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Brian P. Mangum

EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBER - Brian P. Mangum


Brian P. Mangum

Fiji National University
Fiji

BIOGRAPHY:

Brian P. Mangum holds medical (MD) and advanced doctorates (PhD) in public health and epidemiology, post-graduate and master’s degrees (MSc) in mental health counselling and medical anthropology, and a bachelor’s in liberal arts, history, and journalism. He has a keen interest in all aspects of general practice/family medicine as related to both clinical practice and medical education, with a particular interest in behavioural science, psychiatry, and medical psychology in primary care settings in rural and remote settings; the prevention, control and treatment of non-communicable disease, such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes using health psychology; and the epidemiology and control of infectious diseases, including tropical diseases such as leptospirosis, dengue, and malaria. He has worked both in practice and academia for over fifteen years, primarily in the developing world in rural and remote settings, and in addition to being a Fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, to which he was elected for his application of anthropological principles in addressing global public health issues.

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Brian P. Mangum’s research interests include all aspects of general practice/family medicine, but in particular the sociocultural epidemiology of non-communicable diseases, as well as emerging and neglected tropical diseases; the efficacy of behavioural science, psychiatry and medical psychology in the treatment of various conditions, such as cardiovascular disease; and the medical anthropology of socioeconomic status and risk as it relates to the construction of disease patterns in developing settings.