We welcome Prof. Luca Brazzi from University of Turin, Italy, to join the Editorial Board of OBM Transplantation. Prof. Brazzi is a Professor, Chief, Director, Department of Surgical Science, University of Turin, University Hospital Città della Salute e della Scienza, Corso Dogliotti 14, 10126 Turin, Italy. Prof. Brazzi has extensive experience in anaesthesiology, transplant anaesthesiology, anaesthetics, and preservation of donor organs. We are grateful to Prof. Brazzi for his participation and support.

We welcome Dr. Nidhi Sharma from Ohio State University, USA, to join the Editorial Board of OBM Transplantation. Dr. Sharma is from Division of Hematology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA. Dr. Sharma’s research interest is in the field of stem cell transplantation (autologous and allogenic), and graft vs host disease (GVHD). We are grateful to Dr. Sharma for the participation and support.

We welcome Prof. Marina Moguilevitch from Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, USA, to join the Editorial Board of OBM Transplantation. Prof. Moguilevitch is an Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology, Director of Transplant Anesthesia Service, Divsion of Transplant Anesthesiolgy, Department of Anesthesiology, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY, USA. She has extensive experience in anesthesiology, transplant anesthesiology, and liver transplantation. We are grateful to Prof. Moguilevitch for her participation and support.

We welcome Prof. Malcolm Voyce from Macquarie Law School, Macquarie University, Australia, to join the Editorial Board of OBM Transplantation. Prof. Voyce is a Professor of Law, Macquarie Law School, Macquarie University, NSW 2109 Australia. He has extensive experience in property law and succession concerning the privatisation of public property, geographical indications, intellectual property rights, social welfare, family farm inheritance and organ transplants, law and religion, and Buddhism and Islam. We are grateful to Prof. Voyce for his participation and support.

We welcome Dr. Maricar Malinis from Yale School of Medicine, USA, to join the Editorial Board of OBM Transplantation. Dr. Malinis is an Associate Professor of Medicine and Surgery (Transplant), Medical Director, Transplant Infectious Diseases, Section of Infectious Diseases, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA. She has extensive experience in aging, CMV, fungal infections, immunocompromised host and transplant infectious diseases. We are grateful to Dr. Malinis for her participation and support.

We welcome Professor Paolo Muiesan from Queen Elizabeth & Birmingham Children's Hospitals, USA, to join the Editorial Board of OBM Transplantation. Professor Muiesan is the Professor of HPB Surgery & Liver Transplantation, Liver Unit, Queen Elizabeth & Birmingham Children's Hospitals, Mindelsonway, Birmingham B15 2TH, United Kingdom. He has extensive experience in adult and paediatric liver transplantation, hepatobiliary surgery, liver tumors, general surgery, vascular surgery, laparoscopic liver surgery, liver resections for cholangiocarcinoma, parenchymal sparing central resections, ALPPS and ex-vivo resections. We are grateful to Prof. Muiesan for his participation and support.

We welcome Professor Mohammed Moghadasian from University of Manitoba, Canada, to join the Editorial Board of OBM Transplantation. Professor Moghadasian is the Professor of Nutrition, Department of Food and Human Nutritional Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He has extensive experience in diet, lipoprotein metabolism, coronary artery disease, diet-drug interaction, and diets and transplantation. We are grateful to Prof. Moghadasian for his participation and support.

We welcome Dr. Esma S. Yolcu to join the Editorial Board of OBM Transplantation. Dr. Yolcu is an Associate Professor at Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Institute for Cellular Therapeutics, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, USA. Her main research interests are immunotherapy, ProtEx™ technology, gene therapy, immunomodulation, tolerance, host-versus-graft (HVG) and graft-versus-host (GVH). We are grateful to Dr. Yolcu for her participation and support.

We sincerely welcome Professor Haval Shirwan from University of Louisville, USA, to lead the journal OBM Transplantation as the Editor-in-Chief. Professor Shirwan is an internationally renowned immunologist recognized for his pioneering approach to generate novel immunological ligands and their transient and positional display on biologic and nonbiologic surfaces for localized immunomodulation with applications to transplantation, autoimmunity, and cancer immunoprevention and immunotherapy. We appreciate Professor Haval Shirwan for his participation and support. 

We welcome Professor Mureo Kasahara from National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan, to join the Editorial Board of OBM Transplantation. Prof. Kasahara is the Director, Organ Transplantation Center, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan. He has extensive clinical experience in the kidney transplantation, liver transplantation, liver surgery, pediatric organ transplantation, liver diseases and immunology, transplant immunology, transplant medicine and transplant surgery. We are grateful to Prof. Kasahara for his participation and support.