**About the Editor**

### **Dirga Kumar Lamichhane**

Ph.D., Medicine, is research professor at the Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Inha University School of Medicine, South Korea. He has been a visiting faculty at the graduate school of economics, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan, where he teaches courses in environmental health and health economics. His research focuses on the health effects of environmental toxins such as air pollution, household chemicals, and heavy metals on adverse birth outcomes, mental disorders, and idiopathic interstitial pneumonia and chronic diseases including, lung cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases, and asthma and socioeconomic inequalities in health outcomes. His research involves applying geographic information system modeling, biomonitoring techniques, environmental measurements, and statistical models to provide comprehensive and quantitative assessments of exposure to combinations of traditional and emerging environmental contaminants. He has published over 45 journal and conference papers, books, and technical guidelines related to health and environment. He has presented over 20 multi-day training courses for I/NGOs on infectious diseases and guidelines for preparedness and response to disaster.
