Dr. Jocalyn Clark

Dr. Jocalyn Clark is a public health scientist, journalist, and medical journal editor with primary interests in global health, gender equity, and the social and political determinants of health.

She was appointed International Editor of The BMJ in August 2022, rejoining the journal 20 years after starting her editorial career there. Previously, she was Executive Editor of The Lancet, Executive Editor at icddr,b (Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh) in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and Senior Editor at PLOS Medicine.

Jocalyn is an Adjunct Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto, an Honorary Associate Professor at the Institute for Global Health, University College London, and an elected Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh and the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences. She founded Canadian Women in Global Health and serves on the advisory boards of Global Health 50/50, WomenLift Health, and the World Health Summit Council.