Sandro Galea, M.D., M.P.H., Dr.P.H., has been named the Editor in Chief of JAMA Health Forum.

Chicago, September 9, 2024 – Sandro Galea, M.D., M.P.H., Dr.P.H., dean and Robert A. Knox Professor at the Boston University School of Public Health, has been named the editor in chief of JAMA Health Forum. Dr. Galea will assume the role of editor in chief of JAMA Health Forum on January 1, 2025.

Dr. Galea will succeed John Z. Ayanian, M.D., M.P.P., who is the founding editor in chief of JAMA Health Forum. Dr. Ayanian is also the Alice Hamilton Distinguished University Professor of Medicine and Healthcare Policy and Director of the Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation at the University of Michigan.

In addition to his nearly 25 years’ experience as a population health scientist, Dr. Galea has published extensively in peer-reviewed literature about the social causes of health, mental health, and trauma. He has documented the consequences of mass trauma and conflict worldwide, including the September 11 attacks, Hurricane Katrina, conflicts in sub-Saharan Africa, and what war means for the health of populations.

He has held a range of editorial positions, including currently serving as an Associate Editor for the American Journal of Epidemiology and Science Advances and on the editorial boards of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Bulletin of the World Health Organization, Philosophy of Medicine, PNAS Nexus, and SSM – Population Health.

Dr. Galea holds a medical degree from the University of Toronto, graduate degrees from Harvard University and Columbia University, and honorary doctorates from the University of Glasgow and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

At the end of 2024, he will step down as the dean of Boston University’s School of Public Health, a role he has held since January 2015, to launch and lead a new School of Public Health at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri serving as the inaugural Margaret C. Ryan Dean of the School of Public Health and the Eugene S. and Constance Kahn Distinguished Professor in Public Health.

“It is a privilege to be taking on the role of editor in chief of JAMA Health Forum, to build on the outstanding work that has been done by Dr. John Ayanian and the team of editors,” said Dr. Galea. “I am looking forward to engaging with Dr. Bibbins-Domingo, the entire JAMA team, and all the contributors to and readers of JAMA Health Forum to advance health policy scholarship and science and promote health and health care globally.”

JAMA Health Forum is an international, peer-reviewed, online, open access journal that addresses health policy and strategies affecting medicine, health, and health care. JAMA Health Forum has a wide global reach with 2.8 million article views per year and a Journal Impact Factor of 9.5.

“We are excited to welcome Dr. Galea into the role of editor in chief of JAMA Health Forum,” said Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, M.D., Ph.D., M.A.S., editor in chief of JAMA and the JAMA Network. “Dr. Galea will play a critical role in the journal’s continued leadership as a trusted voice in health policy, one that leads always with science and scholarship and helps bring light to complex and essential issues in health.”

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