Dr. Alfredo Morabia, professor of epidemiology at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, was named the new editor-in-chief of the American Journal of Public Health effective in June. Dr. Morabia’s appointment follows the 21-year tenure of Dr. Mary E. Northridge, who was a Mailman School professor of Sociomedical Sciences.

[Photo: Dr. Alfredo Morabia]

Dr. Morabia is also a professor of epidemiology in the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Queens College, CUNY School of Public Health.

“By publishing the best public health science, I am committed to safeguarding the prestige of the publication while advancing the accessibility of the journal through online and social media to a global audience of public health thinkers, practitioners and advocates,” Dr. Morabia told APHA.

Dr. Morabia is a former editor-in-chief of Preventive Medicine and currently serves as editor emeritus. His other editorial experience included serving as the international editor of AJPH and on editorial boards for a number of journals including the International Journal of Public Health and the American Journal of Epidemiology.