Kudos appoints new managing director as co-founder steps down from CEO role - May 16, 2025
Kudos, a platform for research dissemination, has appointed Richard Baxter as its new Managing Director, effective May 19, 2025. The leadership transition follows the departure of co-founder and CEO Melinda Kenneway, who will remain actively engaged with the organization. Founded in 2013 by Melinda Kenneway, Charlie Rapple,… Read More
FACETS appoints Claire Jardine as new Co-Editor-in-Chief - May 15, 2025
FACETS, Canada’s only multidisciplinary open access science journal, has appointed Dr. Claire Jardine as co-Editor-in-Chief. She joins Dr. Fanie Pelletier in overseeing the journal’s editorial leadership. Dr. Jardine is a professor in the Department of Pathobiology at the Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, and serves as… Read More
AMA appoints Dr. John Whyte as next CEO and executive vice president - May 12, 2025
The American Medical Association has announced the appointment of John J. Whyte, M.D., M.P.H., as its next chief executive officer and executive vice president. Dr. Whyte will formally assume leadership of the organization on July 1, 2025. With a career spanning clinical medicine, federal health policy, and… Read More
Mandy Hill assumes role as President of the Publishers Association - May 8, 2025
Mandy Hill, Managing Director of Academic at Cambridge University Press & Assessment, has been appointed President of the Publishers Association, succeeding Perminder Mann, CEO of Simon & Schuster UK. Mann continues to serve as an Officer of the Association. The leadership transition was formalized… Read More
Kelley Squazzo named Director of Project MUSE - May 8, 2025
Johns Hopkins University Press has appointed Kelley Squazzo as Director of Project MUSE, effective immediately. Squazzo brings over two decades of experience in scholarly and educational publishing, with a focus on digital platforms serving the humanities and social sciences. Since joining Project MUSE in… Read More
AIP Publishing appoints André Anders as interim Editor-in-Chief of Physics of Fluids - May 7, 2025
AIP Publishing has named André Anders, Professor Emeritus of Applied Physics at Leipzig University and former Director of the Leibniz Institute of Surface Engineering (IOM), as interim editor-in-chief of Physics of Fluids. He assumes the role following the tenure of Alan Jeffrey Giacomin, who led the journal… Read More
Matthias Nahrendorf appointed Editor-in-Chief of JACC: Basic to Translational Science - May 6, 2025
The American College of Cardiology has appointed Matthias Nahrendorf, MD, PhD, as the new Editor-in-Chief of JACC: Basic to Translational Science, a journal focused on advancing research at the interface of laboratory science and clinical cardiology. Nahrendorf brings extensive expertise in cardiovascular research, imaging,… Read More
Emily Ford appointed Director of the Open Research Funders Group at SPARC - May 5, 2025
SPARC has named Emily Ford as the new Director of the Open Research Funders Group (ORFG), a global coalition of nearly two dozen philanthropic organizations committed to advancing open research practices in service of the public good. In her new role, Ford will lead the group’s efforts… Read More
The Scholarly Kitchen appoints new Deputy Editor to support editorial strategy and community engagement - May 2, 2025
The Scholarly Kitchen, a leading blog in scholarly communications established by the Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP), has appointed Lettie Y. Conrad as its new Deputy Editor. In this volunteer leadership role, Conrad will support editorial strategy, manage contributor engagement, and help ensure consistent quality across the… Read More
Endocrine Society appoints Tena-Sempere as next Editor-in-Chief of Endocrinology - April 23, 2025
The Endocrine Society has named Manuel Tena-Sempere of the University of Cordoba in Spain as the next Editor-in-Chief of Endocrinology, the Society’s flagship journal for basic science. His term will begin on January 1, 2026, and continue through December 31, 2029. Tena-Sempere is a professor of physiology… Read More
