The Histochemical Society has selected Dr. Stephen M. Hewitt, head of the Experimental Pathology Laboratory at the National Cancer Institute’s Center for Cancer Research, as the new editor-in-chief (EIC) of the Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry (A SAGE journal), effective January 1, 2016. As the incoming EIC, Hewitt will succeed Professor John Couchman, who is retiring as EIC after serving his 5-year term. Hewitt’s vision will play a pivotal role in determining the journal’s content and editorial board membership over the next 5 years.
Hewitt has served as head of the Experimental Pathology Laboratory within the National Cancer Institute, NIH. Before this appointment, he led the Tissue Array Research Program from 2000 to 2014, and the Applied Molecular Pathology Laboratory from 2008 to 2014. Hewitt's research interests are in the development of tissue-based biomarkers for cancer diagnosis, prognosis, and prediction of response to therapy. Specific areas of concentration include tissue microarrays, biobanking, tissue proteomics, whole-slide imaging and image analysis, and cancers of the aerodigestive and urogenitial tracts.
He is a board-certified anatomic pathologist and has served as a member of the Clinical Laboratory Standards Institute Immunology and Ligand Assay Consensus Committee, and serves as cochair of the Subcommittee on Immunohistochemical Assays. He is an active member of the Histochemical Society, the Association for Pathology Informatics, and the American Society for Investigative Pathology. He has served as a consultant to the Hematology and Pathology Devices Panel, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Food and Drug Administration. He has also co-authored more than 220 articles and served on the editorial board of several peer-reviewed journals.
The Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry has been a pre-eminent journal for more than 60 years. The journal is owned by the Histochemical Society, and published by SAGE. It is published monthly and offers primary research articles, timely reviews, editorials, and perspectives on the structure and function of cells, tissues, and organs, as well as mechanisms of development, differentiation, and disease. The journal also publishes new developments in microscopy and imaging, especially where imaging techniques complement current genetic, molecular and biochemical investigations of cell and tissue function.
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