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EDITORIAL
ActaDV ActaDV Advances in dermatology and venereology Acta Dermato-Venereologica
Changes in Editorial Board of Acta Dermato-Venereologica
Two distinguished members of the editorial board of ActaDV , Dr Lisa Naysmith and Professor Marcel Jonkman , recently announced that they wished to step down as Sections Editors after many years of excellent service to the journal . We are very grateful for their expert help with submitted papers related to skin tumours & surgery and bullous & genetic disorders of the skin , respectively .
We would also like to welcome two new Section Editors : Professor Elisabet Nylander in the area of Venereology and STI and Professor Jürg Hafner in the area of Skin cancer , Skin tumours , and Melanoma .
Elisabet Nylander is Professor of Dermatology and Venereology at the Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine at Umeå University , Sweden . She did her basic training in Medicine at Umeå University in the northern part of Sweden ( MD 1980 ), became a specialist in Dermatology and Venereology in 1988 , PhD 1997 . Her main clinical work has been focused on vulvar diseases , establishing the first vulvar clinic in Sweden , and venereology . The main research
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projects have been on risk factors for acquiring an STI and on vulvar diseases , mainly erosive lichen planus . The work also includes teaching and supervision of PhD-students .
Jürg Hafner is Professor at the Department of Dermatology at the Medical Faculty , University of Zurich , University Hospital of Zurich , Switzerland . He did his basic training at the University of Zurich , and became a specialist in Dermatology and Venereolog in 1994 , Associate professor 2001 , and Full professor 2008 . He has published over 100 research articles , and the main clinical interest has been focused on dermatologic surgery including Mohs surgery , as well as angiology and wound healing . He holds several positions as Board member , including the Swiss Institute of Medical Education , International Society of Dermatologic Surgery , and is also secretary of the Swiss Society of Phlebology .
We welcome both these new collaborators and appreciate their help improving ActaDV further .
Artur Schmidtchen |
Anders Vahlquist , |
Editor-in-Chief |
Former Editor-in-Chief |
doi : 10.2340 / 00015555-3034 Acta Derm Venereol 2018 ; 98 : 828
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