Globalization
and Health
recently established an affiliation with the
London School of Economics (LSE), with Emma Pitchforth, Senior
Research Fellow at LSE Health, joining Dr Greg Martin as co-Editor-in-Chief of the journal.

Elias
Mossialos, Director of LSE Health and member of the journal’s
Editorial Board, explained that Globalization & Health was an
ideal match for the Centre’s mission:

“The
mission of LSE Health is to advance and transmit knowledge and
understanding through the conduct of research, teaching and scholarship at the
highest international standards, for the benefit of the international and
national health policy community. A PubMed indexed, open access
journal provides the right forum to communicate our research and
ideas to the international health policy community.”

In addition to the appointment of Emma Pitchforth as co-Editor-in-Chief, a number of new members have joined the Editorial Board
including:

• Dr Nick
  Drager, Director, World Health Organization
• Dr Hannah
  E.Kettler, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
• Prof Alan
  Whiteside, University of KwaZulu-Natal,
  Durban, SA
• Prof Srinath
  Reddy, President, Public Health Foundation of India
• Prof Michael
  Reich, Professor of International Health Policy, Harvard
  School of Public
  Health

Globalization
and Health hopes to set an example to all other global health
journals in terms of the diverse range of perspectives represented in its
publications and its ability to interact across a kaleidoscopic array of
disciplines.