Public Health

Publication type:
Members only

As one of the world’s oldest public health journals, this journal publishes everything from epidemiology to public health law. Available to RSPH Fellows for free.

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Public Health is an international, multi-disciplinary peer-reviewed journal, published by Elsevier. It is one of the world’s oldest public health journals, having been in continuous publication since 1888.

What's in the latest issue?

In volume 246, published for September 2025, you will find articles including:

Editorial Board

  • Andrew Lee, Sheffield, UK

  • Michael Taylor, University of Nottingham, UK

  • Cathy Johnman, NHS Lanarkshire, UK

    Evangelos Kritsotakis, University of Crete, Greece  

    Ryan Swiers, Sunderland City Council, UK

    Perihan Torun, Istanbul Medipol University, Türkiy

  • Syed Muslim Abbas, Primary Health Care Corporation, Qatar 

    Subhashis Basu, Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust, UK 

    Rachel Clark, Office for Health Improvement and Disparities, UK

    Efthalia Massou, University of Cambridge, UK 

    Fiona Robertson, NHS Lothian, UK 

    Danielle Solomon, University College London, UK 

  • John Beard, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, USA

    Petri Böckerman, University of Jyväskylä, Finland

    Noriko Cable, University College London, UK

    Linda Degutis, Yale School of Public Health, USA

    John Goddeeris, Michigan State University, USA

    Sian Griffiths, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 

    Michael Kelly, University of Cambridge, UK

    Giuseppe La Torre, Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy

    Roger Magnusson, The University of Sydney, Australia

    Susannah Mayhew, The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK

    Gerry McCartney, University of Glasgow, UK

    George Morris, UK

    Mala Rao, Imperial College London, UK

    Devi Sridhar, The University of Edinburgh, UK

    John Wilkinson, UK

  • Natalia Camicia, Managing Editor

    Hannah Moore, Editorial Officer

    Megan Stalham, Editorial Assistant