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Editorial Team
Editor-in-Chief:
Prof. Dr. Sunil Kumar Joshi
Head, Department of Community Medicine
Kathmandu Medical College, Kathmandu University,
Sinamangal, Kathmandu, Nepal
Web of Science Researcher ID: O-3842-2018
Email: 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
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
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-
Dr. Sabita Jyoti (Full time)
Lecturer, Department of Community Medicine
Nepalgunj Medical College, Nepalgunj
Nepal
Email: sabitajyoti19@gmail.com
ORCID:https://orcid.org/0000-0003-
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. Situ Manandhar, Department of Community Medicine, Kathmandu Medical College, Kathmandu, Nepal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-6379-3937)
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
