Editorial Team

Criteria for selecting members of the editorial board

The Journal of Health Sciences selects editorial board members based on:

  • active involvement in the research of scientific disciplines in the field of healthcare,
  • professional recognition in their country,
  • participation in international and national scientific conferences,
  • active cooperation with the Faculty of Health Sciences of the University of Novi Mesto in the pedagogical, professional and research fields.

Editor in Chief

Bojana Filej, PhD, University of Novo mesto Faculty of Health Sciences, Novo mesto, Slovenia. 
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7194-7259 

Editorial board

  1. Dr. Vesna Čuk, Angela Boškin Faculty of Health Care, Slovenia
  2. Karmen Erjavec, PhD, University of Novo mesto, Faculty of Health Sciences, Slovenia.
    https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4971-0292
  3. Vislava Globevnik Velikonja, PhD, University of Maribor, Faculty of Arts, Slovenia.
    https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0858-9553
  4. Božena Gorzkowicz, PhD, Faculty of Health Sciences, Pomerranian Medical University in Szczecin, Poland. 
    https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2659-1756
  5. Helena Kristina Halbwachs, PhD, SeneCura, Austria.
    https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6364-2252
  6. Vojko Kavčič, PhD, Institute of Gerontology at Wayne State University in Detroit, USA.
  7. Goran Kozina, PhD, University of North - University Center Varazdin, Croatia.
  8. Nevenka Kregar Velikonja, PhD, University of Novo mesto Faculty of Health Sciences, Novo mesto, Slovenia.
    https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0479-3779
  9. Camilla Laaksonen, PhD, Turku University of Applied Sciences, Finland. 
    https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1341-3384
  10. Ljiljana Leskovic, PhD, University of Novo mesto Faculty of Health Sciences, Slovenia.
    https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9124-4291
  11. Blaž Mlačak, PhD, Health Center Metlika, Slovenia. 
  12. Paola Obbia, PhD, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.
    https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4838-2058
  13. Piret Paal, PhD, Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg, Austria.
    https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4838-2058
  14. Gordana Panova, PhD, Goce Delchev University of Stip, Republic of North Macedonia.
    https://orcid.org/0009-0008-9538-7338 
  15. Olga Riklikiene, PhD, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania. 
    https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5143-4288
  16. Jasmina Starc, PhD, University of Novo mesto Faculty of Business and Management Sciences, Novo mesto, Slovenia. 
    https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3785-8137
  17. Kadri Suija, PhD, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tartu, Estonia.
    https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3364-7372
  18. Milica Vasiljević Blagojević, PhD, Academy of Vocational Studies Belgrade, Department of the Higher School of Health, Serbia.
    https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4379-8318
  19. Vedrana Vejzović, PhD, Malmo University, Sweden. 
    https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0690-3940
  20. Maria Flores Vizcaya - Moreno, PhD, University of Alicante, Spain. 
    https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8826-9877
  21. Dr. Monika Zadnikar, Angela Boškin Faculty of Health Care, Slovenia.
    https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2006-5798
  22. Dr. Boštjan Žvanut, University of Primorska, Faculty of Health Sciences, Slovenia.
    https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5374-1609

Language Editor (Slovene): Marjeta Kmetič

Language Editor (English): Ensitra, Brigita Vogrinec Škraba, s. p.

Technical Editor: Brigita Jugovič

Online edition administrator: Anita Rovan