Editorial Board
Family Medicine and Community Health Editorial Board members have agreed and adhere to the BMJ Editor Roles and Responsibilities guidelines; including our Editor policy on competing interests.
Editor-in-Chief
Prof. Li Li, MD, PhD, MPH
Walter M. Seward Professor and Chair
Department of Family Medicine
Director of Population Health
UVA Health System
University of Virginia
Expertise: Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Oncology, Population Health, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Disparities and Cancer Prevention and Control
Declaration of Interests: Nothing to Declare
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Academic Advisers
Prof. Kurt C. Stange, MD, PhD
Department of Family Medicine & Community Health
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, USA
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Prof. Gordon Guyatt, MD, PhD
Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact
McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario
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Prof. Wannian Liang, PhD
Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics
School of Public Health and Family Medicine
Capital Medical University
Beijing, China
Deputy Editors-in-Chief
Prof. Qingbao Tian
Hebei Medical University
Shijiazhuang, China
Expertise: Health Management,Evidence-based medicine,Health economics
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Dr. Yanli Xu, PhD
Chinese General Practice Press
Beijing, China
Expertise: Public Health, Family Medicine and Preventive Medicine, especially Fatigue Biomarker Research
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Dr. Hui Yang, PhD
Monash University
Clayton, Australia
Expertise: Primary Health Care, General Practice, Chronic Disease Management, Healthcare Quality Improvement, Primary Care Mental Health and Health Policy Analysis
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Professor Paramjit S Gill, DM, FRCGP, FHEA, BM, DCH
University of Warwick
Warwick, UK
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Dr. Chaojie Liu, MB, MPH, PhD
La Trobe University
Melbourne, Australia
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Dr. Roger Zoorob, MD, MPH, FAAFP
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, USA
Expertise: Prevention, Chronic Disease and Substance use in Primary Care
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Associate Editors
Dr. Yafang Huang
Capital Medical University
Beijing, China
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Dr. Xinyi Xu
Hebei Medical University
Shijiazhuang, China
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Management Editor
Miss. Xinyang Cao
Beijing Huawei General Practice Research Institute
Beijing, China
Editorial Board Members
Dr.John.W. Beasley, MD
University of Wisconsin
Madison, USA
Dr. Alan H. Bittles, MA, PhD, ScD, FRCPath
Murdoch University
Murdoch, Australia
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Dr. Richard F. Brightwell, PhD, BSc(Hons), PGCertEd, FPA
Edith Cowan University
Perth, Australia
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Dr. Colette Browning,MD,PhD
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
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Dr. Tianhui Chen, MD, PhD
Cancer Hospital of the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Zhejiang Cancer Hospital)
Zhejiang, China
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Dr. Rebekah Compton,DNP, RN, FNP-BC
Family Medicine Clinic
Charlottesville, USA
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Dr. Vincenzo Costigliola, MD
European Medical Association
Brussels, Belgium
Mr. Francis P. Crawley, AB, PhB, PhL
Good Clinical Practice Alliance – Europe (GCPA)
Strategic Initiative for Developing Capacity in Ethical Review (SIDCER)
Leuven/Brussels, Belgium
Dr. Katharine C. DeGeorge, MD, MS
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, USA
Dr. Jeanne M. Ferrante, MD, MPH
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
New Jersey, USA
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Professor Michael D. Fetters, MD, MPH, MA
University of Michigan
Michigan, USA
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Dr. Susan Flocke, PhD
Oregon Health & Sciences University
Portland, USA
Dr. Allan H. Goroll, MD
Harvard Medical School,
Massachusetts General Hospital
Massachusetts, USA
Dr. Mohammad Hamiduzzaman
The University of Newcastle
Newcastle, Australia
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Dr. Jeffrey Harrison, MD
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, USA
Dr. Mingguang He, MD, PhD
University of Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia
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Dr. Michael A Holmes, BSc (Hon), MB ChB, MSc, DRCOG, FRCGP
Royal College of General Practitioners
London, UK
Dr. Kazuhiko Kotani, MD, PhD
Jichi Medical University
Tochigi, Japan
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Dr. Arch G. Mainous III, MA, PhD, DHHS
University of Florida
Florida, USA
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Dr. Jianguang Ji, MD, PhD
Lund University
Lund, Sweden
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Dr. Meng-Chih Lee, MD, PhD, MPH
President for WONCA Asia Pacific Region
Chinese Taipei Association of Family Medicine
Dr.David Legge, MD, FRACP
La Trobe University
Melbourne, Australia
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Dr. Feng Lei, MBBS, PhD
National University of Singapore
Singapore













Dr. Kwok Tung Li, MBBS, FRACGP, FHKCFP, FHKAM, FFPH
The University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong, China
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Dr. Winston R Liaw, MD, MPH
University of Houston
Houston, USA
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Dr. Zuxun Lu, MD
Tongji Medical College
Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Hubei, China
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Dr. Johnny Lyon-Maris, BSc (Hons), MBBS, MMEd, FRCP, FAcadMEd, FAMEE, FRCGP
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
Southampton, UK
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Dr. Nigel J. Mathers, BSc, MB, ChB, MD, PhD, FRCGP, DCH, DipED
Academic Unit of Primary Medical Care
University of Sheffield
Sheffield, UK
Dr. Eishi Miyazaki, MD, PhD
Oita University
Oita, Japan
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Dr. Ronald R. O’Donnell, PhD
Arizona State University
Arizona, USA
Dr. M. Norman Oliver, MD, MA
Virginia Department of Health
Virginia, USA
Professor Leon Piterman, AM
Monash University
Clayton, Australia
Dr. William J. Riley, PhD
Arizona State University
Arizona, USA
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Dr. Jason L. Salemi, PhD, MPH
Morsani College of Medicine
University of South Florida
Florida, USA
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Dr. Leiyu Shi, DrPH
The Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, USA
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Dr. Shane Thomas, PhD, PLD, MAPS
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
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Dr. Guglielmo M. Trovato, MD
University of Catania
Catania , Italy
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Dr. Elizabeth Walton, BSc (Hons), MBChB
University of Sheffield
Sheffield, UK
Dr. Haijun Wang, PhD, MPH
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, USA
Dr. Harry HX Wang, BS, MS, PhD
Sun Yat-Sen University
Guangdong Sheng, China
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Dr. Zhaoxin Wang, PhD
School of Public Health, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Shanghai, China
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Dr. Qunhong Wu, PhD
Harbin Medical University
Heilongjiang Sheng, China
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Dr. Guoping Xu, MD, Msci
Johns Hopkins Community Physicians
Maryland, USA
Dr. David Zakus, BSc, MES, MSc, PhD
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
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Publishing team
Assistant Publisher: Jennifer Thomas
Publisher: Christiane Notarmarco