PHILADELPHIA, July 29, 2009 — Roberto Bolli, M.D., is the new editor-in-chief of Circulation Research: Journal of the American Heart Association.
Bolli, chief of the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine and director of the Institute of Molecular Cardiology at the University of Louisville in Kentucky, will assume his role with the July 31 issue of the journal, posted online on July 30.
“It is an honor and a privilege to serve as editor-in-chief of this prestigious and critically important scientific journal,” Bolli said. “In an era of incredibly rapid progress in cardiovascular medicine, the scientific discoveries leading to the next generation of clinical advances will appear first in the pages of Circulation Research.”
Circulation Research, the official bi-weekly journal of the American Heart Association’s Council on Basic Cardiovascular Sciences, is devoted to new basic science research from all disciplines related to cardiac and vascular biology and cardiovascular disease. The journal presents the most significant research from fields including cellular biology, molecular biology and molecular genetics, as well as biochemistry, biophysics, pathology, physiology and pharmacology.
Each issue of Circulation Research features reports on molecular medicine, cellular biology and integrative physiology. Respected investigators and clinicians present editorials and authoritative reviews on topics of special interest, providing readers with indispensible perspectives on new and emerging scientific concepts.
“We are on the threshold of amazing new discoveries in areas such as regenerative cardiology, embryonic development of the heart and blood vessels and the genetics of cardiovascular disease,” Bolli said. “My associate editors and I are eager to meet the challenge of guiding the journal through the next phase in its evolution.”
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