A new journal looks at the impact of early development on adult health
- Release Date: 23/09/2009
- Country of Issue: United Kingdom
- Category: Cambridge Journals
A new journal focusing on the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD), will be published and jointly owned by Cambridge Journals in association with the International Society for Developmental Origins of Health and Disease.
Research in the biomedical field during the past 20 years indicates that growth, nutrition and environmental influences during early animal and human development interact with genetic and epigenetic factors to influence adult health and the risk of disease in later life. For example, small size at birth followed by accelerated ‘catch-up’ growth is associated with a markedly increased risk of adult cardiovascular disease, type 2 (non-insulin dependent) diabetes and osteoporosis.
Bringing together researchers across a range of disciplines, from physiology, nutrition, developmental and molecular biology to clinical sciences, epidemiology, social science, economics and policy, Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (J DOHaD) will increase this body of research to help realise the potential public health benefits of DOHaD.
The Journal will publish original research articles, short communications and reviews, with regular themed issues from guest editors. Michael Ross at the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, California, USA is the Editor-in-Chief supported by seven international Associate Editors and a global and multi-specialty Editorial Board.
“J DOHaD is a natural extension to Cambridge’s market-leading journals programme in this area,” says STM Journals Publishing Director at Cambridge University Press, Katy Christomanou, “and we are delighted to be working with the International Society for Developmental Origins of Health and Disease to disseminate ground-breaking research.”
J DOHaD will be available in print and via Cambridge Journals Online, issued six times a year from 2010. Articles are now being considered for publication and from 1st October will be available via First View on the Cambridge Journals Online platform. Authors can submit papers online now via ScholarOne™ Manuscripts.
The Journal’s homepage journals.cambridge.org/doh contains more information, including how to be notified when the first papers are published online.
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About the International Society for Developmental Origins of Health and Disease
A Society set up in 2003 and involving scientists from many backgrounds, to promote research into the fetal and developmental origins of disease.
For further information, go to www.mrc.soton.ac.uk/dohad
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