Sunshine Media names Cindy Dunston Quirk as Publisher of MD News - December 23, 2009
B2B information provider Sunshine Media Inc, US, has named Cindy Dunston Quirk as Publisher of MD News, a business and practice management publication for physicians in the Greater Indianapolis area. An accomplished writer, marketing expert and entrepreneur, Cindy Dunston Quirk has excelled in the field of… Read More
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt names James O’Neill as Senior VP, Portfolio Management - December 18, 2009
Global education provider Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, US, has announced the appointment of James O’Neill as Senior Vice President of Portfolio Management. In his new position, James will oversee the efforts of the Portfolio Management group. He will report directly to Mike Lavelle, K–12 President, Houghton Mifflin… Read More
BMJ Group names new editors for three journals - December 17, 2009
Medical information publisher The BMJ Group, UK, has announced the appointment of Professor Jacqueline Cassell, Professor Matthew Kiernan and Professor Cheok Soon Lee as new editors for the journals Sexually Transmitted Infections, the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry and the Journal of Clinical Pathology, respectively.… Read More
Dr. Henk F. Moed to join Elsevier as Senior Scientific Advisor - December 15, 2009
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that Dr. Henk F. Moed will join the company's academic and government products division as Senior Scientific Advisor, effective February 1, 2010. Dr. Moed is currently a senior staff member with the Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) in… Read More
Elsevier Vice Chairman Chi named CEO of Science & Technology division - December 7, 2009
STM Publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the appointment of Youngsuk “Y.S.” Chi, the company’s Vice Chairman, to serve as Chief Executive Officer of Elsevier’s Science & Technology (S&T) Division. The appointment follows the decision by division CEO Herman van Campenhout to accept a new position as… Read More
Scientific American names new Editor-in-Chief - December 4, 2009
Science magazine Scientific American has announced the appointment of Mariette DiChristina as its new Editor-in-Chief. DiChristina is the eighth Editor-in-Chief in the 164-year history of the magazine, and the first woman to assume the role. Mariette DiChristina is based in the Scientific American offices in New… Read More
Australian Journal of Physiotherapy changes name to Journal of Physiotherapy, names new Scientific Editor - December 3, 2009
The Australian Journal of Physiotherapy has announced that it will change its name to Journal of Physiotherapy, starting with Vol 56 No 1 March 2010. The journal is the official journal of the Australian Physiotherapy Association. The journal also announced the appointment of Dr Mark Elkins… Read More
Cadmus announces organisational changes within Publisher Services Group - December 1, 2009
Content management and production services provider Cadmus Communications, a Cenveo company, has announced organisational changes within the Publisher Services Group (PSG). The move is designed to further strengthen the company's focus on publishers in the essential information markets. The announced changes elevate leaders with extensive backgrounds… Read More
Dr. Papa Salif Sow named new Co-Editor-in-Chief of Journal of the International AIDS Society - November 30, 2009
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced that Dr. Papa Salif Sow, Professor of Infectious Diseases from the University of Dakar in Senegal, will be the new Co-Editor-in-Chief for Journal of the International AIDS Society (JIAS). He succeeds Dr. Elly Katabira who is stepping down… Read More
EMBO names Bernd Pulverer as Head of Scientific Publication - November 24, 2009
The European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), Germany, has announced the appointment of Dr. Bernd Pulverer as Head of Scientific Publication. Pulverer takes on the position following the retirement of Les Grivell who joined the management team in 2000 and has led EMBO publications for the past… Read More