We are very happy and proud to announce that Dr. Kenneth R. Feingold has joined our Board of Associate Editors. Due to his outstanding expertise in skin physiology, we are convinced that his contribution will have a major impact for the future development of our journal.

At present, Dr. Feingold is Professor of Medicine and Dermatology at the Department of Medicine of the University of California in San Francisco and Chief of the Endocrine-Metabolism Clinic at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in San Francisco, CA.

He was born in New York, NY on January 30, 1949. He received his academic degrees from the University of Wisconsin in Madison (B.S. degree in Bacteriology in 1970) and from the State University of New York, Upstate Medical Center in Syracuse, NY (M.D. degree in Medicine in 1974).

He is a member of numerous national and international scientific organizations, including the American Federation of Clinical Research, the American Diabetes Association, the American Society for Clinical Investigation, the Society for Investigative Dermatology, the Endocrine Society, and the National Lipid Association.

He is the author of more than 450 Medline-listed, peer-reviewed publications and received many national and international prizes and awards, including the Merck Award (1972), the Roche Award (1974) and the Special Emphasis Research Career Award of the NIH (1979--1984).

We are very happy to welcome Dr. Feingold as a new Associate Editor of *Dermato-Endocrinology*! We are convinced that his contribution will have a major impact to reach our goal to develop our journal to a highly appreciated speaking tube for the fascinating field of Dermato-Endocrinology that has been underestimated for much too long.

![Dr. Kenneth R. Feingold of the University at California in San Franciso.](de0302_0051_fig001){#F1}
