We welcome Prof. Jacques Vanobbergen to join the Editorial Board of OBM Geriatrics. Prof. Vanobbergen is an Emeritus Professor, Community Dentistry and Oral Public Health, Dental School, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium. Prof. Vanobbergen’s main research interests are oral health, older adults, oral, and dental public health. We are grateful to Prof. Vanobbergen for the participation and support.
We welcome Dr. Carlo Pedrolli to join the Editorial Board of OBM Geriatrics. Dr. Pedrolli is from Dietetic and Clinical Nutrition Unit, Santa Chiara Hospital, Azienda Provinciale per i Servizi Sanitari Provincia Autonoma di Trento, Italy. Dr. Pedrolli’s main research interests are nutrition, geriatric nutrition, internal medicine, cardiology, clinical nutrition, malnutrition, nutrition assessment, human nutrition, nutritional medicine, body composition analysis, and dietetics. We are grateful to Dr. Pedrolli for the participation and support.
We welcome Dr. Koh Iwasaki to join the Editorial Board of OBM Geriatrics. Dr. Iwasaki is the Vice President, Natori Kumanodoh Hospital, Natori, Japan. Dr. Iwasaki’s main research interests are traditional Chinese medicine, stroke, healthcare, traditional medicine, clinical trials, geriatric medicine, phytotherapy and herbal medicine. We are grateful to Dr. Iwasaki for the participation and support.
We welcome Dr. Ron J. Jankowski to join the Editorial Board of OBM Geriatrics. Dr. Jankowski is the Vice President, Scientific Affairs, Cook MyoSite Inc, Pittsburgh, PA 15238 USA. Dr. Jankowski’s main research interests are utologous muscle derived cells, incontinence, cell therapies, translational medical and biologic product development. We are grateful to Dr. Jankowski for the participation and support.
We welcome Prof. Giuseppe Cocco to join the Editorial Board of OBM Geriatrics. Prof. Cocco is an Emeritus Professor, Emeritus Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology, Cardiology Office, Marktgasse 10a, CH-4310 Rheinfelden, Switzerland. Prof. Cocco’s main research interests are geriatric cardiology, old cardiac patients, heart failure, geriatric cardiac diseases, noninvasive cardiovascular diagnostics and cardiovascular therapeutics. We are grateful to Prof. Cocco for the participation and support.
We welcome Prof. Roy G. Beran to join the Editorial Board of OBM Geriatrics. Prof. Beran is a Conjoint Professor of Medicine at the University of NSW; Professor in the School of Medicine at Griffith University, Queensland; and Professor, Chair, Medical Law, Sechenov Moscow 1st State University, Moscow, Russia. He was the inaugural Visiting Professor at the International Research Institute of Health Law Sciences at the Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China and has been a Visiting Professor at Macau University. His main research interests are sleep, health law & ethics, epilepsy, sleep disorders, drug trials, legal medicine, neurological conditions & new therapies, and neurological advances. We are grateful to Prof. Beran for his participation and support.
We welcome Dr. David G Smithard to join the Editorial Board of OBM Geriatrics. Dr. Smithard is a Consultant in Elderly and Stroke Medicine, Geriatric Medicine, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, Woolwich, SE18 4QH, UK; Research Fellow, Department of Sports Science, University of Greenwich, London, SE9 2UG, UK. His main research interests are dysphagia, frailty, care homes, stroke, swallowing rehabilitation and healthy aging. We are grateful to Dr. Smithard for his participation and support.
We welcome Professor Fabio Antonaci to join the Editorial Board of OBM Geriatrics. Prof. Antonaci is a Professor of Neurology, Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, Mondino National Institute of Neurology Foundation, University of Pavia, Italy. His main research interests are neurophysiology, clinical neurology, neurological disorders, neurological diseases, pain medicine, neurology, neurologic examination, clinical neurophysiology, pain and pain management in the elderly. We are grateful to Prof. Antonaci for his participation and support.
We welcome Professor Donatella R. Petretto to join the Editorial Board of OBM Geriatrics. Dr. Petretto is a Professor at the Section on Clinical Psychology, Department of Education, Psychology, Philosophy, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy. His main research interests are active ageing, successful ageing, oldest olds, cognitive functioning, well-being, participation, disability and disablement. We are grateful to Dr. Petretto for his participation and support.
We welcome Miyako Tazaki to join the Editorial Board of OBM Geriatrics. Dr. Tazaki is a Professor at the Department of psychology, Faculty of Medicine, Toho University, Tokyo, Japan. Her main research interests are dementia, elderly, disability and psychology. We are grateful to Dr. Tazaki for her participation and support.