Editorial History Page
This section lists past contributors.
Journal manager
Editorial Board Member
Editorial History
The Journal of Digital Health and Advanced Biomaterials (JDHAB) maintains separate records of its current editorial structure and its editorial history.
The Editorial Team page presents the journal’s current editorial, advisory, operational, and reviewer structure. This Editorial History records formal editorial appointments and relevant structural changes over time, including each member’s role, institutional affiliation, and period of service.
Scientific editorial decisions are made by the Editor-in-Chief, Deputy Editor-in-Chief, and Associate Editors in accordance with the journal’s peer-review, publication-ethics, research-integrity, conflict-of-interest, and editorial-independence policies. Governance, standards, operational, bibliographic-normalization, and language roles support the journal within their defined responsibilities and do not independently determine routine scientific editorial decisions.
Editorial Leadership
Editor-in-Chief
Lisandro Gonçalves, DDS, MSc
LifeDent Esthetic Clinic, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil
ORCID: 0009-0004-8140-2876
Term: 2026–Present
Deputy Editor-in-Chief
Luiz Fernando Cótica, PhD
State University of Maringá (UEM), Maringá, Paraná, Brazil
ORCID: 0000-0003-2634-447X
Term: 2026–Present
Editorial Governance and Research Integrity
Editor for Publication Ethics and Research Integrity
Leonardo Pestillo de Oliveira, PhD
UniCesumar / ICETI, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil
ORCID: 0000-0001-5278-0676
Term: 2026–Present
In August 2026, this role was formally distinguished within a dedicated Editorial Governance and Research Integrity area to strengthen the visibility of publication ethics, bioethics, research integrity, and editorial-governance oversight.
Editorial Office, Standards and Operations
Editor for Standards, Research Methodology, and Indexing
Marlene Gonçalves Curty, MSc
Independent Researcher, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil
ORCID: 0009-0008-1196-8929
Term: 2026–Present
Editorial Standards and Bibliographic Normalization Specialist
Maria Cláudia Pestana
Retired Librarian, University of São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil
ORCID: 0000-0001-6547-1506
Term: August 2026–Present
Managing Editor — Editorial Operations and Compliance
Diego Silva, DDS
LifeDent Esthetic Clinic, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil
ORCID: 0009-0004-1785-5547
Term: March 2026–Present
In August 2026, the role previously designated as Production and Technical Editor was refined to Managing Editor — Editorial Operations and Compliance to reflect responsibilities related to editorial operations, administrative workflow, publication compliance, disclosure checks, metadata, and production coordination.
Copyediting and Language Editor
Aline Cazante, MA
State Secretariat of Education of Paraná (SEED-PR), Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
ORCID: 0000-0002-4535-5863
Term: 2026–Present
Associate Editors
Associate Editor — Polymeric Biomaterials and Drug Delivery
Adriano Valim Reis, PhD
State University of Maringá (UEM), Maringá, Paraná, Brazil
ORCID: 0000-0003-0060-5029
Term: 2026–Present
Associate Editor — Advanced Biomaterials, Polymer Science and Biomedical Materials
Paula Nunes de Oliveira, PhD
CooperVision, Southampton, England, United Kingdom
ORCID: 0000-0002-8262-4575
Term: August 2026–Present
Associate Editor — Molecular Biology and Biotechnology
Marco Aurélio Schüler de Oliveira, PhD
State University of Maringá (UEM), Maringá, Paraná, Brazil
ORCID: 0000-0002-1993-7771
Term: 2026–Present
Associate Editor — Clinical Dentistry and Dental Biomaterials
Raqueli Viapiana, DDS, MSc, PhD
Universidade Brasil, Descalvado, São Paulo, Brazil
ORCID: 0000-0001-8934-2135
Term: 2026–Present
Associate Editor — Endodontics and Dental Biomaterials
Hernán Coaguila-Llerena, DDS, PhD
Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (UNMSM), Lima, Peru
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH), Lima, Peru
Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC), Lima, Peru
ORCID: 0000-0002-9991-718X
Term: August 2026–Present
Associate Editor — Artificial Intelligence, Digital Health and Cybersecurity
Eduard Babulak, DSc, PhD
Professional Service — Panelist in Computing and Cyber Security, U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), United States of America
ORCID: 0000-0003-2450-090X
Term: August 2026–Present
Editorial Board
Editorial Board Member — Inflammation, Exercise Physiology and Health Sciences
Gabriel Fernando Esteves Cardia, PhD
State University of Maringá (UEM), Maringá, Paraná, Brazil
ORCID: 0000-0003-3781-7498
Term: 2026–Present
Editorial Board Member — Artificial Intelligence, Optimization and Decision Sciences
Daniel Kikuti, PhD
State University of Maringá (UEM), Maringá, Paraná, Brazil
ORCID: 0009-0008-2923-3621
Term: 2026–Present
Editorial Board Member — Polymeric Biomaterials and Green Technologies
Thaís Aparecida Moia, PhD
Independent Researcher, Brazil
ORCID: 0000-0003-0337-0026
Term: 2026–Present
Scientific Methodology Review Collaboration
Scientific Methodology Reviewer
Lúcia Ramos, PhD
Technical Head, Dental Documentation Service, School of Dentistry, University of São Paulo (SDO/FOUSP), Brazil
ORCID: 0000-0002-9019-2514
Period of collaboration: November 2026–Present
This record concerns formal inclusion in the scientific methodology review collaboration. Previous manuscript-review activities are recorded separately. Reviewers advise the scientific editors and do not independently make final editorial decisions.
Historical Structural Record
2026 — Establishment of the Journal’s Editorial Structure. The inaugural editorial structure of JDHAB was established in 2026, including editorial leadership, editorial standards and operations, Associate Editors, the Editorial Board, advisory functions, and an independent scientific peer-review network.
August 2026 — Editorial Governance and Research Integrity. The role of Editor for Publication Ethics and Research Integrity, held by Leonardo Pestillo de Oliveira, PhD, was formally distinguished within a dedicated Editorial Governance and Research Integrity area.
August 2026 — Bibliographic Normalization. Maria Cláudia Pestana joined the journal’s editorial structure as Editorial Standards and Bibliographic Normalization Specialist, providing specialized support in bibliographic normalization, scientific documentation, references, citations, identifiers, affiliations, metadata quality, and applicable editorial standards.
August 2026 — Managing Editor Role Refinement. The role previously designated as Production and Technical Editor was refined to Managing Editor — Editorial Operations and Compliance.
August 2026 — Expansion of Associate Editorial Expertise. Paula Nunes de Oliveira, PhD, joined the journal as Associate Editor — Advanced Biomaterials, Polymer Science and Biomedical Materials.
Last updated: November 2026. This page records formal editorial appointments and relevant structural changes over time. Current advisory appointments and annual reviewer recognition are maintained separately on the Editorial Team page.
November 2026 — publishing responsibility and institutional funding
Scientexa Editora Ltda., CNPJ 69.906.458/0001-00, is identified as the current legal publisher and sole institutional funder of JDHAB. Lisandro Gonçalves continues as Editor-in-Chief and responsible for the editorial project. The journal's title, e-ISSN, website and existing article DOI identifiers are retained.
Life Dent Odontologia LTDA (LifeDent Esthetic Clinic) remains acknowledged as the founding publisher and initial institutional sponsor, including its identification as earliest publisher in the ISSN record. This institutional update does not change the documented dates of editorial appointments or the historical affiliations and disclosures in existing publications. Publisher institutional profile.
