Editorial Board - Discoveries Reports

Octavian Bucur, MD, PhD

Editor in Chief

Former Faculty, Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School & Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA

Elisa A. Liehn, MD, PhD

Co-Editor in Chief

Professor of Translational Cardiology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, DENMARK; Former Head of HeART Cardiovascular Research Group, IZKFAachen University Hospital, Aachen, Germany

Alex ALMASAN, PhD

Professor of Molecular Medicine, CLEVELAND CLINIC and CWRU Co-Leader of Molecular Oncology program, Department of Cancer Biology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland, OH, USA

Hans-Olov ADAMI, MD, PhD

Professor, Department of Epidemiology, former Dept. Chair, Epidemiology, HARVARD T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, USA; Professor Emeritus, former Chair, Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, KAROLINSKA Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Ulrike ALEXIEV, PhD

Professor, Freie Universität Berlin, AG Structural Dynamics and Function of Biological Systems, Department of Physics, Molecular Biophysics and Nanomedicine, Berlin, Germany

Dorina AVRAM, PhD

Professor of Medicine, Vice Chair of Immunology, Moffitt Cancer Center, Associate Chair, University of FLORIDA, Gainesville, FL, USA

Beverly W. BARON, MD

Professor and Medical Director, Blood Bank Section, Department of Pathology, University of CHICAGO, Chicago, IL, USA

Anders H. BERG, MD, PhD

Associate Director of Clinical Chemistry, Associate Professor of Pathology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Jae Bum KIM, PhD

Professor, School of Biological Sciences, SEOUL National University, Director, Institute of Laboratory Animal Research, Seoul, Korea

George A. CALIN, MD, PhD

Co-Director, Center for RNA Interference and Non-Coding RNAs, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA

Stefan N. CONSTANTINESCU, PhD

Professor at LUDWIG Institute for Cancer Research in Brussels, Belgium and Oxford University, UK; Head of the Signal Transduction & Molecular Hematology Unit, Brussels, Belgium

Salvatore CARBONETTO, PhD

Professor, Neurology & Neurosurgery, Director, Centre for Research in Neuroscience, McGILL University Health Sciences Centre, Montreal, Canada

William CLARKE, PhD, MBA, DABCC

Associate Professor of Pathology, Director, Clinical Toxicology, Director, Point-of-Care Testing, JOHNS HOPKINS University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA

Chi Hin CHO, PhD

Professor of Pharmacology, The CHINESE University of HONG KONG, Associate Director (Research), School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Hong Kong, China

Rajan DEWAR, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Hematopathology, Director, Clinical Hematology, Department of Pathology, University of MICHIGAN School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

Sorin DRAGHICI, PhD

Associate Dean for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Wayne State University’s College of Engineering Director of the Intelligent Systems and Bioinformatics Laboratory, Detroit, MI, USA

Dan DUDA, DMD, PhD

Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology, Director of Translational Research, Massachusetts General Hospital and HARVARD MEDICAL School, Boston, MA, USA

Felix B. ENGEL, PhD

Professor of Experimental Renal and Cardiovascular Research, FRIEDRICH ALEXANDER Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Department of Nephrophatology, Erlangen, Germany

Oluwole FADARE, MD

Professor and Director of Surgical Pathology, Program Director, Surgical Pathology Fellowship, Department of Pathology, University of CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO, San Diego, CA, USA

Nikolaos FRANGOGIANNIS, MD

Professor, Department of Medicine (Cardiology), Edmond J. Safra/Republic National Bank of NY Chair in Cardiovascular Medicine, ALBERT EINSTEIN College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA

Gregory C. Gibson, PhD

Professor of Biology, Director of the Center for Integrative Genomics, GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, School of Medicine, EMORY University, Atlanta, GA, USA

Andrew K. GODWIN, PhD

Professor and Director of Molecular Oncology, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Chancellors Distinguished Chair in Biomedical Sciences, Deputy Director, University of KANSAS Cancer Center Kansas City, KS, USA

Neeru GUPTA, MD, PhD, MBA

Professor and Dorothy Pitts Chair, Ophthalmology & Vision Sciences, Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, Chief of Glaucoma, University of TORONTO, Toronto, Canada

Jeffrey A. GOLDEN, MD

Vice-Dean of Research and Graduate Education, Director of the Burns and Allen Research Institute Cedars-Sinai Hospital, Los Angeles, CA, USA' Former Chair, Department of Pathology, BWH and Harvard Medical School

Georges E. R. GRAU, MD, PhD

Professor of Pathology, University of SYDNEY, Chair of Vascular Immunology, Department of Pathology, Sydney, Australia

Brent T. HARRIS, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Pathology and Neurology, Director of Neuropathology and the Georgetown Brain Bank, GEORGETOWN University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA

Mark T. FRIEDMAN, DO, FCAP

Director, Clinical Labs, Blook Bank Leadership, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Pathology at NYU Long Island School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA

Sanjay GUPTA, PhD, MS

Professor & Research Director, Carter Kissell Endowed Chair in Urologic Oncology, Department of Urology, CASE WESTERN RESERVE University, Cleveland, OH, USA

Haojie HUANG, PhD

Associate Professor of Pathology, Senior Associate Consultant, Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, MAYO Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN, USA

Bhanu P. JENA, PhD, DSc, (dr. h.c. mult.)

George E. Palade University Professor, WAYNE STATE University School of Medicine, Department of Physiology and Director, NanoBioScience Institute, Detroit, MI, USA

Joachim JANKOWSKI, PhD

Professor, Director, Institute for Molecular Cardiovascular Research (IMCAR), University HOSPITAL, RWTH, Aachen, Germany

Viorel JINGA, MD, PhD

Professor and Deputy Rector, CAROL DAVILA University, Department of Nephrology, Bucharest, Romania

Tanja KUNEJ, PhD

Professor and Chair of Genetics, University of LJUBLJANA, Animal Biotechnology and Immunology, Domzale, Slovenia

Roya KHOSRAVI-FAR, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, PhD Program in Biological and Biomedical Sciences, HARVARD MEDICAL School, Boston, MA, USA

Towia LIBERMANN, PhD

Associate Professor of Medicine, Director of the BIDMC Genomics Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, HARVARD MEDICAL School, Boston, MA, USA

Mircea LEABU, PhD

Associate Professor,"CAROL DAVILA" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Head of Cell Biology Laboratory,"Victor Babes" National Institute, Bucharest, Romania

Thomas A. HAMILTON, PhD

Professor, Department of Molecular Medicine at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, CASE WESTERN RESERVE University, Department Chair, Department of Immunology, Lerner Research Institute, CLEVELAND CLINIC, Cleveland, OH, USA

Dale F. MIERKE, PhD

Professor of Chemistry, Chair, Department of Chemistry, School of Arts and Sciences, DARTMOUTH College, Hanover, NH, USA

Dario MARCHETTI, PhD

Professor, Division of Molecular Medicine, Director, Junior Faculty Development at UNM Comprehensive Cancer Center, The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA

Garth L. NICOLSON, PhD

Professor Emeritus, President and Founder, Institute for Molecular Medicine, CA, USA; Formally David Bruton Jr. Chair in Cancer Research and Chairman of the Department of Tumor Biology at University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA

Mark A. NELSON, PhD

Professor of Pathology, Director of Research, Department of Pathology, Graduate Training in Toxicology and Toxicogenomics, The University of ARIZONA, Tucson, AZ, USA

Mihai V. PODGOREANU, MD, FASE

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Chief, Division of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology, Director, Perioperative Genomics Program, DUKE University, Durham, NC, USA

Ramon PARSONS, MD, PhD

Ward-Coleman Chair in Cancer Research, Professor and Chairman, Department of Oncological Sciences, Director, Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine, MOUNT SINAI Hospital, New York, NY, USA

Stefana M. PETRESCU, PhD

Head of Molecular Cell Biology Department, Director of the Institute of Biochemistry of the Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania

Edward PLOW, PhD

Professor and Department Chair, The Robert C. Tarazi, MD, Endowed Chair in Heart and Hypertension Research, Department of Molecular Cardiology, Lerner Research Institute, CLEVELAND CLINIC, Cleveland, OH, USA

Kenneth P.H. PRITZKER, MD, FRCPC

Professor Emeritus, University of TORONTO, Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology; Surgery Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada.

Des R. RICHARDSON, MSc, PhD, DSc (UWA), FFSc (RCPA), FRCPath (UK)

Chair, Alan Mackay-Sim Distinguished Chair of Cancer Cell Biology and Director, Centre for Cancer Cell Biology, Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery, Australia

Stefan RIEDEL, MD, PhD

Associate Medical Director, Clinical Microbiology, Laboratory Director, BID Urgent Care at Chelsea, Assocoate Professor, Department of Pathology, HARVARD MEDICAL School, BIDMC, Boston, MA, USA

Christopher E. RUDD, PhD, DSc

Professor of Medicine at the Universite de Montreal Director, Immunology-Oncology at the Centre de Recherche Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Montreal, Canada

Arun SETH, PhD

Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of TORONTO, Director of Molecular Diagnostics, Academic Director of the Center for Genomic Studies, Sunnybrook Health Science Centre/Research Institute, Toronto, Canada

Hans-Joachim SCHNITTLER, MD

Professor and Director, Institute of Anatomy and Vascular Biology, University of MȔNSTER, Münster, Germany

Nicole SUCIU-FOCA, PhD

Professor Emeritus of Pathology and Cell Biology, Former Director, Division of Immunogenetics, College of Physicians and Surgeons, COLUMBIA University, New York, NY, USA

Victor E. VELCULESCU, MD, PhD

Professor of Oncology, JOHNS HOPKINS University, Director of Cancer Genetics, Ludwig Center, Co-Director of Cancer Biology, Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD, USA

James L. ZEHNDER, MD

Professor of Pathology and Medicine (Hematology), STANFORD University, Director, Coagulation and Molecular Pathology Laboratories, Associate Director of the Transfusion Service, Stanford Hospital, Stanford, CA, USA

Yue Lynn WANG, MD, PhD

Professor and Medical Director of Molecular Pathology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA

KT Jerry YEO, PhD, DABCC, FACB

Professor of Pathology and Medical Director, Clinical Chemistry Laboratories, Clinical Pharmacogenomics & Clinical Translational Mass Spectrometry Laboratories, Dept. of Pathology, University of CHICAGO, Chicago, IL, USA

Our Editors are internationally recognized scientists with significant contributions to science. Careful experience evaluation is performed before accepting a new editor, resulting in a low acceptance rate for uninvited requests.

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