We welcome Prof. Dr. Shizuo Yamada from the University of Shizuoka, Japan, to join the Editorial Board of OBM Geriatrics. Dr. Yamada is a Director and Professor of the Center for Pharma-Food Research at the University of Shizuoka. He has extensive experience in urological pharmacology, functional food, clinical trial, etc. We are grateful to Prof. Dr. Yamada for his participation and support.

We welcome Prof. Dr. Tommaso Cai from the University of Trento, Italy, to join the Editorial Board of OBM Geriatrics. Dr. Cai is an Associate Professor of Urology at the University of Trento and Head of the Urology Unit of Santa Chiara Regional and Teaching Hospital. He has extensive experience in andrology, urology, prostate and bladder cancer, urinary tract infections, functional urology, etc. We are grateful to Prof. Dr. Cai for his participation and support.

We welcome Dr. Klara Komici from the University of Molise, Italy, to join the Editorial Board of OBM Geriatrics. Dr. Komici is an Associate Professor in Internal Medicine at the University of Molise. She has extensive experience in heart failure, malnutrition, frailty, geriatric medicine, multidimensional geriatric evaluations. We are grateful to Dr. Komici for her participation and support.

We welcome Dr. Xinhua Shu from Glasgow Caledonian University, UK, to join the Editorial Board of OBM Geriatrics. Dr. Shu is a Reader in Biomedical/Vision Sciences at Glasgow Caledonian University. He focuses on the disease mechanisms and therapy of retinitis pigmentosa (RP) and age-related macular degeneration (AMD). We are grateful to Dr. Shu for his participation and support.

We welcome Dr. Matteo Tosato from Agostino Gemelli University Hospital Foundation IRCCS, Italy, to join the Editorial Board of OBM Geriatrics. Dr. Tosato is an Assistant Professor in Geriatrics at Agostino Gemelli University Hospital Foundation IRCCS, head of the Unit for Aging Disease Prevention and Longevity Promotion. He has extensive experience in aging, skeletal muscle, cardiovascular aging, physical function, frailty, disability, exercise science. We are grateful to Dr. Tosato for his participation and support.

We welcome Dr. Fady Alnajjar from United Arab Emirates University, UAE, to join the Editorial Board of OBM Geriatrics. Dr. Alnajjar is an Associate Professor of the Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering at United Arab Emirates University. He has extensive experience in signal processing, behavior analysis, motor learning and motor control, artificial intelligence, brain, rehabilitation robotics, neural networks, and cognitive training. We are grateful to Dr. Alnajjar for his participation and support.

We welcome Dr. Giovanni Giurdanella from University of Enna Kore, Italy, to join the Editorial Board of OBM Geriatrics. Dr. Giurdanella is an Associate Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Enna Kore. He has extensive experience in cell culture, inflammation, immunohistochemistry, cell signaling, retinal diseases, western blot, PCR, neuroinflammation. We are grateful to Dr. Giurdanella for his participation and support.

We welcome Prof. Gerlinde A. S. Metz from University of Lethbridge, Canada, to join the Editorial Board of OBM Geriatrics. Dr. Metz is a Professor of Neuroscience at the Canadian Centre for Behavioural Neuroscience at the University of Lethbridge, and also is an Adjunct Professor with the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Alberta. She has extensive experience in motor system and recovery of movement, models of Parkinson's disease, stroke, spinal cord injury, multiple sclerosis, preterm birth, stress, motor development and aging, perinatal programming of disease. We are grateful to Prof. Metz for her participation and support.

It is our pleasure to announce that LIDSEN has joined the ORCID community. ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID), a global, not-for-profit organization, provides a free, unique, and persistent digital identifier (an ORCID iD), which can automatically link researchers to their own contributions, so as to disambiguate researchers from one another. Authors who publish with OBM Geriatrics are greatly encouraged to register for a unique iD to ensure proper attribution.

We welcome Prof. Shin Murakami to join the Editorial Board of OBM Geriatrics. Prof. Murakami is a Professor, Department of Basic Sciences, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Touro University California, CA 94592, USA. Prof. Murakami’s main research interests are aging, stress resistance, cognitive functions, Alzheimer’s disease, genetics, geriatrics, genetics and epigenetics of aging, role of metabolism genes in AMI (age-related memory impairment) and dementia, and midlife crisis theory of aging. We are grateful to Prof. Murakami for his participation and support.

We welcome Prof. Michele Lanza to join the Editorial Board of OBM Geriatrics. Prof. Lanza is an Associate Professor, Multidisciplinary Department of Medical, Surgical and Dental Sciences, Università della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Napoli, Italy. Prof. Lanza’s main research interests are glaucoma, eyes, cataract surgery, clinical ophthalmology, eye diseases, and retinal diseases. We are grateful to Prof. Lanza for his participation and support.

We welcome Prof. Pedro Morouco to join the Editorial Board of OBM Geriatrics. Prof. Morouco is an Associate Professor, Department of Human Kinetics, Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, 2411 Leiria, Portugal; CIPER, Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Universidade de Lisboa, 1495 Cruz Quebrada Dafundo, 1649004 Lisbon, Portugal. Prof. Morouco’s main research interests are exercise and health, sport sciences, elderly, osteoarthritis, exercise physiology, and sports science. We are grateful to Prof. Morouco for his participation and support.

We welcome Prof. P. Hemachandra Reddy to join the Editorial Board of OBM Geriatrics. Prof. Reddy is a Professor of Internal Medicine, Neuroscience/Pharmacology, Neurology and Public Health, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Texas 79430, USA. Prof. Reddy’s main research interests are aging, neurodegenerative diseases - Alzheimer’s, Huntington’s, Parkinson’s, oxidative stress, and diabetes/obesity. We are grateful to Prof. Reddy for his participation and support.

We welcome Prof. Jacques Vanobbergen to join the Editorial Board of OBM Geriatrics. Prof. Vanobbergen is an Emeritus Professor, Community Dentistry and Oral Public Health, Dental School, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium. Prof. Vanobbergen’s main research interests are oral health, older adults, oral, and dental public health. We are grateful to Prof. Vanobbergen for the participation and support.

We welcome Dr. Carlo Pedrolli to join the Editorial Board of OBM Geriatrics. Dr. Pedrolli is from Dietetic and Clinical Nutrition Unit, Santa Chiara Hospital, Azienda Provinciale per i Servizi Sanitari Provincia Autonoma di Trento, Italy. Dr. Pedrolli’s main research interests are nutrition, geriatric nutrition, internal medicine, cardiology, clinical nutrition, malnutrition, nutrition assessment, human nutrition, nutritional medicine, body composition analysis, and dietetics. We are grateful to Dr. Pedrolli for the participation and support.

We welcome Dr. Koh Iwasaki to join the Editorial Board of OBM Geriatrics. Dr. Iwasaki is the Vice President, Natori Kumanodoh Hospital, Natori, Japan. Dr. Iwasaki’s main research interests are traditional Chinese medicine, stroke, healthcare, traditional medicine, clinical trials, geriatric medicine, phytotherapy and herbal medicine. We are grateful to Dr. Iwasaki for the participation and support.

We welcome Dr. Ron J. Jankowski to join the Editorial Board of OBM Geriatrics. Dr. Jankowski is the Vice President, Scientific Affairs, Cook MyoSite Inc, Pittsburgh, PA 15238 USA. Dr. Jankowski’s main research interests are utologous muscle derived cells, incontinence, cell therapies, translational medical and biologic product development. We are grateful to Dr. Jankowski for the participation and support.

We welcome Prof. Giuseppe Cocco to join the Editorial Board of OBM Geriatrics. Prof. Cocco is an Emeritus Professor, Emeritus Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology, Cardiology Office, Marktgasse 10a, CH-4310 Rheinfelden, Switzerland. Prof. Cocco’s main research interests are geriatric cardiology, old cardiac patients, heart failure, geriatric cardiac diseases, noninvasive cardiovascular diagnostics and cardiovascular therapeutics. We are grateful to Prof. Cocco for the participation and support.

We welcome Prof. Roy G. Beran to join the Editorial Board of OBM Geriatrics. Prof. Beran is a Conjoint Professor of Medicine at the University of NSW; Professor in the School of Medicine at Griffith University, Queensland; and Professor, Chair, Medical Law, Sechenov Moscow 1^st State University, Moscow, Russia. He was the inaugural Visiting Professor at the International Research Institute of Health Law Sciences at the Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China and has been a Visiting Professor at Macau University. His main research interests are sleep, health law & ethics, epilepsy, sleep disorders, drug trials, legal medicine, neurological conditions & new therapies, and neurological advances. We are grateful to Prof. Beran for his participation and support.

We welcome Dr. David G Smithard to join the Editorial Board of OBM Geriatrics. Dr. Smithard is a Consultant in Elderly and Stroke Medicine, Geriatric Medicine, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, Woolwich, SE18 4QH, UK; Research Fellow, Department of Sports Science, University of Greenwich, London, SE9 2UG, UK. His main research interests are dysphagia, frailty, care homes, stroke, swallowing rehabilitation and healthy aging. We are grateful to Dr. Smithard for his participation and support.

We welcome Professor Fabio Antonaci to join the Editorial Board of OBM Geriatrics. Prof. Antonaci is a Professor of Neurology, Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, Mondino National Institute of Neurology Foundation, University of Pavia, Italy. His main research interests are neurophysiology, clinical neurology, neurological disorders, neurological diseases, pain medicine, neurology, neurologic examination, clinical neurophysiology, pain and pain management in the elderly. We are grateful to Prof. Antonaci for his participation and support.

We welcome Professor Donatella R. Petretto to join the Editorial Board of OBM Geriatrics. Dr. Petretto is a Professor at the Section on Clinical Psychology, Department of Education, Psychology, Philosophy, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy. His main research interests are active ageing, successful ageing, oldest olds, cognitive functioning, well-being, participation, disability and disablement. We are grateful to Dr. Petretto for his participation and support.

We welcome Miyako Tazaki to join the Editorial Board of OBM Geriatrics. Dr. Tazaki is a Professor at the Department of psychology, Faculty of Medicine, Toho University, Tokyo, Japan. Her main research interests are dementia, elderly, disability and psychology. We are grateful to Dr. Tazaki for her participation and support.

We welcome Dr. Khue Vu Nguyen to join the Editorial Board of OBM Geriatrics. Dr. Nguyen is a Full Project Scientist in Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, California, USA. His main research interests are molecular biology, genetic diseases, enzymology, biosensors, biopolymers, neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative disorders, and cancer. We are grateful to Dr. Nguyen for his participation and support.

We welcome Professor James S. Powers to join the Editorial Board of OBM Geriatrics. Dr. Powers is a Professor at the Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, USA and Clinical Associate Director, Tennessee Valley Healthcare System Geriatrics Research Education and Clinical Center. His main research interests are accidental falls, delirium, dementia, geriatric consultation, geriatric syndromes, and geriatric models of care. We are grateful to Dr. Powers for his participation and support.

We welcome Dr. E. Paul Cherniack from University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, USA, to join the Editorial Board of OBM Geriatrics. Dr. Cherniack’s main research interests are nutrition, frailty, vitamin D, and alternative medicine in the elderly. We are grateful to Dr. Cherniack for his participation and support.

We welcome Dr. Johannes Grillari from BOKU University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Austria, to join the Editorial Board of OBM Geriatrics. Dr. Grillari is an Associate Professor at Department of Biotechnology, BOKU University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Austria. His main research interests are cellular aging, replicative senescence, RNA biology, pre-mRNA splicing, non-coding RNA miRNA, Vesicle secretion, DNA damage and repair and Ubiquitin-proteasome. We are grateful to Dr. Grillari for his participation and support.

We sincerely welcome Dr. Claudia Voelcker-Rehage to join the Editorial Board of OBM Geriatrics. Dr. Voelcker-Rehage is professor of Sports Psychology at Technische Universität Chemnitz. Her research focuses on lifespan motor development and learning, the connection between motor and cognitive performance, and interventions in order to maintain and improve motor and cognitive functioning in older adults as well as to promote lifelong development. We appreciate Dr. Voelcker-Rehage for her participation and support!

We sincerely welcome Professor George Perry, Dean of the College of Sciences, in the University of Texas at San Antonio, USA, to join the Editorial Board of OBM Geriatrics. Professor Perry’s studies are focused on the mechanism of formation and physiological consequences of the cytopathology of Alzheimer disease. He is a leading scholar with profound expertise and extensive publications regarding his research. We appreciate Professor Perry's participation and support.

We sincerely welcome Dr. Donald A. Jurivich to join the Editorial Board of OBM Geriatrics. Dr. Jurivich is Eva Gilbertson, MD Distinguished Chair of Geriatrics at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences. He is also a well-known clinician with expertise in immunology, stress, physical activity and exercise. We appreciate Dr. Jurivich for his participation and support!