Announcements

It is our pleasure to welcome the following 21 recognized researchers, who recently joined the Editorial Board of Medicina (ISSN: 1648-9144).

Name: Dr. Chi-Ting Horng
Affiliation: Foo-Yin University Hospital, Pingtung, Taiwan
Interests: traditional Chinese herbs for treating ocular diseases; aero-ophthalmic medication; complementary and alternative medicine for eye diseases

Name: Dr. Alberto Lo Gullo
Affiliation: Department of Medicine, Garibaldi Hospital, 95100 Catania, Italy
Interests: rheumatic disease; cardiovascular disease; vasculitis; arterial stiffness

Name: Prof. Dr. João Miguel Marques dos Santos
Affiliation: Institute of Endodontics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, 3000-075 Coimbra, Portugal
Interests: pulp biology and regeneration; biocompatibility; bioactivity; bioceramic materials; endodontics; chlorhexidine; animal models

Name: Dr. Maria Sofia Cotelli
Affiliation: Neurology Unit, Valle Camonica Hospital, Brescia, Italy
Interests: neurodegenerative diseases; cognition disorders; neuromuscular disease

Name: Prof. Dr. Santina Cottone
Affiliation: Nephrology and Dialysis Unit with Hypertension Centre, Department of Health Promotion Sciences, Maternal & Infant Care, Internal Medicine & Medical Specialties (PROMISE), University of Palermo, “Paolo Giaccone” University Hospital, 90127 Palermo, Italy
Interests: chronic kidney disease pathophysiology; primary and secondary forms of arterial hypertension; pathophysiology of arterial hypertension; endothelium; atherosclerosis; cardiovascular risk in chronic kidney disease

Name: Prof. Dr. Diego Garbossa
Affiliation: Department of Neuroscience "Rita Levi Montalcini", Neurosurgery Unit, University of Turin, 10126 Turin, Italy
Interests: surgery; neuron; neurobiology; neurobiology and brain; physiology; neurodegeneration; neuroanatomy; immunohistochemistry; neurodegenerative diseases; brain diseases; neuropharmacology

Name: Prof. Dr. Jun Yang
Affiliation: Department of Nutrition and Toxicological Science, Hangzhou Normal University School of Public Health, Hangzhou, China
Interests: DNA damage response; carcinogenesis; genotoxin; cell cycle; cell death

Name: Dr. Lucia Billeci
Affiliation: Institute of Clinical Physiology, National Research Council of Italy (CNR-IFC), Pisa, Italy
Interests: neuroscience; neurophysiology; neuroengineering; neurodevelopment disorders; digital health

Name: Dr. Edward A. Bittner
Affiliation: Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
Interests: airway management; anesthesia education; anesthesia for general surgery; burn injury; critical care; post-anesthesia care

Name: Prof. Dr. Olaf Dammann
Affiliation: Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
Interests: philosophy of epidemiology and health data science

Name: Dr. Signe Mežinska
Affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia
Interests: medical ethics; public health; reproductive ethics; medical research ethics

Name: Prof. Dr. Eugenijus Gefenas
Affiliation: Center for Health Ethics, Law and History, Institute of Health Sciences, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
Interests: medical ethics; human research ethics; bioethics; medical humanities

Name: Prof. Dr. Lars P. Kamolz
Affiliation: Division of Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
Interests: burn; burn care; hand surgery; wound healing; reconstructive surgery

Name: Prof. Dr. Seung-Gu Yeo
Affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Soonchunhyang University Hospital, Bucheon 14584, Korea
Interests: cancer; oncology; radiation therapy; intensity-modulated radiotherapy; rectal cancer; breast cancer; concurrent chemoradiotherapy; concurrent immunoradiotherapy 

Name: Prof. Dr. Carl Erb
Affiliations: 1. Private Institute for Applied Ophthalmology, Eye Clinic at Wittenbergplatz, Berlin, Germany
2. Glaucoma Center (under construction), Salymbekov University International Medical Faculty, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Interests: glaucoma; cataract surgery; clinical ophthalmology; retinal diseases; aqueous humor; ocular blood flow; perimetry; color vision; dry eye; neuroprotection; glaucoma surgery

Name: Dr. José Manuel Montes
Affiliations: 1. Psychiatry Service, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, 28034 Madrid, Spain
2. Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM), 28034 Madrid, Spain
3. Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria (IRYCIS), 28034 Madrid, Spain
Interests: bipolar; affective disorders; psychosis

Name: Prof. Dr. Hsin-An Chang
Affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei 11490, Taiwan
Interests: psychophysiology; brain stimulation; gene polymorphisms; schizophrenia; affective disorders, anxiety disorders

Name: Dr. Athanasios Marinis
Affiliation: Third Department of Surgery, Tzaneion General Hospital, Zanni & 1 Afentouli, 18536 Piraeus, Greece
Interests: general surgery; emergency surgery; surgical oncology; laparoscopic surgery; colorectal surgery

Name: Dr. Joo Yong Lee
Affiliation: Department of Urology, Severance Hospital, Urological Science Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
Interests: urology; urolithiasis; microbiome; urinary tract infection; reconstruction surgery

Name: Dr. Ronald Castelino
Affiliation: School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Interests: kidney disease; medication safety; medicine review; pharmacy services

Name: Dr. Xinhua Xiao
Affiliation: Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
Interests: type 1 diabetes mellitus; type 2 diabetes mellitus; monogenic diabetes mellitus; maturity-onset diabetes of the young; gestational diabetes mellitus; obesity; the developmental origin of metabolic disease; glycemic variation; gut microbiome; epigenetics and circadian rhythm

We look forward to their contributions to the journal.