Dr. Kristy Brown was just appointed Co-Editor-in Chief of the journal Endocrine and Metabolic Science. This is a broad-scope, open access journal accepting basic, translational and clinical original articles, reviews, clinical trials and case reports on all aspects of endocrinology and metabolism. Dr. Brown looks forward to building this new journal that focusses on many exciting areas of research relevant to our faculty, including obesity and metabolism, cellular mechanisms of hormones, cytokines, immunity and inflammation related to endocrine and metabolic mechanisms, systems biology applied to endocrinology and metabolism, health disparities in metabolic disease, and disorders such as cancer, diabetes and aging.