Dr. Richard W. McCallum, Founding Chair and Professor of Medicine at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) El Paso, has been named editor-in-chief of the Journal of Investigative Medicine (JIM). JIM is a publication of the American Federation for Medical Research (AFMR) in collaboration with BMJ. Dr. McCallum, who assumed his new role on July 1st, succeeds Dr. Michael J. McPhaul, who has been the editor-in-chief of JIM since 2005 and has been recognized as Editor Emeritus for his many contributions to the journal. Both, Dr. McCallum and Dr. McPhaul, will be working in tandem over the next three months.
In addition to his appointment at TTUHSC El Paso, Dr. McCallum is the director of gastroenterology research and the Center for Neurogastroenterology and GI Motility, as well as an honorary professor in the Departments of Medicine and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Queensland, Australia.
Dr. McCallum has been a member of a dozen journal editorial boards, including the American Journal of Medical Sciences and is editor-in-chief of Gastrointestinal Disorders, a new online journal, where he supervises the decisions to review and publish appropriate manuscript submissions. He is the author of nearly 500 scientific articles and over 100 book/chapter publications. Dr. McCallum has also helped edit fourteen books on gastroenterology, and holds three US patents.
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