Editor in Chief
Dr Marie Vaganay is the new Editor in Chief of JEHR. She conducting the environmental health research at the University Ulster. Marie has a diverse research experience but her main research interests are in epidemiology and public health. Over the years Marie has authored and contributed to several publications including peer-reviewed research papers, international conferences, and a book . She is the course director for the Masters in Environmental Health Management and Practice and lectures on several programmes at the University of Ulster. She holds a PhD in children's traffic exposure and a post-graduate qualification in Teaching.
Editors
Dr Paul Fleming is Associate Dean of the Faculty of Life and Health Sciences at the University of Ulster. His specialisms lie within the fields of public health and health promotion and he has lectured, supervised, reviewed and published widely on these subjects. He is a professional consultant to several government bodies and holds chairmanship and membership of a range of government, professional and research committees. He has been an editor of JEHR for the past five years.
Professor Ian Blair is Dean of the Faculty of Health at the University of Central England. He graduated in environmental health in 1984. He is a prominent researcher in the field of food safety having been awarded close to £1 million for his research activities, supervised 35 PhD students and published in excess of 100 papers and chapters. His previous academic management roles have included Head of School of Health Sciences and Director of the Health & Rehabilitation Sciences Research Institute at the University of Ulster.
Associate Editors
Miss Julie Barratt is Director of the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health, Wales. She graduated in environmental health in 1981 and has a wide range of practise experience in environmental health. She graduated in law in 1992 and qualified as barrister in 1993. She is legal columnist for the Environmental Health Practitioner.
Mr Martin Fitzpatrick is a practising environmental health professional with Dublin City Council currently specialising in environmental protection. He is an advisor, consultant and author to the World Health Organisation and the United Nations Development Programme and has advised on, and managed, environmental health projects in Europe, Indonesia, Latvia, Kazakhstan and Thailand. He was an advisor to the WHO preparatory meeting on the Third Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health, advisor to the Department of Health and Children in the Republic of Ireland and environmental health advisor to Concern International in Banda Aceh following the tsunami disaster. He has been associate editor of JEHR for the past four years and is a member of the Environmental Health Officers Association of Ireland.
Dr Gai Murphy is Associate Dean of the Faculty of Science, Engineering and Environment at the University of Salford. She holds a doctorate in zoology and is a member of the 6 * Built and Human Environment Research Institute at Salford University. Her research interests include pest management in the urban environment, the topic of many of her publications. She has a post graduate qualification in teaching and delivers modules on the undergraduate Environmental Health and postgraduate Occupational Health and Safety programmes.
Mr David Statham is Director of Enforcement and Standards at the Food Standards Agency. He graduated in environmental health in 1974 and also holds a Master of Business Administration. His current portfolio includes Local Authority food enforcement, food standards and consumer protection, meat hygiene policy and enforcement and imported food. He is Past Chairman of Council of the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health and former chair of the Food and General Health and the Resources Committees. He is the current chair of European Food Law Enforcement Practitioners Group (FLEP).
Dr Ken Stewart is a former local authority director of environmental health and deputy director of the Scottish Centre for Infection and Environmental Health. He has held honorary lecturer, visiting fellow and external examiner positions at several universities. He is a past president of the Royal Environmental Health Institute of Scotland. He is a managing consultant in environmental health and has been an associate editor of JEHR for the past five years.
Peer revier board
Ms P Allen; Mr G Bannister; Dr S Battersby ; Mr D Boland; Dr F Bushell; Dr W Byers; Mr K Carberry; Ms K Casson; Mr J Corkey; Mr A Curran; Dr R Couch; Ms V Donnelly; Mr J C Engelbrecht; Ms N Ford; Dr A Grigorish; Mr P Gray; Dr T Grimason; Dr C Harris ; Mr O Hetherington; Mr D Holmes; Mr D Kennedy; Prof G Kernohan; Prof Kusal K Das; Mr V Kyle; Mr P Lehane; Ms B Mbongwe; Mr T Moran; Dr Tayser Abu Mourad; Dr M Mullan; Mrs A McCarthy; Mr G McCurdy; Mr G McFarlane; Mr T McLernon; Prof J McLoughlin; Ms J Needham; Mr A Page; Mr N Parkinson; Dr S Powell; Ms C Pritchard; Mr S Taulo; Ms D Rennie; Ms V Meyer;; Dr D Skan; Dr D Stewart; Dr E Serap; Dr Jill Stewart; Mr A Sooltan ; Prof M K C Sridhar; Mr A Strong; Mr C S Swales; Ms U Walsh; Dr N Woodfield.