| Chairman M Thame Dean Faculity of Medical Sciences The University of the West Indies Mona, Kingston 7, Jamaica E-mail: minerva.thame@uwimona.edu.jm | Editor-in-Chief RJ Wilks Emeritus Professor of Epidemiology The University of the West Indies Mona, Kingston 7, Jamaica E-mail: rainford.wilks@uwimona.edu.jm |
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P Adams
Professor of Family Medicine Faculty of Medical Sciences The University of the West Indies Cave Hill, Barbados E-mail: peter.adams@cavehill.uwi.edu |
T Ferguson Professor in Clinical Epidemiology Epidemiology Research Unit Tropical Medicine Research Institute The University of the West Indies Mona, Kingston 7, Jamaica E-mail: trevor.ferguson02@uwimona.edu.jm |
| DT Gilbert Consultant Neurologist Faculty of Medical Sciences The University of the West Indies Mona, Kingston 7, Jamaica E-mail: david.gilbert@uwimona.edu.jm | G Hutchinson Professor of Psychiatry Department of Psychiatry Clinical Medical Sciences The University of the West Indies St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago E-mail:gerard.hutchinson@sta.uwi.edu |
| R Pierre Lecturer in Child and Adolescent Health Faculty of Medical Sciences The University of the West Indies Mona, Kingston 7, Jamaica E-mail: russell.pierre@uwimona.edu.jm |
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Assistant Editors |
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| MO Castillo-Rangel Professor in Linguistics and Literature Department of Humanities Northern Caribbean University, Mandeville, Jamaica E-mail: rangelcastillo.mario.2003@gmail.com | J East Honorary Lecturer Department of Surgery, Radiology, Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Faculty of Medical Sciences The University of the West Indies Mona, Kingston 7, Jamaica E-mail: jeast5@gmail.com |
| D Soares Senior Lecturer in Radiology Faculty of Medical Sciences The University of the West Indies Mona, Kingston 7, Jamaica E-mail: deanne.soares@uwimona.edu.jm | H Trotman Professor in Child Health Department of Child Health Faculty of Medical Sciences The University of the West Indies Mona, Kingston 7, Jamaica E-mail: helen.trotmanedwards@uwimona.edu.jm |
| Deans | |
| M Thame Dean Faculty of Medical Sciences The University of the West Indies Mona, Kingston 7, Jamaica E-mail:minerva.thame@uwimona.edu.jm |
D Cohall
Senior Lecturer in Parmacology
Dean, Faculty of Medical Sciences
The University of the West Indies
Cave Hill, St Michael, Barbados
E-mail: damian.cohall@cavehill.uwi.edu |
| H Seetharaman Professor of Anaesthesia and Critical Care Medicine Dean, Faculty of Medical Sciences The University of the West Indies St. Augustine Campus Trinidad and Tobago, W.I E-mail: Hariharan.Seetharaman@st.uwi.edu | C Sin Quee Brown Director, The University of the West Indies School of Clinical Medicine and Research, Nassau, Bahamas E-mail: sinqueebrown@gmail.com |
| Treasurer | |
| C Parke-Thwaites Campus Bursar The University of the West Indies Mona, Kingston 7, Jamaica E-mail: catherine.parkethwaites@uwimona.edu.jm | |
| Editorial Board | |
| T Alleyne Biochemistry Unit Department of Preclinical Sciences The University of the West Indies St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago E-mail: trevor.alleyne@gmail.com |
P Brown Professor of Molecular Biology Head, Department of Basic Medical Sciences Faculty of Medical Sciences Teaching and Research Complex, The University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston 7, Jamaica E-mail: paul.brown@uwimona.edu.jm |
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C Christie-Samuels
Professor and Chair of Paediatrics (Infectious Disease, Epidemiology and Public Health);
Director - Vaccines Infectious Disease Centre and the Kingston Paediatric and Paternal HIV/AIDS Programme for Clinical Research Department of Child and Adolescent Health Faculty of Medical Sciences The University of the West Indies Mona, Kingston 7, Jamaica E-mail: celia.christiesamuels@uwimona.edu.jm |
N Duncan Professor of Paediatric Surgery Department of Surgery, Radiology, Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Faculty of Medical Sciences The University of the West IndiesMona, Kingston 7, Jamaica E-mail: newton.duncan@uwimona.edu.jm |
| T Jones Director, Dentistry Programme Faculty of Medical Sciences The University of the West Indies Mona, Kingston 7, Jamaica E-mail: thaon.jones@uwimona.edu.jm | R Melbourne-Chambers Head, Department of Child & Adolescent Health Faculty of Medical Sciences The University of the West Indies Mona, Kingston 7, Jamaica E-mail: roxanne.melbournechambers@uwimona.edu.jm |
| A Nicholson Head of Department of Microbiology Faculty of Medical Sciences The University of the West Indies Mona, Kingston 7, Jamaica E-mail: alison.nicholson@uwimona.edu.jm | J Plummer Professor and Head Department of Surgery, Radiology, Anaesthesia and Intensive Care The University of the West Indies Mona, Kingston 7, Jamaica E-mail: joseph_plummer@yahoo.com |
| C Rattray Head of Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Faculty of Medical Sciences The University of the West Indies Mona, Kingston 7, Jamaica E-mail: carole.rattray@uwimona.edu.jm | T Richards Head, Medical Library The University of the West Indies Mona, Kingston 7, Jamaica E-mail: tereza.richards@uwimona.edu.jm |
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DT Simeon
Head of the Caribbean Centre for Health Systems Research and Development
Faculty of Medical Sciences
The University of the West Indies St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago E-mail: donald.simeon@sta.uwi.edu |
J St. John
Executive Director Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) 16-18 Jamaica Boulevard Federation Park Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago E-mail: stjohnjo@carpha.org |
| S Weaver Lecturer and Head of School of Nursing The University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston 7, Jamaica E-mail: steve.weaver@uwimona.edu.jm | |
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Editorial Advisory Board |
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| N Kissoon Vice President, Medical Affairs BC Children’s Hospital and Sunny Hill Health Centre for Children; Professor in Critical Care – Global Child Health University of British Columbia and the BC Children’s Hospital; Clinical Investigator, Child and Family Research Institute B24C - 4480 Oak Street, Vancouver, BC V6H 3V4, Canada E-mail: nkissoon@cw.bc.ca | M Lee Professor in Gastroenterology Department of Medicine Faculty of Medical Sciences The University of the West Indies Mona, Kingston 7, Jamaica E-mail: michael.lee@uwimona.edu.jm |
| C Ogunsalu Senior Lecturer/Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon Department of Basic Medical Sciences The University of the West Indies Mona, Kingston 7, Jamaica E-mail: chrisogun@yahoo.com | A Ojo Professor of Nephrology, Internal Medicine and Epidemiology University of Michigan Medical School 3914 TC Ann Arbor MI 48109-5364, USA E-mail: aojo@umich.edu |
| D Oshi Professor, Department of Community Health & Psychiatry Faculty of Medical Sciences The University of the West Indies Mona, Kingston 7, Jamaica E-mail:daniel.oshi@uwimona.edu.jm |
M Samms-Vaughan
Professor of Child Health and Child Development and Behaviour Department of Child and Adolescent Health Faculty of Medical Sciences The University of the West Indies Mona, Kingston 7, Jamaica E-mail: maureen.sammsvaughan@uwimona.edu.jm |
| GR Serjeant Chairman Sickle Cell Trust (Jamaica) 14 Milverton Crescent Kingston 6, Jamaica E-mail: grserjeant@cwjamaica.com | M Voutchkov Professor of Applied Nuclear Physics Department of Physics The University of the West Indies Mona, Kingston 7, Jamaica E-mail: mitko.voutchkov@gmail.com |
| Past Editors JL Stafford 1951–1955 JA Tulloch 1956–1960 D Gore 1961 CP Douglas 1962 D Gore 1963–1966 P Curzen 1967 RA Irvine 1967–1969 TVN Persaud 1970–1972 GAO Alleyne 1973–1975 V Persaud 1975–1995 D Raje 1995–1996 WN Gibbs 1996–1999 EN Barton 1999-2018 |
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