Editorial introductions

Abstract

Current Opinion in Nephrology and Hypertension was launched in 1992. It is part of a successful series of review journals whose unique format is designed to provide a systematic and critical assessment of the literature as presented in the many primary journals. The field of nephrology and hypertension is divided into 12 sections that are each reviewed once a year. Each section is assigned a Section Editor, a leading authority in the area, who identifies the most important topics at that time. Here we are pleased to introduce the Section Editors for this issue. SECTION EDITORS Adam Whaley-ConnellAdam Whaley-ConnellDr Adam Whaley-Connell received his medical degree from the Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences, USA. He then completed a residency in internal medicine at the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine, USA where he also did a clinical and research fellowship in nephrology. Since then he has been on faculty as an Assistant and now Associate Professor of Medicine. Currently, he is the Associate Chief of Staff or Research and runs the Hypertension clinic at the Harry S Truman VA Medical Center, USA. His research program is funded through the Dept. of Veterans Affairs and the National Institute of Aging and focuses on the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system. Dr Whaley-Connell has published over 150 peer-reviewed publications and book chapters in the areas of kidney disease and hypertension. He serves on more than 5 editorial boards and sits on two standing NIH study sections. Dr Whaley-Connell also serves as co-Chair of the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) Kidney Early Evaluation Program and Cardio Kidney Work group. Alan S.L. YuAlan S.L. YuAlan S.L. Yu is Director of the Kidney Institute and of the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension at the University of Kansas Medical Center, USA. He is also the Harry Statland and Solon Summerfield Professor of Medicine at the University of Kansas, USA. Dr Yu received his medical degree from the University of Cambridge, England and completed his internship and residency in medicine, and clinical and research fellowships in nephrology at the Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, USA. Dr Yu's primary research interests are in renal transport physiology, epithelial biology, and hypertension. The current focus of his laboratory is the investigation of the role of tight junctions in the regulation of paracellular permeability, which is supported by two active NIH grants. Dr Yu has published 90 scientific papers, chapters and reviews, and has edited three books, including the classic nephrology reference, Brenner & Rector's The Kidney. Dr Yu is a member of the American Society of Clinical Investigation, American Society of Nephrology, and the American Physiological Society. In addition to editing Current Opinion in Nephrology and Hypertension, he serves on the editorial boards of the American Journal of Physiology: Renal Physiology, Frontiers in Renal and Epithelial Physiology, and Faculty of 1000 Medicine.