title: Upcoming IJTMB Initiatives from the Interim Executive Editor.
abstract: It is an honor and a privilege to be appointed the Interim Executive Editor for theIJTMB; I am lucky to have some initiatives that were already in development by the previous editorial team that I hope to bring to fruition over the next few months. First, I hope to increase the Journal's Internet presence through social media to expand readership and encourage new submitters. The second initiative is a mentoring program to assist writers with their submissions to the Journal. Finally, I, and the rest of the editorial staff, will continue to evaluate the process, procedures, and forms used in peer review. I hope to move these initiatives forward and by doing so, bring in new readers, submitters, and reviewers to the Journal.
authors.affiliation: University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville, Greenville, SC, USA.
authors.forename: Ann Blair
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Kennedy