Supplementary appendix

Supplementary appendix

This appendix formed part of the original submission. We post it as supplied by the authors.

Supplement to: Chen L, Leaning J, on behalf of 50 signatories. Letter in support of Richard Horton. Lancet 2014; published online August 8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/ S0140-6736(14)61311-8.

Signatories  for  the  Letter  in  support  of  Richard  Horton  

Signed  (affiliations  for  identification  purposes  only):  

Peter  Allebeck  MD  PhD,  Professor  of  Social  Medicine,  Department  of  Public   Health  Sciences,  Karolinska  Institutet,  Stockholm  

John  Ashton  MD  MSc,  President  of  the  UK  Faculty  of  Public  Health  

Espen  Bjertness  PhD,  Professor  and  Head,  Section  for  Preventive  Medicine  and   Epidemiology,  Department  of  Community  Medicine,  University  of  Oslo  

Helmut  Brand  MD  MSc,  Jean  Monnet  Professor  in  European  Public  Health  and   Head  of  the  Department  of  International  Health,  Mastricht  University  

Zulfiqar  Bhutta  MBBS  PhD,  Chair,  Department  of  Paediatrics  and  Child  Health   and  Husein  Laljee  Dewraj  Professor  and  Founding  Chair  of  the  Division  of   Women  and  Child  Health,  The  Aga  Khan  University,  Karachi  

Ozge  Telci  Caklili  MD,  Professor  of  Medicine,  Istanbul  Medeniyet  University   Goztepe  Training  and  Research  Hospital  

Simon  Capewell  MD  DSc,  Professor  of  Clinical  Epidemiology,  Department  of  Public   Health  &  Policy,  Institute  of  Psychology,  Health  &  Society,  University  of  Liverpool    

Christine  K.  Cassel  MD,  President  and  CEO,  National  Quality  Forum,  Washington,  DC       Lincoln  Chen  MD,  President,  China  Medical  Board  

Eric  Chivian  MD,  Founder  and  Former  Director,  Center  for  Health  and  the  Global   Environment,  Harvard  Medical  School,  Boston  

Hilarie  Cranmer  MD  MPH,  Director  of  Disaster  Response,  Massachusetts  General   Hospital,  faculty  Harvard  Medical  School,  Boston  

Lord  Nigel  Crisp,  Lord  of  Parliament,  UK      

Julio  Frenk  MD  MPH  PhD,  T&G  Angelopoulos  Professor  of  Public  Health  and   International  Development,  Harvard  School  of  Public  Health  and  Harvard   Kennedy  School  

Page  2/4   H.  Jack  Geiger  MD  SMH,  Arthur  C.  Logan  Professor  Emeritus  of  Community  Medicine,   City  University  of  New  York  Medical  School  

Gregg  Greenough,  MD  MPH,  Assistant  Professor,  Harvard  Medical  School  and   Harvard  School  of  Public  Health,  Boston  

Rajeev  Gupta  MD  PhD,  Director  Research  Fortis  Escorts  Hospital  and  Chair,  

Academic  and  Research  Development  Unit,  Rajasthan  University  of  Health  Sciences,   Jaipur  

Andrew  Haines  MBBS  MD,  Professor  of  Public  Health  and  Primary  Care,  

Departments  of  Social  and  Environmental  Health  Research  and  Population  Health,   London  School  of  Tropical  Hygiene  and  Medicine  

Howard  Hu  MD  MPH  ScD,  Dean  and  Professor  of  Environmental  Health,  

Epidemiology  and  Global  Health,  Dalla  Lana  School  of  Public  Health,  University  of   Toronto  

Dean  Jamison,  Professor  Emeritus  of  Global  Health,  University  of  Washington,   Seattle  

Stephanie  Kayden  MD  MPH,  Chief,  Director  of  International  Emergency  Medicine   and  Humanitarian  Projects,  Brigham  and  Women’s  Hospital,  faculty  Harvard   Medical  School,  Boston  

Yang  Ke  MSc,  Executive  Vice  President,  Peking  University  

Barry  Kistnasamy  MBChB,  MMed,  Executive  Director,  National  Institute  for   Occupational  Health  and  the  National  Cancer  Registry,  Johannesburg  

Jeffrey  P.  Koplan  MD  MPH,  Vice  President  for  Global  Health,  Emory  University  and   Professor  of  Medicine,  Emory  University  School  of  Medicine,  Atlanta  

Dr.  Rajesh  Kumar  MD,  Professor  &  Head,  PGIMER  School  of  Public  Health,   Chandigarh    

Fernando  Lanas  MD,  Professor,  Universidad  de  la  Frontera,  Chile  

Ana  Langer  MD,  Professor  of  the  Practice  of  Public  Health,  Harvard  School  of  Public   Health  and  Director,  Women  and  Health  Initiative,  Harvard  School  of  Public  Health   Robert  S.  Lawrence  MD  MPH,  Center  for  a  Livable  Future  Professor  and  Professor  of   Environmental  Health,  Health  Policy,  and  International  Health,  Johns  Hopkins                  

Page  3/4   Bloomberg  School  of  Public  Health  and  Professor  of  Medicine,  Johns  Hopkins  School   of  Medicine  

Jennifer  Leaning  MD  SMH,  Francois  Xavier  Bagnoud  Professor  of  the  Practice  of   Health  and  Human  Rights,  Harvard  School  of  Public  Health,  Director,  FXB  Center   for  Health  and  Human  Rights,  Harvard  University  

Sir  Michael  Marmot  MBBS,  MPH,  PhD,  MRC  Research  Professor  of  Epidemiology  and   Public  Health,  University  College,  London  and  Director  of  the  International  Institute   for  Society  and  Health  

Jose  M  Martin-­‐Moreno  MD  PhD  DrPH,  Professor  of  Medicine  and  Public  Health   University  of  Valencia  

Michael  McCally  MD  PhD,  former  Professor  and  Vice  Chairman  of  the  Department  of   Community  and  Preventative  Medicine,  Mount  Sinai  School  of  Medicine,  NYC    

Martin  McKee  MD  DSc  MSc,  Professor  of  European  Public  Health,  London  School  of   Hygiene  and  Tropical  Medicine  and  Research  Director,  European  Observatory  on   Health  Systems  and  Polices      

Matthew  J.  McQueen  MBChB,  PhD,  Professor  of  Pathology  and  Molecular  Medicine,   Hamilton  General  Hospital  and  McMaster  University    

Afaf  Meleis  PhD,  DrPS(hon),  Professor  of  Nursing  and  Sociology,  University  of   Pennsylvania  School  of  Nursing    

John  Middleton  MD,  Vice  President  (Policy),  UK  Faculty  of  Public  Health  

Anne  Mills  MA  DHSA  PhD,  Vice  Director  and  Professor  of  Health  Economics  and   Policy,  London  School  of  Hygiene  and  Tropical  Medicine  

Aytekin  Oguz  MD,  Professor  of  Medicine,  Istanbul  Medeniyet  University  Goztepe   Training  and  Research  Hospital  

Ole  Petter  Ottersen  MD  PhD,  Rektor  and  Professor  of  Medicine,  University  of  Oslo   John  Pastore  MD,  Professor  of  Medicine,  Tufts  University  School  of  Medicine   Baron  Peter  Piot  MD  PhD,  Director  of  the  London  School  of  Hygiene  and  Tropical   Medicine  and  Professor  of  Global  Health,  LSTHM    

Walter  Ricciardi    MD  MSc,  Professor  and  Director,  Institute  of  Hygiene  and  Public   Health,  Catholic  University  of  the  Sacred  Heart,  Rome  

                    Page  4/4    

Jaime  Sepulveda  MD  DSc  MPH,  Executive  Director  of  UCSF  Global  Health  Sciences   and  Professor  of  Epidemiology,  University  of  California,  San  Francisco  

David  Stuckler  MPH  PhD  Hon  MFPH,  Professor  of  Political  Economy  and  Sociology,   Christ  Church  College,  University  of  Oxford    

Vappu  Taipale  MD,  Former  Minister  of  Health,  Finland   Ilkka  Taipale  MD,  Former  Member  of  Parliament,  Finland  

Stanislaw  Tarkowski  MSc  DSc  Dhab,  Nofer  Institute  of  Occupational  Health,  Lodz    

Koon  K.  Teo  MBBCH  PhD,  Professor,  Population  Health  Research  Institute  and   Division  of  Cardiology,  McMaster  University,  Hamilton,  Ontario    

Stephen  Tollman  MBBCh  MMed  MPH  PhD,    Director,  MRC/Wits  Rural  Public  Health   and  Health  Transitions  Research  Unit  and  Associate  Professor  and  Head,  Health  and   Population  Division,  School  of  Public  Health,  University  of  the  Witwatersrand  

Michael  VanRooyen  MD  MPH,  Professor  of  Medicine,  Harvard  Medical  School  and   Harvard  School  of  Public  Health,  Director,  Harvard  Humanitarian  Initiative,  Harvard   University  

Judith  Wasserheit  MD  MPH,  Vice  Chair,  Department  of  Global  Health  and  Professor   of  Allergy  and  Infectious  Diseases  and  of  Global  Health,  University  of  Washington,   Seattle