Momentum Is Building

Momentum building for human epigenome project.

Epigenetics does not get the recognition it deserves, say its proponents. " Our struggle in this fi eld has been to convince the community that epigenetics really has a major role in human disease , " said Peter Jones , D.Sc., director of the Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. Jones and 39 other scientists are now trying to convince fundi...

Health policy and systems research: building momentum and community

Editorials 851 In October 2014, nearly 2000 people from 125 countries shared and debated issues that are critical to improving the performance of health systems, at the 1 Such research was barely visible on the global health agenda until 1996, when the World Health Organization's (WHO's) Ad Hoc Committee on Health Research identified health systems research as an important but neglected field. ...

Leading Without a Mandate: Strategies for Building Momentum

Building Momentum: Taking on the Real “Issues” of Diabetes Care!

As the saying goes, time flies when you are having fun! So, our editorial team was surprised to find that with this issue of Diabetes Care we are celebrating our fourth year guiding the scientific aspects of Diabetes Care. It seems like just yesterday that wewere introducing the team and our vision for the direction of the journal.We saw immediately that we had “issues” to addressdwe could easi...

Maternal and child nutrition: building momentum for impact.