The Physiological Society has announced the appointment of David Paterson as the new Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of Physiology. Paterson, who is the current Editor-in-Chief of Experimental Physiology, will take up his appointment on April 9, 2011. He succeeds William Large, who has served as Editor-in-Chief for five years.
Paterson is a Professor of Physiology at Oxford University and a Fellow of Merton College, positions he has held since 2002 and 1994 respectively. He was made a Fellow of the Institute of Biology in 2003 (now the Society of Biology) and the Royal Society of Medicine in 2005. Paterson's research is in the area of cardiac neurobiology. His studies have been published in The Journal of Physiology, Circulation Research, Hypertension, Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, and Trends in Neuroscience.
Paterson has a long association with The Physiological Society. In addition to his five years as Editor-in-Chief with Experimental Physiology, he delivered The Society's GL Brown Prize Lecture in 2000.
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