PR&P is pleased to announce that Dr. Michael F. Jarvis has accepted the position of Deputy Editor for the journal. Dr. Jarvis is a Senior Scientific Director and ACOS Senior Research Fellow for Global Medical Affairs at AbbVie, Inc. He is responsible for leading medical affairs scientific oversight activities for multiple therapeutic areas within the Mature Business Organization at Abbvie. Dr. Jarvis has an extensive track record of leading drug discovery/translational research teams for the identification and clinical advancement of novel chemical entities.

Dr. Jarvis has served on the editorial board of the British Journal of Pharmacology, Drug Development Research, Biochemical Pharmacology, Molecular Pain, and Purinergic Signalling. He was the Editor of The Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics from 2010 through 2015.

Dr. Jarvis has been an active member of ASPET. He is currently a member of the Program Committee, the Mentoring and Career Development Committee, and serves as a coach for the Mentoring Network. He has served on the Nominating Committee and held leadership positions in the Division for Drug Discovery, Development, and Regulatory Affairs and the Division of Translational and Clinical Pharmacology.

We welcome Mike to the editorial team and are excited about the future development of the journal.

PR&P is jointly published by ASPET, the British Pharmacological Society, and Wiley.  For more information about PR&P, visit the PR&P website.