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THE NEW ASSOCIATE EDITORS and I are tremendously excited and honored to have this opportunity to serve the American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology. Dr. Steven Hebert and his Associate Editors have done an outstanding job during the previous six years, and we are confident that the renal physiology community joins us in thanking them for their efforts. Dr. Hebert also deserves great credit for instituting the short, focused invited reviews, and we are committed to continuing this informative series.

On a personal level, I am honored to follow in the footsteps of Drs. Tom Andreoli, Jim Schafer, Keith Hruska, and Steven Hebert, the previous Editors of AJP-Renal and to be entrusted with the Editorship of the premier journal in renal physiology. I am fortunate to be joined by a superb team of Associate Editors: Drs. Sharon Anderson, Pam Carmines, Douglas Eaton, Tom Kleyman, and Susan Wall. This team was chosen to ensure coverage of as many different aspects of renal physiology as possible and for their scientific excellence and commitment to providing a rigorous, but fair and collegial review process.

This transition in editorship provides an opportunity for us to build on the present success of AJP-Renal and to make the journal even better! The Associate Editors and I are committed to the following set of goals:

• Making the review process more author friendly by encouraging reviewers to complete their reviews on time, be rigorous yet fair, and keep the tone of their reviews collegial.
• Broadening the scope of the subject matter to include a greater range of articles of interest to all renal scientists.
• Expanding the scope of the invited review series to include translational research.

A major recent development is the arrival of AJP Articles in PresS, which will allow accepted manuscripts to be published on-line within one week of acceptance. With your help, the Associate Editors and I are committed to publishing the very best original papers reporting major advances in all aspects of renal physiology, including renal cell and molecular biology, integrative physiology, renal hemodynamics, mechanisms of hypertension, transport physiology, physiological genomics, and translational research. Our goal is to make AJP-Renal the home for the best papers in Renal Physiology, defined in its broadest sense. We encourage you to submit your best work to AJP-Renal and ask that you encourage your colleagues to submit their best work. We look forward to working with each of you during the coming years to make the best renal physiology journal even better.