About the Editorial team

Jane Godsland, Editor-in-Chief
I completed a PhD in Reproductive Medicine at the University of Cambridge (UK) in 2004, before joining The Lancet as a Senior Editor working on maternal and child health content in 2005. In 2012, I helped to launch The Lancet Respiratory Medicine as Deputy Editor. I developed an interest in the pulmonary sequelae of prematurity, and in chronic respiratory diseases of childhood such as asthma and cystic fibrosis. As the Editor-in-Chief of The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, I have a broad appreciation of the clinical specialties within paediatrics, as well as the wider discipline of child and adolescent health. My special interests include neonatal medicine, childhood cancer, and paediatric critical care.

Udani Samarasekera, Deputy Editor
I studied human genetics at University College London and science communication at Imperial College London (UK). I joined The Lancet in 2005 and became a Senior Editor in 2007. I have led several of The Lancet’s global child health projects, covering subjects such as childhood pneumonia and diarrhoea, violence against women and girls, and ending preventable stillbirths. My interests include global child health, maternal, fetal, and newborn medicine, and child and adolescent psychiatry.

Esther Lau, Senior Editor
I studied Natural Sciences (biochemistry) at the University of Cambridge (UK), during which I did a research project on mutations causing Rett’s syndrome. My interest in genetics continued to grow while working as Copy Editor and subsequently as Senior Copy Editor for Nature Reviews Genetics. In 2015, I joined the Lancet group as Assistant Editor, before becoming Senior Assistant Editor and then joining the inaugural editorial team for The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health. My interests include inherited diseases, childhood obesity, nutrition, and public health.

Here is a list of the conferences we’ll be attending in 2020. Please email us if you’d like to arrange a time to meet: [email protected]

Date	Conference	City	To be attended by
April 28–30	RCPCH 2020	Liverpool	Jane Godsland
May 2–5	Pediatric Academic Sciences	Philadelphia	Esther Lau
May 6–9	International Society for Autism Research	Seattle	Esther Lau
June 6–10	Pediatric Allergy and Asthma Meeting	London	Udani Samarasekera
June 14–17	World Federation Pediatrics Intensive & Critical Care Societies	Mexico City	Esther Lau
September 10–12	European Society Pediatric Endocrinology	Liverpool	Udani Samarasekera
October 16–20	European Academy Pediatric Socieities	Barcelona	Jane Godsland & Esther Lau
November 5–7	International Association of Adolescent Health	Lima	Jane Godsland