JABFM Welcomes a New Associate Editor
JABFM is pleased to announce our new Associate Editor as of January 1, 2020 - Dr. Christy JW Ledford.
Dr. Ledford is an extensively published author (more than 100 publications) who will contribute strong research and writing experience to JABFM. Her education and training include a B.A. in corporate communication, M.S. in technical communication, Ph.D. in Health and Strategic Communication, and a fellowship in medical journalism with Family Medicine, the journal of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine. She has designed and taught scholarly activity and medical writing curricula for family medicine residents for more than 10 years. As a communication scientist and clinical researcher, Dr. Ledford’s mixed methods research investigates the multigenerational experience of diabetes across the life course. She has directed multiple extramural research grants totaling several million dollars, including the Diabetes ROADMAP study. While recently an Associate Professor of Family Medicine at Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and research director of the Military Primary Care Research Network, she is now a Professor of Family Medicine at the Medical College of Georgia, where she is Director of HamesNet, the practice-based research network that connects primary care practices throughout Georgia.
Please welcome Dr. Ledford as a new JABFM Associate Editor!
PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED EDITORS' NOTES
- Must-Read Family Medicine Research—Glucosamine/Chondroitin Supplements and Mortality, Telomere Length and the Doctor-Patient Relationship, Reducing Opioid Use, and More
- JABFM Welcomes a New Deputy Editor
- Practical Family Medicine: After-Hours Video Telehealth, Office Procedures, Polyp Follow-up in Older Patients, Terminology for Domestic Violence Intervention
- Dr. Victoria Neale Retires As Deputy Editor of JABFM
- Medications, Medicating, and Medicated - When, Where, and How - Opioids and Others
- Well-Being, New Technologies, and Clinical Evidence for Family Physicians
- Many Family Medicine Successful Interventions and Clinical Reviews for Common Illnesses