As we enter 2019, we wish to extend our gratitude to our Editorial Board members and all of our Journal reviewers from the past year and years prior. As editors, we are keenly aware of the significant commitment of time and energy that it takes to review manuscripts and are very much appreciative of your efforts and continued support.
In 2018, the Journal experienced some changes as Dr. Beverly Younger stepped down as Coeditor-in-Chief. During her 4 years serving in this position, Dr. Younger helped to not only grow the Editorial Board, but also worked closely with Coeditor, Dr. Jodi Frey, to ensure that articles published not only were of interest to our readers, but also met high standards for quality and rigor through our peer-reviewed process. She was also instrumental in helping to lead the Journal through a review of their scope and identifying ways in which the Journal could grow to further expand interests in workplace behavioral health. We are grateful to Dr. Younger for her dedication and commitment to the Journal and the field, and we are thankful that she will not be leaving the Journal but rather will return to her previous role as Editorial Board Member. We know you all join us in thanking Dr. Younger for her service to the Journal and the field as we wish her well on the next stages of her career and personal life.
Another important part of the Journal’s transition in 2018 was the welcoming of Dr. Darcy Clay Siebert as a new Coeditor-in-Chief. After serving on the Editorial Board for more than 12 years, Dr. Siebert graciously accepted the offer to join Dr. Frey as Coeditor-in-Chief. Dr. Siebert recently retired from the School of Social Work at Rutgers University, where her teaching and research focused on behavioral health theory, measurement development and validation, and statistical analysis. She has been especially interested in risky health behaviors, professional impairment, and doctoral education, previously having served as the Doctoral Program Director at the Florida State University College of Social Work. With colleagues at Rutgers, and supported by a $3.4 million grant from the state of New Jersey, she developed and implemented a multidisciplinary graduate program that prepared students and postgraduates for clinical certification in mental health and addictions counseling. Dr. Siebert has published dozens of articles and recently coauthored a statistics book with her husband, Dr. Carl Siebert. Formerly a clinical director of an external EAP, she has enjoyed staying connected with her profession through her work on the Journal.
We would also like to thank Amanda Mosby, who serves as the Journal’s Editorial Office Administrator. Ms. Mosby has supported the coeditors of this Journal for two years, and her knowledge and commitment helps to enhance the functioning and quality of the Journal overall.
In 2018, three experts joined our Editorial Board: Drs. Kimberly Jinnett, Chris Knoepke, and Paul Jong-Min Woo. Dr. Jinnett, PhD, MSPH, is currently affiliate faculty at University of California San Francisco in the Institute for Health and Aging, School of Nursing and President of The Center for Workforce Health and Performance. Dr. Jinnett's main research interests center on connecting organizational policies and practices with individual health-related outcomes, and much of her current research work demonstrates the effects of work climate, treatment and symptoms (e.g., pain, fatigue, sleeping problems, psychological distress) on assessments of work stress, work attendance, job performance and other functional outcomes. Dr. Chris Knoepke, PhD, MSW, LCSW, is a faculty advisor within the University of Southern California Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work’s Doctor of Social Work program and a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. Dr. Knoepke’s areas of expertise include palliative care, stigmatized or emotionally challenging clinical circumstances, patient–provider shared decision making, technologically complex treatment options, social work and mental health. Dr. Paul Jong-Min Woo, PhD, MD, MPH, is the Director of Psychiatry at Inje University in South Korea and Director of the Korea Employee Assistance Professionals Association. Dr. Woo’s research interests include public health, psychiatry, depression, mental health, psychosomatic medicine, mood disorders, anxiety disorders, and stress.
In 2018, we received more than 60 manuscripts and published four issues (the last was a double issue for volume 33, issues 3 and 4). We worked with our Board to update our scope https://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?show=aimsScope&journalCode=wjwb20.
Again, we want to thank our Editorial Board, ad-hoc reviewers, authors, and of course our readers for continuing to support the success of the Journal. We continue to seek new submissions on innovative topics and possible special issues, and we encourage readers to review the Scope and Aims of the Journal on our Taylor & Francis website (http://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?show=aimsScope&journalCode=wjwb20). As we work to expand the size and breadth of our Editorial Board, we are seeking both potential board members and expert peer reviewers whose professional background fits the aims and scope of the Journal. Please feel free to contact us at [email protected] if you are interested in serving as an expert reviewer or a board member.
Thank you for a successful year and we look forward to continuing our role as Coeditors-in-Chief to help bring you the most updated research in the workplace behavioral health field.
Sincerely,