Medical information publisher BMJ Group, UK, has announced the appointment of Professor Dana Loomis as the new editor of international specialist title Occupational and Environmental Medicine. Professor Loomis succeeds Professor Keith Palmer, who has edited the title for the past five years.
Loomis has served as deputy editor of the journal since 2004. He has published widely and served on the editorial boards of several international peer reviewed journals on epidemiology and occupational health. He has also been a member of many US expert panels and committees, including for the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, and the Centers for Disease Control.
Published monthly by the BMJ Group, Occupational and Environmental Medicine is an international peer reviewed journal concerned with areas of current importance in occupational medicine and environmental health issues throughout the world. Original contributions include epidemiological, physiological and psychological studies of occupational and environmental health hazards as well as toxicological studies of materials posing human health risks. The journal is the official journal of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians of London.
