2022
Dr. Vincent van Vugt, MD, PhD, is a family doctor, epidemiologist and researcher at the department of General Practice of Amsterdam UMC in The Netherlands. His main research focus is dizziness. This was also the topic of his doctoral dissertation, which was awarded the distinction cum laude. He developed, and regularly teaches, accredited continuing education courses for family doctors and physiotherapists on dizziness. As a postdoctoral researcher, he is dedicated to building bridges between science and daily family medicine. The Editorial Fellowship represents a great opportunity to expand this role, while learning more about medical editing and primary care research. He has a special interest in climate change, an important topic that deserves global attention. Many young doctors are concerned about the changing environment, but research projects are still scarce. By spotlighting primary care climate change research, we could further the discussion on how to move forward in practice.
2021-2022
George Okoli, MD, MSc-IH, MSc, holds a Master’s Degree in International Health and in Public Health Research from Queen Margaret University and the University of Edinburgh, respectively, and is completing a PhD program in Pharmacoepidemiology at the College of Pharmacy, University of Manitoba. His research experience includes varied clinical/epidemiological studies and health technology assessments. His research domains and interests include clinical and public health evidence synthesis, infectious diseases epidemiology with a special focus on influenza, pharmacovigilance, and health policy development, implementation and evaluation.
2021
Jeemon Panniyammakal, PhD, is a trained epidemiologist with a focus on cardiovascular disease epidemiology in low and middle-income countries. He completed his Ph.D. in Medical Cardiology from the Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow; M.P.H. from Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum (India); and M.Sc. in Health Economics Outcomes and Management in Cardiovascular Sciences from the London School of Economics and Political Sciences. He teaches chronic disease epidemiology and quantitative methods in health research. He is a permanent faculty at Achutha Menon Centre for Health Sciences Studies, Sree Chitra Tirinal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum. He has keen interest in family-based and primary care interventions for managing multi-morbid chronic conditions in low resource settings.
2020-2021
Anthony Sunjaya, MD, MS, is a medical doctor from Indonesia and currently a Scientia PhD scholar at The George Institute for Global Health, UNSW Sydney. His interests are on strengthening the primary care system and universal health coverage, the use of digital health technologies to improve practice, holistic care of chronic diseases, care of the ageing population, health systems transformation and global health.