Editorial introductions

Abstract

Current Opinion in Endocrinology and Diabetes was launched in 1994, with Obesity added to the title in 2007. It is one 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 fields of endocrinology and diabetes are divided into 12 sections that are 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 one of the Journal's Section Editors for this issue. SECTION EDITORS Peter A GottliebPeter A GottliebDr Gottlieb was born in Havana, Cuba, but at age 2 moved to New Jersey, USA, where he grew up. After receiving his undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania, USA, he attended UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, USA, from which he graduated in 1984. Dr Gottlieb completed his internship and residency in internal medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, USA and then continued his fellowship training in endocrinology and metabolism there as well. In 1990, after completing his fellowship, he moved to the Weizmann Institute in Israel to do post-doctoral training in T cell immunology. After surviving Gulf War I, he returned to University of Massachusetts Medical School and joined the staff as Clinical Director of Diabetes. He subsequently joined the Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes, USA, in 1995, where he is now a Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine and the Director of the Translational Research Unit at the Barbara Davis Center. He has authored, co-authored and collaborated on more than 80 publications in peer-reviewed journals, as well as several book chapters and served as section editor for several journal editions. His research areas of interest include the immunology of type 1 diabetes, intervention trials to prevent or reverse type 1 diabetes, islet transplantation and the genetics of autoimmune disease. He had led several multi-center trials in new onset type 1 diabetes and is an active member of the Steering Committee for Type 1 Diabetes TrialNet and the Immune Tolerance Network, both NIH sponsored trial groups. Whitney WoodmanseeWhitney WoodmanseeDr Whitney Woodmansee is Director of the Clinical Neuroendocrine Program at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Dr Woodmansee received her medical degree and completed her clinical training in internal medicine and endocrinology at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center (UCHSC) in Denver, Colorado, USA. After completing her training, she joined the faculty at UCHSC in 1999 where she performed basic science research in the neuroendocrine field, as well as directed the Pituitary Disorders Program. She currently manages an active clinical practice caring for patients with pituitary disorders as a member of the Brigham and Women's Hospital's multi-disciplinary Pituitary/Neuroendocrine Center. She also directs the Dynamic Endocrine Testing Unit at her hospital. Dr Woodmansee has more recently shifted her research efforts from understanding the molecular biology of the pituitary to more clinical studies, and has a particular interest in the management of hypopituitarism. Ursula KaiserUrsula KaiserDr Ursula Kaiser is Chief of the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Hypertension at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Dr Kaiser received her medical degree and completed her clinical training in internal medicine and endocrinology at University of Toronto School of Medicine in Canada. She joined the Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School in 1990 as a Research Fellow in Medicine and joined the faculty in 1993. She established a multidisciplinary neuroendocrine program in 1998 and has an active clinical practice managing patients with pituitary disorders. She was appointed to her current position as Chief of Endocrinology in 2007. Dr Kaiser has an active research program, supported continuously by the NIH for over fifteen years, focused on the genetic and molecular mechanisms underlying the neuroendocrine regulation of reproductive development and function. She is the Associate Director of the Harvard Reproductive Endocrine Sciences Center and the Program Director of a Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health (BIRCWH) program to train junior faculty in women's health research. She is currently Vice-President (basic science) of The Endocrine Society.