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Health inequalities and meeting the needs of sexual and gender minority groups

Guest Editor
Amal Khanolkar, PhD, King’s College London, UK

Submission Status: open until 30 September 2025

Ensuring continuity of care in LMICs

Guest Editors
David B. Duong, MD, MPH, Harvard University, USA
Lia Tadesse Gebremedhin, MD, MHA, Harvard University, USA
Bach Tran, PhD, HDR, Hanoi Medical University, Vietnam

Submission Status: open until 23 October 2025

Empowering the public health workforce

Guest Editor
Gustavo Nigenda, PhD, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico

Submission Status: open until 30 October 2025

Understanding and addressing the effects of climate change, pollution, and heat on respiratory health

Guest Editors
Anna Chen Arroyo, MD, MPH, Stanford School of Medicine, USA
Jyothi Tirumalasetty, MD, Stanford University School of Medicine, USA

Submission Status: open until 21 November 2025

Loneliness and social isolation: public health concerns in an aging world

Guest Editors
Fereshteh Mehrabi, PhD, Concordia University, Canada
Xinyi Zhu, PhD, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Submission Status: open until 11 December 2025

Understanding the HIV care continuum: Progress and challenges

Guest Editor
Robert Paulino-Ramirez, MD, MSc, MPH, DTM&H, Instituto de Medicina Tropical & Salud Global, Universidad Iberoamericana (UNIBE), Dominican Republic

Submission Status: open until 18 December 2025

Ensuring equality in vaccine access: Addressing global inadequacies

Guest Editors
Chuanxi Fu, PhD, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, China
Marguerite Massinga Loembé, MSc, PhD, Independent Consultant, Health Systems Strengthening and Diagnostics, Gabon

Submission Status: open until 19 December 2025

Urbanization and health: Addressing key challenges

Guest Editor
Jason Corburn, PhD, University of California, Berkeley, USA

Submission Status: open until 28 December 2025

Strategies for reducing cross-border health challenges

Guest Editors
Christian J.P.A. Hoebe, MD, PhD, Maastricht University, the Netherlands
Alena Kamenshchikova, PhD, Maastricht University, the Netherlands

Submission Status: open until 29 December 2025

Geographic challenges to equitable healthcare

Guest Editors
Jonathan Olsen, BA, MSc, PhD, University of Glasgow, UK
Julia Moreira Pescarini, PhD, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK, and Centre for Data and Knowledge Integration for Health, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Brazil

Submission Status: open until 14 January 2026

Infectious disease modeling: Impact on public health practices

Guest Editor
Trystan Leng, PhD, Imperial College London, UK

Submission Status: open until 23 January 2026

Artificial intelligence and tuberculosis screening

Guest Editors
Jacob Creswell, MPH, PhD, Stop TB Partnership, Switzerland
Luan Nguyen Quang Vo, MPH, Friends for International TB Relief (FIT), Vietnam

Submission Status: open until 29 January 2026

Advances in malaria control and elimination

Guest Editors
Adrienne Epstein, PhD, University of California, San Francisco, USA
Julie-Anne Tangena, PhD, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK

Submission Status: open until 6 February 2026

Food security, nutrition, and dietary trends

Guest Editor
Daniel Ibsen, PhD, Aarhus University, Denmark

Submission Status: open until 28 February 2026

Sexual health education

Guest Editors

Bernadette Hensen, BSc, MSc, PhD, Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp, Belgium
Cecilia Milford, PhD, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa; Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA), South Africa; University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Mwelwa Phiri, BPharm, MPH, PhD, ZAMBART in Lusaka, Zambia; Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

Submission Status: open until 3 March 2026

Preventing suicide and self-harm in young people: Challenges and strategies

Guest Editors:
Sunhye Bai, PhD, MPH, University of Oregon, USA
Jocelyn I. Meza, PhD, University of California, USA
Lucas Zullo, PhD, Thomas Jefferson University, USA

Submission Status: open until 5 May 2026

Climate change and human health: Unpacking connections, advancing solutions

Guest Editors
Natalie Greaves, PhD, University of the West Indies, Barbados
Renzo R. Guinto, MD, DrPH, SingHealth Duke-NUS Global Health Institute, Singapore
Hashim Hounkpatin, MD, MSc, MPH, Center for Research in Human Reproduction and Demography, Benin
Nishad Jayasundara, PhD, Duke University, USA
Mengieng Ung, PhD, SingHealth Duke-NUS Global Health Institute, Singapore

Submission Status: open until 13 May 2026

Substance use disorders: Epidemiology, prevention, and intervention

Guest Editors
Jennifer Attonito PhD, Florida Atlantic University, United States
Karina Villalba PhD, MBA, University of Central Florida, United States

Submission Status: Open until 3 June 2026

Physical activity and fitness in the 21st century: trends, technologies, and public health solutions

Guest Editors:
Juel Jarani, PhD, Sports University of Tirana, Albania
Stevo Popovic, PhD, University of Montenegro, Montenegro

Submission Status: Open until 10 June 2026

Improving maternal health in underserved populations

Guest Editors
Tamar Kabakian-Khasholian, PhD, MPH, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Alfred Osoti, MBChB, MMed, MPH, PhD, University of Washington, USA
Brittney van de Water, PhD, RN, CPNP, Boston College, USA
Joshua P. Vogel, BMedSci, MBBS, PhD, Burnet Institute, Australia

Beyond disciplinary silos: Intersectoral collaboration for One Health implementation

Guest Editors
Mauricio J.C. Coppo, MV, MVSc, PhD, The University of Melbourne, Australia
Angeline Ferdinand, BA, MPH, PhD, The University of Melbourne, Australia

Evolving implementation science concepts and methods in low- and middle-income countries

Guest Editors
Olakunle Alonge, MD, PhD, MPH, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
Meredith B. Brooks, PhD, MPH, Boston University School of Public Health, USA

Digital interventions, services, and applications for reducing global health gaps in disadvantaged populations

Guest Editors:
Dustin S. Gibson, PhD, MS, Johns Hopkins University, US
Binyam Tilahun, PhD, MPH, University of Gondar, Ethiopia

Epidemiology of neglected tropical diseases

Guest Editors:
Michael Marks, MRCP, DTM&H, PhD, The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
Rachel Pullan, PhD, MSc, MSci, The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK

Health financing to advance universal health coverage and health equity – challenges and novel approaches

Guest Editors
Samir Garg, PhD, State Health Resource Centre, Chhattisgarh, Raipur, India 
Chaw-Yin Myint, MB, BS, MPH, PhD, RWS Medical Services, Myanmar

Making health care more accessible, acceptable, and sustainable to migrants and refugees

Guest Editor:
Wen Chen, PhD, Sun Yat-sen University, China

Epidemiology of travel-related and tropical infectious diseases

Guest Editors: 
Shanti Narayanasamy, MBBS, Dip.Trop.Med, BA/BSc(Hons), MSc(GH), Duke University, United States
Asma Sohail, MBBS, FRACP, BBioMedSci, MPHTM, DTMH, CTH, Monash University, Australia

Advances in sexual and gender-based violence prevention at institutions of higher education

Guest Editors:
Mercilene Machisa, PhD, South African Medical Research Council's Gender & Health Research Unit, South Africa
Jennifer Wagman, PhD, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, United States

Implementation of cancer strategies in primary care: Addressing global disparities

Guest Editors:
Tanimola Martins, PhD, University of Exeter, United Kingdom
Suzanne Scott, PhD, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom

Addressing public health concerns in incarceration and community corrections

Guest Editors:
Ingrid A. Binswanger, MD, Kaiser Permanente Colorado, United States
Charlie Brooker, PhD, University of London, United Kingdom

Identifying people with tuberculosis and linking to care: finding the missing millions

Guest Editors:
Rachael Burke, PhD, Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Trust, Malawi
Finn McQuaid, PhD, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom

Stigma and mental health in infectious diseases

Guest Editors:
Amrita Daftary, PhD, School of Global Health, York University, Canada
Jeremiah Chikovore, PhD, Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa