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EDITORIAL
“The Times They Are A-Changin’ …”
For many years, Acta Dermato-Venereologica (ActaDV)
has benefitted immensely from the expertise of 17 dis-
tinguished Section Editors (SEs), who are specialized in
different fields of dermatology and sexually transmitted
diseases. One of these SEs, Professor Lars Iversen, re-
cently asked to be replaced after serving on the editorial
board for 8 years. Although I respect his decision, I will
surely miss his skillful and friendly help in evaluating
papers on autoimmunity and psoriasis. I thank him sin-
cerely for many years of devoted service to ActaDV and
wish him the best of luck in his future commitments.
At the same time, I am happy to welcome two new
distinguished scientists as SEs; Drs Enikö Sonkoly, MD,
PhD, and Magnus Ågren, PhD.
Dr Sonkoly is Senior Lecturer of
Dermatology and Venereology at
Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm. She
received her basic training in medi-
cine at the Semmelweis University
in Budapest and the University of
Szeged, where she was awarded her
PhD in Immunology in 2005. After
initial postdoctoral training at the Department of Der-
matology, Heinrich-Heine University, Dusseldorf, she
moved to Sweden in 2006 and has since been affiliated
with Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University
Hospital, and since 2016 has been a specialist in Der-
matology and Venereology. Her special research interest
is in the pathogenesis of psoriasis and related diseases,
focusing on the role of microRNAs. She is the author of
nearly 50 peer-reviewed publications and book chapters.
Dr Ågren is Adjunct Professor of
Surgery with special focus on Tis-
sue Repair and Regeneration at the
Department of Clinical Medicine,
University of Copenhagen. He is also
affiliated with Copenhagen Wound
Healing Center, Bispebjerg Hospital,
Copenhagen, Denmark. Dr Ågren
was awarded his PhD in Experimen-
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tal Pathology in 1990 at Linköping University, Sweden.
He subsequently completed a postdoctoral fellowship
at the Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Sur-
gery, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami,
Florida, USA in 1993. He then moved to Copenhagen,
where he was a Senior Scientist and manager for 5 years
in industry. Since then he has held various different
academic positions. Dr Ågren’s special research interest
include the role of extracellular matrix and matrix metal-
loproteinases in wound healing in different tissues. He
has published over 120 articles and has edited 2 book
volumes on wound healing.
As for myself, I will resign as
Editor-in-Chief of ActaDV at the
end of this year, a position I have
held since 1999. I am happy to
announce that my replacement,
Professor Artur Schmidtchen,
Lund University, will be taking on
the role of Editor-in-Chief in Ja-
nuary 2018. Dr Schmidtchen, who
is currently the Co-Editor, is a distinguished researcher
and clinician, who has numerous publications in high-
ranking journals, mainly in the fields of tissue repair,
innate immunology and bacteriology. I wish him the
best of success in his new position as Editor-in-Chief.
I would also like to take this opportunity to thank sin-
cerely all my co-workers who have served on the ActaDV
board and in the Editorial Office since 1999, particularly
Editorial Manager Agneta Andersson and Editorial As-
sistant Anna-Maria Andersson, without whose excellent
support my task would have been virtually impossible.
Lastly, I would like to thank all our skilled colleagues
around the world who have agreed to act as peer revie-
wers for ActaDV, a sine qua non for any high-quality
scientific journal.
Uppsala, October 2017
Anders Vahlquist, Editor-in-Chief
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