Editorial introductions

Current Opinion in Endocrinology and Diabetes was launched in 1994, with Obesity added to the title in 2007. It is one of a successful series of review journals whose unique format is designed to provide a systematic and critical assessment of the literature as presented in the many primary journals. The fields of endocrinology and diabetes are divided into 9 sections that are reviewed once a year. Each section is assigned a Section Editor, a leading authority in the area, who identifies the most important topics at that time. Here we are pleased to introduce the Journal's Section Editors for this issue. SECTION EDITORS Gerald F. WattsGerald F. WattsGerald Watts trained at Imperial and King's Colleges, London University, UK, and was a scholar at Wolfson College, Oxford University, UK. He is senior consultant physician, specializing in the rapidly developing field of cardiometabolic medicine, and the current chair of the Familial Hypercholesterolaemia Australasia Network. He leads the Cardiometabolic Services in the Departments of Cardiology and Internal Medicine at Royal Perth Hospital and is Winthrop Professor of Cardiometabolic Medicine in the University of Western Australia. Research interests include fundamental and applied aspects of lipid disorders and cardiovascular prevention, and improving healthcare delivery for patients with high risk dyslipidaemias, such as familial hypercholesterolaemia and multi-factorial chylomicronaemia. He has supervised several Masters and PhD students and post-doctoral research fellows, and holds several research grants, with multiple international collaborations. Professor Watts has published over 700 articles and other works and is a highly cited author. He is on the editorial board of several journals, including Atherosclerosis, Metabolism, Annals of Medicine, Journal of Clinical Lipidology, American Journal of Preventative Cardiology, Current Opinion in Lipidology and Current Opinion in Endocrinology and Diabetes.