Editorial Team

The JAFES is composed of a team of dedicated individuals: the Editor and Vice-Editor-in-Chief, AFES Country Associate Editors, an Editorial Board composed of representatives from AFES Countries, an Editorial Advisory Board, and Editorial Staff (Copyediting Team, Coordinator, Secretariat). The office is currently in Manila, Philippines.

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF [2026-present]

Prof. Cecilia A.  Jimeno, Professor, College of Medicine University of the Philippines Manila | Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Philippine General Hospital | Past President, Philippine College of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism

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ASSOCIATE EDITORS

Laurentius Aswin Pramono, Sp PD-KEMD| Lecturer, School of Medicine and Health Sciences Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia

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Prof. Norlaila Mustafa | Senior Consultant Endocrinologist,Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Bandar Tun Razak, Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Visiting Consultant, National Heart Institute, Malaysia

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Prof. Than Than Aye, MBBS, DrMedSc (Gen Med) | Professor Emeritus, University of Medicine 2, Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology  | Consultant, Department of Endocrinology, Grand Hantha International Hospital, Myanmar

Prof. Su Chi Lim, MBBS MRCP PhD |Clinical Director, Clinical Research Unit, Senior Consultant, Diabetes Centre and General Medicine, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Singapore | Research Associate Professor, Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, NUS, Singapore | Professor (Clinical Practice), Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, NTU, Singapore

Chng Chiaw Ling | Senior Consultant in the Department of Endocrinology, Singapore General Hospital | Clinical Assistant Professor at Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore

Prof. Chiacharn Deerochanwong, Professor, Diabetes and Endocrinology Unit, Rajavithi Hospital College of Medicine, Rangsit University, Bangkok, Thailand | Immediate Past President, Endocrine Society of Thailand (EST)

Assoc. Prof. Nguyen Thy Khue, Associate Professor Emeritus, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam | Past President, Vietnam Association of Diabetes and Endocrinology (VADE)

Anna Elvira S. Arcellana | Clinical Associate Professor, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, University of the Philippines-Philippine General Hospital | Active Consultant, Capitol Medical Ceter, Quezon City, Philippines

EDITORIAL BOARD

Chin Voon Tong, MD, FRCP | Endocrinologist, Hospital Putrajaya, Malaysia

Prof. Khin Saw Than | Professor/Head (Retired), Department of Diabetes & Endocrinology, Yangon General Hospital, University of Medicine 1, Yangon, Myanmar

Prof. Ko Ko | President, Myanmar Society of Endocirnology and Metabolism (MSEM)

Wann Jia Loh, MBBS, BSc, MCI, MRCP, FRCP, FAMS | Senior Consultant, Department of Endocrinology, Changi General Hospital, Singapore | Clinical Associate Professor,  Duke-NUS University, Singapore

Assoc. Prof. Lalita Wattanachanya | Chairman of the Board, Excellence Center in Diabetes, Hormones and Metabolism, School of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

Padiporn Limumpornpetch, MD, PhD, FRCPT | Head, Endocrinology and Metabolism Unit, Division of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, Thailand

Distinguished Prof. Nguyen Van Tuan | Director, Centre for Health Technologies, University of Technology Sydney,  Australia; School of Population Health, UNSW Medicine, UNSW Sydney, Australia

Prof. Mary Ann R. Abacan, MD, MSc, MHPed | Professor, Division of Clinical and Metabolic Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, University of the Philippines College of Medicine and Philippine General Hospital | Professor, Department of Social Medicine, University of the Philippines College of Medicine 

Prof. Lorna R. Abad | Professor Emeritus, Department of Pediatrics, University of the Philippines Manila |University of the Philippines Manila Ethical Board Reviewer

Prof. Marissa M. Alejandria, MD, MSc | Professor,  Clinical Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases, University of the Philippines College of Medicine 

Prof. Pia D. Bagamasbad, PhD | Director and Professor, National Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of the Philippines Diliman

Prof. Nathaniel S. Orillaza Jr. | Professor, Department of Orthopedics,  University of the Philippines College of Medicine;  Philippine General Hospital

Prof. Paul Matthew D. Pasco, MD, MSc |  Professor, Department of Neurosciences, University of the Philippines College of Medicine 

Catherine Lynn T. Silao, MD, PhD | Professor, Institute of Human Genetics, National Institutes of Health, University of the Philippines Manila | Faculty, Department of Pediatrics, University of the Philippines College of Medicine

BUSINESS MANAGER

Roberto C. Mirasol | Active Consultant, St. Luke's Medical Center, Quezon City, Philippines | Chair, Department of Internal Medicine, Manila Doctors Hospital, Philippines

MANUSCRIPT EDITORS

Aimee Andag-Silva | De La Salle University College of Medicine, Cavite, Philippines

Ma. Cecille S. Anouevo-Cruz | University of the Philippines College of Medicine

Adrian Oscar Z. Bacena | Chairman, Department of Internal Medicine, Region II Trauma and Medical Center, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines

Dionise Ysabelle V. Bawal | Taining Committee Member,  Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University of Santo Tomas Hospital Manila, Philippines | Training Core Member, Section of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Veterans Memorial Medical Center, Quezon City, Philippines

Elaine C. Cunanan | Active Consultant, University of Santo Tomas Hospital , Manila, Philippines | President, Philippine College of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism (PCEDM)

Hannah U. Corpuz | Active Consultant, Department of Internal Medicine, Lorma Medical Center, La Union, Philippines

Jay S. Fonte | Board Member, Philippine College of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism (PCEDM)

Maria Luisa Patricia B. Gatbonton| Past President, Philippine College of Endocrinology and Metabolism (PCEDM)

Ria Mari S. Siao | Active Consultant,  Section of Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Cardinal Santos Medical Center, San Juan City and Delos Santos Medical Center, Quezon City, Philippines

ETHICS ADVISER

Marita V.T. Reyes |Member, Philippine Health Research Ethics Board, Committee on Standards and Accreditation, Committee on Information Dissemination, Training and Advocacy Committee on Networking| FormerChair, Health Technology Assessment Council | Former Chair, National Ethics Committee

IN-HOUSE STATISTICAL REVIEWERS/CONSULTANTS

John Jefferson V. Besa, MD, MPH | Clinical Associate Professor, Division of Adult Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of the Philippines College of Medicine | Senior Health Program Officer,  Philippine Health Insurance Corporation

Johann Fabrian Q. Bolinao, PhD | Senior Medical Affairs Manager, Metro Pacific Health, Pasig City, Philippines

Johannes Paolo B. Cerrado, MD, MSc | Research Assistant, Pandemic Sciences Institute, Policy and Practice Research Group, University of Oxford (Pandemic PACT Project) | Vaccinology Module Co-coordinator, MSc International Health and Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, England

Kim L. Cochon, MSc | Research Postgraduate student, JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of HongKong  

Ethel M. Estanislao | Independent Statistician

Jundelle Romulo K. Jalique | Ethics Review Member, Veterans Memorial Medical Center, Quezon City, Philippines

Mark Anthony U. Javelosa | Department of Clinical Epidemiology, University of the Philippines College of Medicine 

Greco Mark B. Malijan, MD MSc | DPhil Student,  Clinical Trial Service Unit & Epidemiological Studies Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, England | Research Consultant, Research, Ethics and Innovation Unit, Division of Data, Strategy and Innovation, WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific

Al Joseph R. Molina | Statistician, Philippine General Hospital | Medical Officer IV, Disease Prevention and Control Bureau, Department of Health | MS Epidemiology (Public Health) Student, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, College of Public Health, University of the Philippines Manila

Assoc. Prof. Paul Adrian V. Pinlac, MD, MPH, MSc | Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, College of Public Health, University of the Philippines Manila

Jesus N. Sarol Jr., PhD | Senior Research Biostatistician, Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Research Design Core, Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Institute, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA

Prof. Olivia T. Sison, MSPH, SCM | Assistant Professor, Institute of Clinical Epidemiology, National Institutes of Health, University of the Philippines Manila; Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical Epidemiology, College of Medicine, University of the Philippines Manila | Biostatistician, “LIFEcourse study in CARdiovascular disease Epidemiology (LIFECARE Study) Lipid," Research Unit, Philippine General Hospital  

Cary Amiel G. Villanueva, MD, MPH (Glas), FPCP | Statistian/Data Analyst, Integrated Training and Research Unit, Philippine General Hospital, University of the Philippines Manila

Emilio Q. Villanueva III, MD, MSc, FPSP | Associate Professor and Vice Chair for Research, Department of Pathology, University of the Philippines College of Medicine | Division Chief, Division of Clinical Chemistry, Department of Laboratories, University of the Philippines - Philippine General Hospital

SCIENCE COMMUNICATORS

Carmen Carina G. Cabrera | Research Committee Member, Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, St. Luke's Medical Center, Quezon City, Philippines

Monica Therese B. Cating-Cabral | Active Consultant, St. Luke's Medical Center Global, Taguig City, Philippines, Secretary, Philippine College of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

Aura Bree Dayo-Lacdao

Jerico B. Gutierrez | Fellow, Philippine College of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism  (PCEDM)|  Team Leader, JAFES Visual Abstracts 

Nenuel Angelo B. Luna, MD, MHM | Training Officer, Department of Internal Medicine, Quezon Medical Center, Lucena City, Philippines

Francis Xavier F. Mislang | Medical Centrum Dagupan, Pangasinan| Research Coordinator, Department of Internal Medicine, Nazareth General Hospital and Pangasinan Provincial Hospital | DM and Nutrition Clinic Section Head, The Medical City Pangasinan, Philippines

Prof. Albert Macaire C. Ong-Lopez |Professor, Ateneo School of Medicine and Public Health | Publication Head, Research Committee, Department of Medicine, St. Luke's Medical Center, Quezon City, Philippines

Aivind Gabrielle G. Santiago | Metro Antipolo Hospital, Antipolo, Rizal, Philippines

EDITORIAL COORDINATOR

Amado O. Tandoc III, MD, FPSP | Division Chief, Laboratory Research Division, Research Institute for Tropical Medicine 

EDITORIAL ASSISTANT

Melissa O. Tandoc, RN

IMMEDIATE PAST EDITOR-IN-CHIEF [2010-2025]

Prof. Elizabeth Paz Pacheco, Professor, College of Medicine University of the Philippines Manila |Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Philippine General Hospital | PCEDM Diamond Awardee 2022 as Distinguished Researcher | UPMAS Awardee 2016 as Outstanding Researcher | Past President, Philippine College of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism (PCEDM)