We welcome Prof. Dr. Frederick B. Rogers from Regions Hospital, USA, to join the Editorial Board of OBM Geriatrics. Dr. Rogers is a Professor of Surgery at the University of Minnesota. His research interests include trauma system development with a focus on Level IV trauma centers, geospatial mapping of variance within organized trauma systems, and inferior vena cava filters in severely injured patients. We are grateful to Prof. Dr. Rogers for his participation and support.

We welcome Dr. Matteo Tosato from Agostino Gemelli University Hospital Foundation IRCCS, Italy, to join the Editorial Board of OBM Geriatrics. Dr. Tosato is an Assistant Professor in Geriatrics at Agostino Gemelli University Hospital Foundation IRCCS, head of the Unit for Aging Disease Prevention and Longevity Promotion. He has extensive experience in aging, skeletal muscle, cardiovascular aging, physical function, frailty, disability, exercise science. We are grateful to Dr. Tosato for his participation and support.

We welcome Dr. Fady Alnajjar from United Arab Emirates University, UAE, to join the Editorial Board of OBM Geriatrics. Dr. Alnajjar is an Associate Professor of the Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering at United Arab Emirates University. He has extensive experience in signal processing, behavior analysis, motor learning and motor control, artificial intelligence, brain, rehabilitation robotics, neural networks, and cognitive training. We are grateful to Dr. Alnajjar for his participation and support.

We welcome Dr. Giovanni Giurdanella from University of Enna Kore, Italy, to join the Editorial Board of OBM Geriatrics. Dr. Giurdanella is an Associate Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Enna Kore. He has extensive experience in cell culture, inflammation, immunohistochemistry, cell signaling, retinal diseases, western blot, PCR, neuroinflammation. We are grateful to Dr. Giurdanella for his participation and support.

We welcome Prof. Gerlinde A. S. Metz from University of Lethbridge, Canada, to join the Editorial Board of OBM Geriatrics. Dr. Metz is a Professor of Neuroscience at the Canadian Centre for Behavioural Neuroscience at the University of Lethbridge, and also is an Adjunct Professor with the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Alberta. She has extensive experience in motor system and recovery of movement, models of Parkinson's disease, stroke, spinal cord injury, multiple sclerosis, preterm birth, stress, motor development and aging, perinatal programming of disease. We are grateful to Prof. Metz for her participation and support.

It is our pleasure to announce that LIDSEN has joined the ORCID community. ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID), a global, not-for-profit organization, provides a free, unique, and persistent digital identifier (an ORCID iD), which can automatically link researchers to their own contributions, so as to disambiguate researchers from one another. Authors who publish with OBM Geriatrics are greatly encouraged to register for a unique iD to ensure proper attribution.

We welcome Prof. Shin Murakami to join the Editorial Board of OBM Geriatrics. Prof. Murakami is a Professor, Department of Basic Sciences, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Touro University California, CA 94592, USA. Prof. Murakami’s main research interests are aging, stress resistance, cognitive functions, Alzheimer’s disease, genetics, geriatrics, genetics and epigenetics of aging, role of metabolism genes in AMI (age-related memory impairment) and dementia, and midlife crisis theory of aging. We are grateful to Prof. Murakami for his participation and support.

We welcome Prof. Michele Lanza to join the Editorial Board of OBM Geriatrics. Prof. Lanza is an Associate Professor, Multidisciplinary Department of Medical, Surgical and Dental Sciences, Università della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Napoli, Italy. Prof. Lanza’s main research interests are glaucoma, eyes, cataract surgery, clinical ophthalmology, eye diseases, and retinal diseases. We are grateful to Prof. Lanza for his participation and support.

We welcome Prof. Pedro Morouco to join the Editorial Board of OBM Geriatrics. Prof. Morouco is an Associate Professor, Department of Human Kinetics, Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, 2411 Leiria, Portugal; CIPER, Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Universidade de Lisboa, 1495 Cruz Quebrada Dafundo, 1649004 Lisbon, Portugal. Prof. Morouco’s main research interests are exercise and health, sport sciences, elderly, osteoarthritis, exercise physiology, and sports science. We are grateful to Prof. Morouco for his participation and support.

We welcome Prof. P. Hemachandra Reddy to join the Editorial Board of OBM Geriatrics. Prof. Reddy is a Professor of Internal Medicine, Neuroscience/Pharmacology, Neurology and Public Health, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Texas 79430, USA. Prof. Reddy’s main research interests are aging, neurodegenerative diseases - Alzheimer’s, Huntington’s, Parkinson’s, oxidative stress, and diabetes/obesity. We are grateful to Prof. Reddy for his participation and support.