and III trials in IPF. Prof. Luppi has published more than 100 papers in international peer-reviewed journals and is a Senior Editorial Board Member of BMC Pulmonary Medicine.
Michele Mondoni
Back to topMichele Mondoni is Consultant Physician in Respiratory Medicine at the Pulmonology Unit of ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo in Milan (Italy) and is Adjunct Professor of the Specialisation School in Respiratory Diseases of the University of Milan. He graduated from the University of Milan in 2002 and received his II Level Master Degree in Interventional Pulmonology and Pulmonary Immunopathology at the University of Parma in 2011. His main areas of expertise are interventional pulmonology and interstitial lung diseases. His primary research interests include clinical and interventional pulmonology. He joined the Editorial Board of BMC Pulmonary Medicine in 2018 and has been a Senior Editorial Board Member since 2020.
Giovanni Sotgiu
Back to topDr. Giovanni Sotgiu is a professor of Medical Statistics and Clinical Epidemiology at the University of Sassari, Italy. He received his medical degree specializing in "Infectious Diseases and Medical Statistics". His doctoral research was on “Methodology of Clinical Trials”. He also received his executive master's in "Management of Health and Social Care Organizations". He is currently a Fellow of European Respiratory Society. The focus of his research is on patient care, primary and secondary prevention, and population health. In particular, his research interests include the clinical and public health features of every respiratory infectious disease (e.g., tuberculosis). He collaborates with the WHO, ECDC, US-CDC, and other international societies. He joined the Editorial Board of BMC Pulmonary Medicine in 2013 and is now the Section Editor of Infectious, Rare and Idiopathic Pulmonary Diseases.
Giulia Maria Stella
Back to topGiulia Maria Stella graduated in Medicine and Surgery (110/110 cum Laude) in 2001. She obtained her MD European Qualification in 2002 and specialized in Respiratory System Diseases (50/50 cum laude). Giulia completed her PhD in Pharmacological Sciences (University of Pavia Medical School) and her master's degree in Molecular Oncology (110/110 cum laude). Dr Stella is now working as a Clinical Research Assistant within the Pulmunology/Thoracic Oncology Unit at Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia. Giulia also works as a Contract Professor for Respiratory System Diseases at the University of Pavia Medical School. Dr Stella has expertise in numerous laboratory techniques, including DNA cloning, sequencing, PCR, mammalian cell culture, transient and stable transfection, single-cell dilution, use of inducible promoters, virus production and cellular transduction (infection with retrovirus and lentivirus), western immunoblotting and protein kinase assay. Dr Stella also has clinical expertise in invasive procedures (bronchoscopy, thoracoscopy, lymph node biopsy, thoracentesis and paracentesis) and lung cancer management.
Alice Turner
Back to topDr Alice Turner graduated from the University of Leicester and has done postgraduate training via the University of Dundee, the University of Birmingham, and Ashridge-Hult business school. Dr Turner completed a PhD on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD) and has further postgraduate qualifications in medical education, leadership and quality improvement. She is now a Professor of Respiratory Medicine at the University of Birmingham. In addition, Dr Turner works as a consultant in Respiratory Medicine at Heartlands Hospital and Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, where she leads COPD and AATD services, respectively. In addition, Dr Turner is a member of the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) research prioritisation committee. She also has experience on a National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) health technology appraisal committee. Dr Turner has published widely in COPD and AATD and has ongoing research projects, mainly clinical trials and observational clinical studies, on AATD and COPD funded by the NIHR and others.
Senior Editorial Board Members
Steven Gray, St James's Hospital, Ireland
Craig P. Hersh, Brigham and Women's Hospital, USA
Fabrizio Luppi, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy
Michele Mondoni, ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo, Italy
Giovanni Sotgiu, University of Sassari, Italy
Giulia Stella, IRCCS Fondazione Policlinico San Matteo, Italy
Alice Turner, University of Birmingham, UK
Editorial Board Members
Ramsy Abdelghani, Tulane University, USA
Abdulelah Aldhahir, Jazan University, Saudi Arabia
Jaber Alqahtani, Prince Sultan Military College of Health Sciences/UCL, Saudi Arabia
Abdullah Alismail, Loma Linda University Health, USA
Mahesh Padukudru Anand, JSS Medical College, India
Sabina Antoniu, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Grigore T Popa Iasi, Romania
Vittorio Aprile, University of Pisa, Italy
Anna Maria Azzini, University of Verona, Italy
Bruno Guedes Baldi, University of São Paulo, Brazil
Sandra Baldacci, CNR Institute of Clinical Physiology, Italy
Elisabetta Balestro, University of Padua, Italy
Paolo Banfi, Don Gnocchi Foundation, Italy
Nektarios Barabutis, University of Louisiana Monroe, USA
Salvatore Battaglia, University of Palermo, Italy
Denise Battaglini, Policlinico San Martino Hospital, Italy
David Bennett, University Hospital of Siena, Italy
Yunyi Bian, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, China
Andrea Bianco, University of Campania "L. Vanvitelli", Italy
Benoit BIbas, University of São Paulo, Brazil
Andras Bikov, University of Manchester, UK
Davide Biondini, University of Padua, Italy
Rob Bischof, Federation University Australia, Australia
Abhishek Biswas, Parkview Regional Medical Center, USA
Marialuisa Bocchino, University of Naples, Italy
Stefano Bongiolatti, Careggi University Hospital, Italy
Andrea Borghesi, University of Brescia, Italy
Stephan Budweiser, Donaustauf Hospital, Germany
Jefferson Antonio Buendia Rodriguez, University of Antioquia, Colombia
Yunshan Cao, Gansu Provincial Hospital, China
Renee Carey, Curtin University, Australia
Giovanna Carpagnano, University of Foggia, Italy
Adrian Ceccato, August Pi i Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBAPS), Spain
Alessandro Celi, University of Pisa, Italy
Udit Chaddha, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, USA
Chee-Shee Chai, University Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia
Warawut Chaiwong, Chiang Mai University, Thailand
Ken Ka Pang Chan, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
Nazia Chaudhuri, Univerisity of Ulster, United Kingdom
Zhencong Chen, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, China
Yeong Shiong Chiew, Monash University, Malaysia
Fu-Tsai Chung, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, Taiwan
Colin Church, University of Glasgow, UK
Adam Collison, University of Newcastle, Australia
Craig Conoscenti, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceticals, Inc., USA
Angelo Coppola, Regina Apostolorum Hospital, Italy
Hai-Long Dai, Yan'an Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, China
Jingbo Dai, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, USA
Zhiyu Dai, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
Cristian Deana, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Friuli Centrale, Italy
Navneet Dhillon, University of Kansas Medical Center, USA
Fabiano di Marco, University of Milan, Italy
Chantal Donovan, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Antonio Esquinas, Hospital Morales Meseguer, Spain
Alexandre Fabro, University of São Paulo, Brazil
Paola Faverio, University of Milan Bicocca, San Gerardo Hospital, Italy
Lydia Finney, Imperial College London, UK
Ruowen Ge, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Laurent Godinas, KU Leuven, Belgium
Clara Green, University of Birmingham, UK
Askin Gülsen, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany
Mingzhou Guo, Chinese PLA General Hospital, China
Maged Hassan, Alexandria University, Egypt
Timothy Howarth, University of Eastern Finland; Darwin Respiratory and Sleep Health; Charles Darwin University, Finland
Yan Hu, Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, China
Yiwei Huang, Fudan University, China
Wanis Ibrahim, Hamad General Hospital and Weill-Cornell Medicine, Qatar
Marco Idzko, University Hospital Freiburg, Germany
Takuma Isshiki, Toho University, Japan
Pritesh Jain, University of Minnesota, USA
Pushan Jani, University of Texas-Houston, USA
Francisco-Javier Gonzalez-Barcala, Hospital Clinico Universitario of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Niranjan Jeganathan, Loma Linda University Health, USA
Paula Kauppi, Helsinki University Hospital, Finland
Woo Jin Kim, Kangwon National University, South Korea
Djuro Kosanovic, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Russia
Stefanie Krick, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
Sachin Kumar, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India
Stefania La Grutta, Institute of Traslational Pharmacology, CNR, Italy
Wassim Labaki, University of Michigan, USA
Franco Laghi, Loyola University Chicago, USA
Grace Lam, University of Alberta, Canada
Onofrio Laselva, University of Foggia, Italy
Yongwen Li, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, China
Jiaqi Liang, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, China
Shu-Yi Liao, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, USA
Jeong Uk Lim, Yeouido St. Mary’s Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, South Korea
Michael Loebinger, Royal Brompton Hospital, UK
Macy Mei-Sze Lui, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, China
Micheál Mac Aogáin, St. James's Hospital and Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
Felipe Machado, Hasselt University, Belgium
Heidi Makrinioti, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, USA
Mario Malerba, University of Eastern Piedmont, Italy
Jihad Mallat, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Patrick Mallia, Imperial College London, UK
Alessandro Marchioni, University Hospital of Modena, Italy
Alessandro Marcon, University of Verona, Italy
Alberto M. Marra, University of Naples "Federico II", Italy
Diego Maselli, UT Health San Antonio, USA
Maria Gabriella Matera, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Italy
Cormac McCarthy, University College Dublin, Ireland
Merry-Lynn McDonald, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
Michael McGeachie, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, USA
Ravindra Mehta, Apollo Hospitals, India
Federico Mei, University Hospital Ancona, Italy
Andrea Melani, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Senese, Italy
Terumi Midoro-Horiuti, University of Texas Medical Branch, USA
Stephen Milne, University of Sydney, Australia
Nobuaki Miyahara, Okayama University Graduate School of Health Sciences, Japan
Akihiko Miyanaga, Nippon Medical School, Japan
Yousser Mohammad, Tishreen University, Syria
Matthew Moll, Brigham and Women's Hospital, USA
Manali Mukherjee, McMaster University, Canada
Nicola Murgia, University of Perugia, Italy
Atsushi Nambu, Teikyo University Hospital, Japan
Jacek Nasilowski, Wroclaw Medical University, Poland
Amarjit Singh Naura, Panjab University, India
Masaji Nishimura, Tokushima Prefectural Central Hospital, Japan
Mario Olivieri, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata, Italy
Mahesh Padukudru Anand, JSS Medical College, India
Lei Pan, Binzhou Medical University Hospital, China
Jin Kyun Park, Seoul National University College of Medicine, South Korea
Shane Patman, The University of Notre Dame, Australia
Gerson Peltz, Arcus Biosciences, USA
Päivi Piirilä, Helsinki University Hospital, Finland
Lara Pisani, Sant'Orsola-Malpighi Polyclinic, Italy
Nicolas Piton, Rouen University Hospital / INSERM, France
Francesca Polverino, Baylor College of Medicine, USA
Federica Porcaro, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, Italy
Xin Qian, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, China
Jiuxin Qu, Shenzhen Third People's Hospital, China
Dejan Radovanovic, L. Sacco University Hospital, Italy
S. Vamsee Raju, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
Teresa Renda, Usl Toscana Sudest, San Donato Hospital, Italy
Luis Felipe Reyes, Universidad de La Sabana, Colombia
Chin Kook Rhee, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, South Korea
Paola Rogliani, University of Rome, Italy
Luca Roz, Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Italy
Barabara Ruaro, University Hospital of Cattinara, University of Trieste, Italy
Laura Saderi, University of Sassari, Italy
Aabida Saferali, Brigham and Women's Hospital, USA
Gianluca Sambataro, University of Catania, Italy
Kim Sandler, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, USA
Alessandro Sanduzzi Zamparelli, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy
Pierachille Santus, University of Milan, Italy
Arjun Saradna, University At Buffalo, USA
Takeshi Saraya, Kyorin University, Japan
Gaetano Scaramuzzo, University of Ferrara, Italy
Aaron Scott, University of Birmingham, UK
Vijairam Selvaraj, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, USA
Munish Sharma, Baylor Scott and White Medical Center, USA
Yongchun Shen, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, China
Xiao-ming Shu, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, China
Aran Singanayagam, Imperial College London, UK
Pradeesh Sivapalan, Department of Medicine Herlev-Gentofte Hospital, Denmark
Jin Woo Song, University of Ulsan, Asan Medical Center, South Korea
Rogerio Souza, Instituto do Coracao do Hospital das Clinicas, Brazil
Savino Spadaro, University of Ferrara, Italy
Iain Stewart, Imperial College London, UK
Haruhiko Sugimura, Hamamatsu University and Sasaki Institute, Japan
Giorgia Sulis, University of Ottawa, Canada
Tomoyuki Takura, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Wang Tao, Guangzhou Medical University, China
Mariaenrica Tine, University of Padova, Italy
Sara Tomassetti, Careggi University Hospital, Italy
Pasquale Tondo, University of Foggia, Italy
Sebastiano Emanuele Torrisi, University of Catania, Italy
Michele Umbrello, ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo, Italy
Francesco Varone, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Italy
Andrea Vianello, University of Padua, Italy
Carlo Alberto Volta, University Hospital S.Anna, Italy
Gareth Walters, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom
Maoshui Wang, Shandong Provincial Chest Hospital, China
Saibin Wang, Affiliated Jinhua Hospital, Zhejiang University, China
Qing Wang, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Ha-Kyeong Won, Veterans Health Service Medical Center, South Korea
Fan Wu, State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, China
Jian Wu, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, China
Xi-Qian Xing, Affiliated Hospital of Yunnan University, China
Zhijie Xu, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, China
Jianwei Xuan, Sun Yat-sen University, China
Yuanliang Yan, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, China
Chih-Jen Yang, Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan
Panayiotis Yiallouros, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
Jeong Yun, Brigham and Women's Hospital, USA
Cheng Zhan, Fudan University, China
Xiao-Bin Zhang, Zhongshan Hospital, Xiamen University, China
Xiang-Rong Zheng, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, China
Xiaobo Zhou, Harvard Medical School, USA
Zi-jing Zhou, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, China
Editorial Advisors
Richard Albert, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, USA
Judith L Black, University of Sydney, Australia
Demosthenes Bouros, University of Thrace, Greece
Emanuela Bruscia, Yale University, USA
Edwin R Chilvers, University of Cambridge, UK
Rodolfo Dennis, Fundación Cardioinfantil, Colombia
Helen Galley, University of Aberdeen, UK
Robert Gray, Edinburgh University, UK
Rik Gosselink, KU Leuven, Belgium
Huib Kerstjens, University Hospital Groningen, Netherlands
Peter N Le Souef, University of Western Australia, Australia
Jay A Nadel, University of California San Francisco, USA
Michael Niederman, Winthrop University Hospital, USA
Ioannis Pneumatikos, University Hospital of Alexandropolis, Greece
Michael B Reid, Baylor College of Medicine, USA
Scott Weiss, Brigham and Womens Hospital, USA
Sally Wenzel, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, USA
Jiao Yang, First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, China
Statistical Advisors
Ioannis Bakolis, King's College London, UK
Cavan Reilly, University of Minnesota, USA