We sincerely welcome Dr. Thomas Lundeberg from Danderyds Hospital AB, Sweden, to join the Editorial Board of OBM Integrative and Complementary Medicine. Dr. Lundeberg is a renowned scholar who specializes in acupuncture; integrative physiology; pain; biotechnology; analytical chemistry. He also holds the patent of N-acetyl-L-cysteine for use in in vitro fertilization. We appreciate Dr. Lundeberg for his participation and support.

We sincerely welcome Prof. Venkat Sharma from William Paterson University of New Jersey, USA, to join the Editorial Board of OBM Integrative and Complementary Medicine. Prof. Sharma is a renowned scholar who specializes in transcription and cytokine biology; immunology; nano-Immunology; biochemistry of leukemia; HIV-associated B-cell lymphomas and biomedical ethics. He is also the Dean of the College of Science and Health. We appreciate Prof. Sharma for his participation and support.

We welcome Professor Sing Kai Lo, Dean of Graduate School at The Education University of Hong Kong, China, to join the Editorial Board of OBM Integrative and Complementary Medicine. Professor Sing Kai Lo has been dedicated evidence-based health care, health-related quality of life, research methods and traditional Chinese medicine. He owns extensive publications in these fields, mainly in in highly ranked journals, which in turn have won him an excellent reputation. In addition, he has won numerous teaching awards and a strong background in capacity building. We appreciate Prof. Lo for his participation and support.

We welcome Doctor Raymond Chuen-Chung CHANG from The University of Hong Kong, China, to join the Editorial Board of OBM Integrative and Complementary Medicine. Doctor Chang is a renowned scholar whose researches focus on neurodegeneration, pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease, molecular mechanisms of risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease dementia, lewy body dementias, neuroimmune responses / neuroimmunology, vision loss in Alzheimer’s disease and molecular signaling of neurodegeneration. We appreciate Prof. Oztekin for his participation and support.

We sincerely welcome Prof. Gabriella Hegyi from Pecs University, Hungary, to join the Editorial Board of OBM Integrative and Complementary Medicine. Prof. Hegyi is a distinguished professor who specializes in acupuncture and related techniques, homeopathy, manuale medicine, mechanic and electromagnetic biostimulation. She has been internationally recognized for her leading work and extensive publications in complementary and alternative medicine. We appreciate Prof. Hegyi for her participation and support.

We sincerely welcome Prof. Joao Bosco Guerreiro da Silva from Rio Preto Medical School (Famerp), Brazil, to join the Editorial Board of OBM Integrative and Complementary Medicine. Since 1989 he has been Professor of Acupuncture at the Rio Preto Medical School, where he is currently the chairman of the Acupuncture Service and helped to create the first medical residency in acupuncture. Prof. Silva is an outstanding scholar who experts in clinical acupuncture, acupuncture in pregnancy, acupuncture education, herbal medicine, integrative medicine, etc. We are grateful to Prof. Silva for his participation and support.

We sincerely welcome Dr. William Chi-shing Cho from Queen Elizabeth Hospital, China, to join the Editorial Board of OBM Integrative and Complementary Medicine. Dr. Cho has been dedicated to the research and practice in integrative and Chinese medicine, cancer biomarkers, oncoproteomics and pharmacology. He owns extensive publications in this area and patents for serum biomarkers in lung cancer. We are grateful to Dr. Cho for his participation and support.

We sincerely welcome Dr. James D. Adams from the University of Southern California, USA, to join the Editorial Board of OBM Integrative and Complementary Medicine. Dr. Adams is an Associate Professor who is active in California medicinal plants and characterizing new pharmacologically interesting compounds in several different California plants. He has extensive publications in this area and his lab holds the patent for use of nicotinamide (vitamin B3) to treat stroke and other forms of neurodegeneration. We are grateful to Dr. Adams for his participation and support.

We welcome Professor Kyu Hyun Park from Pusan National University, Pusan, Korea, to join the Editorial Board of OBM Integrative and Complementary Medicine. Professor Kyu Hyun Park has extensive experience in the standardization of diagnosis and treatment of acupuncture and has published many papers on acupuncture. His main research interests are cerebral blood flow, headache, stroke, movement disorder, dementia, neuromuscular disorders and neuroelectrophysiology and acupuncture. We are grateful to Prof. Park for his participation and support.

We welcome Professor IIhan Oztekin from Trakya University Medical Faculty, TURKEY, to join the Editorial Board of OBM Integrative and Complementary Medicine. Professor Oztekin is the Chief of Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Algology (Pain Medicine) Section, Trakya University Medical Faculty. He has extensive clinical experience in the cardiovascular anesthesiology and interventional pain therapy and acupuncture. We are grateful to Prof. Oztekin for his participation and support.