Nabarun Dasgupta, AJPH Associate Editor; Denys T. Lau, AJPH Associate Editor; Vickie M. Mays, Guest Editor; and Susan D. Cochran, Guest Editor, served as Editors for this supplement issue on “When Dying Really Counts: Mortality Data in Public Health Surveillance.” As the lead AJPH Editor, N. Dasgupta identified reviewers, solicited manuscripts, commissioned cover art, and recommended which papers should be accepted or rejected. D. T. Lau identified reviewers and recommended which papers should be accepted or rejected. Suitability was determined by AJPH Editor-in-Chief Alfredo Morabia, N. Dasgupta, D. T. Lau, and V. M. Mays, collectively. V. M. Mays and S. D. Cochran conceptualized the supplemental issue and commissioned the editorials that focused on mortality data issues, experiences of first responders in handling death, policy implications of data inequities in COVID-19, and police-related deaths from shootings and in custody. V. M. Mays and S. D. Cochran authored the introduction to the supplement and also authored the Editor’s Choice. N. Dasgupa wrote an editorial.
CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
Nabarun Dasgupta, PhD, MPH, has no conflicts of interest to disclose.
Denys T. Lau, PhD, has no conflicts of interest to disclose.
Vickie M. Mays, PhD, MSPH, is with the Departments of Psychology and Health Policy and Management, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and the UCLA BRITE Center for Science, Research & Policy, University of California, Los Angeles. She has no conflicts of interest to disclose.
Susan D. Cochran, PhD, MS, is with the Departments of Epidemiology and Statistics, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and the UCLA BRITE Center. She has no conflicts of interest to disclose.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Support for this work was provided by the National Institute of Minority Health Disparities (grant MD 006923) and the National Institute of Mental Health (grant MH 115344).
Note. The findings and conclusions in this issue are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official positions of their funders, institutional or employment affiliations.
