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American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology Gets New Editor-in-Chief
William C. Stanley will take the editor-in-chief position effective Jan. 1, 2011
Bethesda, Md. (January 3, 2011) – Effective January 1, 2011, William C. Stanley will assume the role of Editor-in-Chief for the American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology, published by the American Physiological Society (APS; www.the-APS.org). Stanley is Professor of Medicine and Physiology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore and was previously an Associate Editor for the Journal. He will replace Alberto Nasjletti, who held the editor position for six years.
New Features and Changes to AJP-Heart
With Stanley’s editorship, readers and users of the journal (http://ajpheart.physiology.org/) will see new features almost immediately:
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The online journal will offer a revamped Table of Contents, categorizing all articles into like topics, making it easier for readers to find the articles they are looking for. These subdivisions are Vascular Biology and Microcirculation, Energetics and Metabolism, Muscle Mechanics and Ventricular Function, Signaling and Stress Response, Cardiovascular Neurohormonal Regulation, Cardiac Excitation and Contraction, and Integrative Cardiovascular Physiology and Pathophysiology.
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A monthly podcast series, consisting of interviews between Stanley or an Associate Editor and the authors of “hot topic” articles targeted for each issue, will bring the conversation about the changing science to a new level. The podcast library will be open to all and will be accessible from the journal’s homepage and the Editor’s page.
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Subscribers and authors will get updates from additional resources, including a new Facebook page (named American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology; http://www.facebook.com/pages/American-Journal-of-Physiology-Heart-and-Circulatory-Physiology/170001856360447) and Twitter.
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An expanded editorial team represents a broader perspective. The editorial board now also includes more members from Europe, Asia, Pacific Islands, South America, and Africa.
According to Stanley, “We realize that the benefit of the journal goes beyond just the hard copy content. Our goal is to enhance the user’s experience in new and different ways, and these four steps will put us on the right path. We look forward to hearing from readers, authors, and would-be authors about what more they would like to get from their experience with the journal.”
Rita Scheman, Director of Publications and Executive Editor at the American Physiological Society, added, “This is an exciting time to marry content with new media. We appreciate Bill Stanley’s leadership in exploring this concept, which we hope to extend to our other original research journals.”
William C. Stanley
Dr. Stanley takes over with a wide range of experience. He received his undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of California, Berkeley. His PhD studies focused on lactate kinetic in human skeletal and cardiac muscle, and his postdoctoral fellowship at the Cardiovascular Research Institute at the University of California, San Francisco, focused on cardiac physiology and myocardial metabolism.
Stanley joined the faculty at the University of Wisconsin in 1989 and initiated research focusing on the interregulation of carbohydrate and fat metabolism in normal and diabetic myocardium. He left academics in 1992 to join a pharmaceutical industry working on drug discovery and development, specifically, on treatments for heart failure and ischemic heart disease. He then returned to academics in 1996 to join the Department of Physiology and Biophysics at Case Western Reserve University in Ohio where he created a research program focusing on integrative approaches to metabolic dysfunction in heart failure and myocardial ischemia. In 2007, he moved to the east coast to join the University of Maryland’s Division of Cardiology.
AJP-Heart
The American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology publishes original work on the physiology of the heart, blood vessels, and lymphatics, including experimental and theoretical studies of cardiovascular function at all levels of organization. Preference is given to work that provides significant new insights into the mechanisms that determine the performance of the normal and abnormal heart and circulation.
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