Kronenberg to serve in key editorial position at prestigious scientific journal
SAN DIEGO - (August 1, 2008) Mitchell Kronenberg, Ph.D., president & scientific director of the La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology (LIAI), has been named as a deputy editor of The Journal of Immunology (The JI), one of the premier scientific journals for immunologists around the globe.
Incoming Editor-in-Chief Jeremy M. Boss, Ph.D., an Emory University professor, said deputy editors are accomplished, outstanding research scientists who are not only able to make the fairest decisions on a variety of manuscripts, but by serving bring status and excellence to the journal. "Dr. Kronenberg clearly fits into this elite group and I am grateful to have him join the team," said Boss, who is a professor of Microbiology and Immunology at the Emory University School of Medicine.
Kronenberg has led LIAI, a nonprofit medical research institute, since 2003. He is an internationally recognized scientist and one of the most highly cited immunologists in the world. This distinction is held by less than one half of one percent of all publishing scientific authors. In addition to his LIAI executive duties and new responsibilities with The JI, Kronenberg conducts an active research program at LIAI, which is recognized as a leading immunology research institution.
In addition to Kronenberg, a member of LIAI's Board of Directors, Susan Swain, Ph.D., has also been named as a deputy editor at The JI. She and Kronenberg will be part of a team of 10 deputy editors, who review more than 4,000 manuscripts on scientific findings submitted annually for publication by researchers worldwide.
"The deputy editors, in consultation with reviewers and section editors and through their own personal knowledgebase, play the fundamental and critical editorial role of making the final decision on whether to accept or reject scientific papers for publication. So, in addition to it being a prestigious position, it has great responsibility," Boss said.
Swain is president emeritus and former president and director of the Trudeau Institute, an independent immunology research center in Saranac Lake, New York. She was recently appointed to the National Advisory Council on Aging (NACA), a prestigious group which provides input to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and other federal health leaders regarding scientific efforts to understand the nature of aging and to extend the healthy, active years of life. A prominent immunologist, she is also a former professor of biology at UC San Diego and a past president of the American Association of Immunologists.
Founded in 1916, The JI is published by the American Association of Immunologists, the largest immunology society in the world. It is the 15th most cited of all biomedical research journals and is the number 1 among all immunology journals for total citations.
About La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology
Founded in 1988, the La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology is a nonprofit medical research center dedicated to increasing knowledge and improving human health through studies of the immune system. Scientists at the institute carry out research searching for cures for cancer, allergy and asthma, infectious diseases, and autoimmune diseases such as diabetes, inflammatory bowel disease and arthritis. LIAI's research staff includes more than 100 Ph.Ds.
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