Oliver Eickelberg, MD, elected as 2024-2029 JCI Insight Editor in Chief

Oliver Eickelberg, MD, has been elected as the 2024-2029 JCI Insight Editor in Chief. He succeeds Dr. Kathleen L. Collins, who has served as the journal’s second Editor in Chief from September 2019. Please join the ASCI Council in extending gratitude to Dr. Collins and her Editorial Board for their service to the journal and the ASCI community, along with best wishes to Dr. Eickelberg and his Editorial Board as they assume leadership of JCI Insight on September 1.

Dr. Eickelberg is the Dorothy P. and Richard P. Simmons Professor of Pulmonary Research and Executive Vice Chair for Academic Affairs in the Department of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh. He was elected to the ASCI in 2018. Dr. Eickelberg’s full Editorial Board will include more than 30 members drawn from the University of Pittsburgh faculty, including several early-stage investigator Associate Editors, a new initiative for the journal. The Deputy Editors for Dr. Eickelberg’s Editorial Board will be:

• Toren Finkel, MD, PhD (ASCI, 2002), Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology; G. Nicholas Beckwith III and Dorothy B. Beckwith Chair in Translational Medicine; and Director, Aging Institute;
• Alison Morris, MD, MS (2013), Professor of Medicine, Immunology, and Clinical and Translational Research; Division Chief, Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine; Director, Center for Medicine and the Microbiome; and UPMC Chair in Translational Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine;
• Anne Marie Lennon, MD, PhD (2020), Professor and Chair, Department of Medicine; and
• Stephen Y. Chan, MD, PhD (2016), Professor of Medicine; Vitalant Chair in Vascular Medicine; Director of the Vascular Medicine Institute and of the Center for Pulmonary Vascular Biology and Disease; and Associate Chief of Cardiology for Basic Research.

Dr. Benjamin Humphreys, the 2023-24 ASCI President, served as the chair of the Editor Selection Committee that recommended Dr. Eickelberg for the role. “He presented a compelling vision for leading JCI Insight, and he assembled a great team to implement it,” Dr. Humphreys said.

The Committee’s recommendation was presented to the ASCI Council, the leadership body of the ASCI, which approved it for vote by the ASCI’s Active members. Of these members, almost 39% submitted their ballots, with 96% voting to confirm the election of Dr. Eickelberg. The ballot was audited by the Dr. Elizabeth Speliotes, the ASCI’s Secretary-Treasurer, and two voters selected at random who volunteered their time: Drs. Andrew Pieper and Lei Zheng.