EHP Editors
The EHP Editor-in-Chief and Science Editors work with our Deputy Editors and Associate Editors to triage submissions and ensure rigorous and fair peer review. They also work with authors to ensure transparent, reproducible reporting of their approach and findings. As the front-line contact for the journal, our Peer Review Coordinator assists contributors with technical questions from submission to final decision and helps keep the peer-review process on track.
Our News Editor and International Outreach Manager, meanwhile, produce content that reaches a broader global audience. This includes nontechnical feature articles, summaries of scientific articles, and translated content.
Joel D. Kaufman, MD, MPH | Editor-in-Chief
Joel D. Kaufman assumed the Editor-in-Chief (EIC) role at EHP in February 2020. As EIC, he establishes journal policies and oversees all editorial and peer-review processes.
For more than 20 years, Joel has been on the faculty at the University of Washington (UW), where he served as Interim Dean of the UW School of Public Health from 2016 to 2018. He is currently a Professor in the departments of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences, Medicine (General Internal Medicine), and Epidemiology.
His research at UW focuses primarily on environmental factors in cardiovascular disease and on investigating the role of air pollutants in chronic diseases. This research integrates several disciplines, including epidemiology, inhalation toxicology, clinical medicine, and exposure sciences. Joel has served as principal investigator of the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis and Air Pollution, a prospective cohort study of the relationship between air pollutant exposures and the progression of cardiovascular disease over time. He has published more than 200 research articles and reviews.
In addition to his career in epidemiology and environmental health sciences, Joel is a practicing physician, board certified in internal medicine and occupational medicine. He is also a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, and the American Heart Association.
Joel has participated on numerous review panels and advisory committees for governmental and nongovernmental organizations. He currently serves on the Executive Council of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE). Joel received his MD from the University of Michigan and his MPH from UW.
Windy A. Boyd, PhD, MPH | Senior Science Editor
Windy A. Boyd joined EHP full time as Science Editor in June 2019 following a two-year, part-time detail. She works primarily with submissions related to experimental studies.
Before coming to EHP, Windy worked in the National Toxicology Program (NTP) at NIEHS. Her most recent position at NTP was in the Office of Health Assessment and Translation. In this role, she led scientific literature analyses to evaluate the associations between a variety of environmental exposures and adverse health outcomes. Two projects included the health effects of electric lighting practices and chemical exposures linked with Parkinson’s disease.
Previously, she managed the NTP WormTox Screening Facility, which developed and conducted bioassays using the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans as an alternative model organism in high-throughput toxicological screening.
Windy is an active member of the Society of Toxicology (SOT) and current Secretary-Treasurer of the North Carolina Regional Chapter. She is also a member of the American Public Health Association and the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
She received a PhD in environmental toxicology from the University of Georgia in Athens in 2002. In 2013, she earned an MPH in nutrition from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and became a board-certified Registered Dietitian Nutritionist in early 2014.
Jane C. Schroeder, DVM, MPH, PhD, Contractor | Science Editor
Jane C. Schroeder joined EHP as Science Editor in December 2008. She works primarily with submissions related to human observational studies.
Jane came to EHP from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH), where she taught epidemiologic methods and cancer epidemiology as an assistant professor of epidemiology in the Gillings School of Global Public Health. She also conducted research on environmental, dietary, genetic, and microbial risk factors for a variety of cancers. Jane is an active member of ISEE. She has been a regular presenter on writing and reviewing manuscripts for scholarly publication at ISEE annual meetings.
Before joining the UNC-CH faculty, Jane served as a research fellow in epidemiology for two years at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS). She was awarded a PhD in epidemiology from UNC-CH in 1999 and an MPH in environmental and occupational health from the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University in 1994. Jane received her DVM from the University of California, Davis, in 1985. After completing a small-animal medicine and surgery internship at the University of Pennsylvania, she worked for several years as a small-animal veterinarian.
Kristin Inman, PhD, Contractor | Associate Science Editor
Kristin S. Inman first came to EHP in 2017 as an Assistant Science Editor. She works primarily with submissions related to experimental studies.
Before joining EHP, Kristin worked as Editorial Director for MPS North America, a publishing services company, where she managed content development for medical and science projects. She also provided medical writing and editing services to the Mayo Clinic’s Department of Cancer Biology and Center for Individualized Medicine.
Kristin completed six years of postdoctoral fellowships in the Neuropharmacology and Cancer Biology Departments at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida. During this period, she conducted independent research focused on identifying the neuroleptic potential of specific synthetic compounds, and elucidating the mechanisms driving the initiation, progression, and metastatic potential of pancreatic cancer.
Kristin is a member of the Council of Science Editors and Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society. She earned her PhD in biomedical sciences from the University of Florida in 2009Julia Boyle Warren, MA, Contractor | Peer Review Coordinator
Previously, Julia worked at J&J Editorial as Production Client Manager, handling contracts and managing staff performing a variety of editorial tasks for multiple academic journals. Prior to entering the academic publishing field, she worked in medical communications for PPD, where she provided patients with technical information about a suite of medications.
Julia is a member of the International Society of Managing and Technical Editors.
She earned a BA in sociology with a minor in chemistry from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2015 and an MA in English from East Carolina University in 2019.
Susan M. Booker | News Editor
Susan M. Booker joined EHP as Assistant News Editor in March 1997 and assumed the position of News Editor in 2007. She directs all written and graphic content for EHP's news section. She also works with authors to facilitate outreach, promotes recently published content, and leads the development of our Curated Collections.
Susan is a member of the National Association of Science Writers. She earned a BA in speech communication from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1988.
Hui Hu, MA | International Outreach Manager
Hui Hu oversees translation activities for EHP. Her efforts to extend EHP’s outreach efforts include identifying and recruiting international scientists and policy makers to serve as regional editors/advisors for the journal.
In addition to her work at EHP, Hui has been heavily involved in and actively developed other international partnership programs dedicated to capacity building and scientific exchange and communication. She received her MA in mass communications from Miami University in Ohio.
