Editorial Team

Editor-in-Chief:

Prof. Dr. Sunil Kumar Joshi
Head, Department of Community Medicine
Kathmandu Medical College, Kathmandu University,
Sinamangal, Kathmandu, Nepal

Full Member, World Association of Medical Editors (WAME)
Visiting Professor, University of the West of England (UWE), Bristol, UK Web of Science Researcher ID: O-3842-2018
Emails: editor@ijoshnepal.com

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2704-5060

Advisers:

Prof. Dr. Paras Kumar Pokharel
School of Public Health and Community Medicine
BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal
Email: paras.k.pokharel@gmail.com

SCOPUS ID: 14057076400

Prof. Dr. Sanjay Nath Khanal
Professor of Environmental Science
School of Environmental Science and Management (SchEMS)
Kathmandu, Nepal
Email: khanalsn@gmail.com

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9757-2683

Prof. Dr. Seshanand Sanjel
Department of Community Medicine and Public Health
Karnali Academy of Health Sciences
Jumla, Nepal
Email: sanjel.sn@gmail.com

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0163-6946

Subhash Chandra Sharma
Department of Psychiatry
Kathmandu Medical College
Kathmandu, Nepal
Email: subukhanal@gmail.com

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7631-6082

Consultant Editor:

Prof. Dr. Somnath Gangopadhyay
Professor, Department of Physiology
Occupational Ergonomics Laboratory
University of Calcutta
92, APC Road, Calcutta 700 009, India
Email: ganguly1961@gmail.com

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2737-5836

Managing Editors:

Dr. Pranab Dahal (Full time)
Department of Health and Caring Sciences
Linnaeus University, Kalmar
Sweden
Email: pranabdahal@gmail.com

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7399-9829

Dr. Nayan Kamal Sainju (APF)
Indiana University Health Ball Memorial Hospital
Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis
USA
Email: nayansainju105@gmail.com

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6219-3555

Statistical Editor:

Assoc Prof. Dr. Naresh Manandhar (Full time)
Department of Community Medicine
SOM, Nepal Army Institute of Health Sciences
Tribhuvan University
Nepal
Email: nareshsayami@yahoo.com

ORCID:https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4113-7076

Associate Editors:

Dr. Yadav Prasad Joshi
Coordinator, MSc in Environmental and Occupational Health
Nepal Open University (NOU)
Manbhawan, Lalitpur, Nepal
Email: yadavjoshi@gmail.com

ORCID:https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1578-9775

Prakash Kumar Mahto
Assistant Professor, Department of Physiotherapy
Kathmandu Medical College Public Limited
Kathmandu, Nepal
Email: mprakashk@hotmail.com

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9473-3656

Dr. Buna Bhandari
Assistant Professor, Central Department of Public Health
Tribhuvan University Institute of Medicine
Kathmandu, Nepal
Visiting Scholar, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health
Email: bbhandari@hsph.harvard.edu

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0102-8844

Dr. Tara Baniya
Save the Children International
Butwal, Nepal
Email: baniyatara@gmail.com

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0525-9102

Dr. Nikita Bhattarai
Department of Community Medicine
Kathmandu Medical College, Kathmandu
Nepal
Email: dr.nikitabhattarai@gmail.com

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4036-5007

Dr. Prasanna Lama (Full time)
Lecturer, Department of Community Medicine
Kathmandu Medical College, Kathmandu
Nepal
Email: uniqueprasanna4@gmail.com

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-1514-0348

Dr. Sabita Jyoti (Full time)
Lecturer, Department of Community Medicine
Birat Medical College, Tankisunwari, Morang, Biratnagar
Nepal
Email: sabitajyoti19@gmail.com

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3853-4051

Editorial Assistants (Full time):

Dr. Anmol Shrestha, Department of Community Medicine, Kathmandu Medical College, Kathmandu, Nepal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3822-6967)

Dr. Megha Kasaju, Department of Community Medicine, Kathmandu Medical College, Kathmandu, Nepal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0467-4120)

Dr. Sugam Pokhrel, Department of Community Medicine, Kathmandu Medical College, Kathmandu, Nepal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3371-8006)

Dr. Rajiv Mani Adhikari, Department of Community Medicine, Kathmandu Medical College, Kathmandu, Nepal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2256-3472)

Dr. Nisha Bhattarai, Department of Community Medicine, Kathmandu Medical College, Kathmandu, Nepal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5411-823X)

Dr. Simanta Poudel, Department of Community Medicine, Kathmandu Medical College, Kathmandu, Nepal

International Editors:

Prof. William S. Carter
Emeritus Professor
The University of Findlay
Findlay, OH 45840 USA
216-921-1400
Email: carter@findlay.edu

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2115-7045

Knut Skyberg
Advisor, Department of Occupational Medicine and Epidemiology
National Institute of Occupational Health (STAMI), Oslo
Norway
Email: Knut.Skyberg@stami.no

Prof. Eng. Leonardo A. Quintana J.
Professor
Centro de Estudios de Ergonomía
Bogotá
Colombia
Email: lquintana@pea.com

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5625-0111

Prof. Katja Radon
Unit for Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology & NetTeaching
Institute and Outpatient Clinic for Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine
Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Ziemssenstr, Munich
Germany
Email: katja.radon@gmail.com

SCOPUS ID: 7003674980

Amir Radfar
Assistant Professor of Medical Education
College of Medicine
University of Central Florida (UCF)
Orlando, Florida, USA
Email: aradf001@fiu.edu

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6177-3048

Dingani Moyo
Occupational Health Specialist and Director
Baines Occupational Health Centre, Harare
Zimbabwe
Email: moyod@iwayafrica.co.zw

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7780-0140

Prof. P. V. De Silva
Department of Community Medicine
University of Ruhuna
Sri Lanka
Email: pvijithadesilva123@yahoo.com

SCOPUS ID: 37024046800

Karen Michell
Researcher
Institution of Occupational Safety and Health
The Grange, Highfield Drive, Wigston, Leicestershire LE18 1NN UK
Telephone +44 (0)116 257 3100
Email: Karen.Michell@iosh.com

Prof. Carmen Marin
Professor,
University of Costa Rica
San Jose, Costa Rica
Email: barattamarin@yahoo.com

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4506-8055

Ntombizodwa Ndlovu
Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
School of Public Health, University of the Wit Watersrand
Johannesburg
South Africa
Email: zodwa.ndlovu@wits.ac.za

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6828-0940

Buhara Önal
Medical and occupational health doctor
OHS Consultant
Turkey
Email: buharaonal@yahoo.com

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8050-8060

Claudia Meneses
Occupational Physician
Intersectoral Director, COPRECOVID
Universidad Mariano Galvez de Guatemala
Guatemala
Email: menesessos@gmail.com

Tahera Yesmin
Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial and Production Engineering (IPE)
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET)
Bangladesh
Email: taherayesmin@gmail.com, taherayesmin@ipe.buet.ac.bd

Prof. Magne Bråtveit
Section for Occupational Medicine
University of Bergen, Bergen
Norway
Email: Magne.Bratveit@isf.uib.no

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0761-0728

Puspa Raj Pant
Research Fellow – NIHR
Nepal Injury Research Centre (NIRC)
NIHR Global Health Research Group on Nepal Injury Research
University of the West of England (UWE Bristol), Bristol
UK
Email: puspa.pant@uwe.ac.uk

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8827-0018

Naveen Ramesh
Associate Professor
Department of Community Health
St. John’s Medical College
Bangalore 560034, Karnataka, INDIA
Phone: +91 94489 27400
Email: drnaveenr@gmail.com, drnaveenr@stjohns.in

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5269-7186

Nayab Sultan
Consultant and Professor
Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety Researcher
Occupational Lung Diseases (Silicosis) Research
Vancouver, Canada
Phone: +1.778.956.7860
Email: nsultan@silicosisresearch.ca, nmsultan@gmail.com

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7007-9346

Prof. Palanisamy Sivaprakash
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Dr. N.G.P. Institute of Technology
Coimbatore, India
Email: drpsivaprakash@gmail.com

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6295-1413