Bruce McEwen Appointed Head Of Faculty Oor Physiology At Faculty Of 1000

Online, January 31, 2011 (Newswire.com) - Bruce McEwen has recently joined Allen Cowley and Denis Noble as a Head of Faculty for Physiology within F1000.

Bruce McEwen is currently the Alfred E. Mirsky professor of neuroscience and runs the Harold and Margaret Milliken Hatch Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology at Rockefeller University. Dr McEwen has published more than 700 papers, and has been at the forefront of research on sites and mechanisms of estrogen and glucocorticoid actions in the brain and their implications for human brain and body function, including the concept of allostatic load. He is a past president of the Society for Neuroscience, a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Institute of Medicine.

Commenting on the appointment of Dr McEwen as a new Head of Faculty, existing Head of Faculty Denis Noble said: "It is a great pleasure to welcome Bruce McEwen as a co-Head of the Faculty of Physiology. His input will ensure its continued success as one of the F1000 family."

The F1000 Faculty consists of international experts who are highly respected in their chosen fields. Leading scientists and clinicians are invited to become Heads of Faculty based on the recommendation of large numbers of their peers.

Welcoming Bruce McEwen to the Faculty, Allen Cowley commented: "I am delighted that Bruce McEwen has agreed to serve as co-Head of the Faculty for Physiology. There is no doubt that this will contribute importantly to the ever-growing respect and success of F1000, and it will a great personal privilege to work with him on this project."

To find out more about Faculty of 1000 please contact Eleanor Howell on +44 (0)20 7631 9129 or email [email protected]. For more information visit http://F1000.com.

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Notes to Editors

Core Facts

The core service of Faculty of 1000 (F1000) identifies and evaluates the most important articles in biology and medical research publications. The selection process comprises a peer-nominated global 'Faculty' of the world's leading scientists and clinicians who rate the best of the articles they read and explain their importance.

Launched in 2002, F1000 was conceived as a collaboration of 1000 international Faculty Members. Although the name stuck, the remit of our service continues to grow and the Faculty now numbers more than 10,000 experts whose evaluations form a fully searchable resource identifying the best research available. Faculty Members and their evaluations are organized into over 40 Faculties (subjects), which are further subdivided into over 300 Sections.

On average, 1500 new evaluations are published each month; this corresponds to approximately the top 2% of all published articles in the biological and medical sciences.

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"It is a great pleasure to welcome Bruce McEwen as a co-Head of the Faculty of Physiology. His input will ensure its continued success as one of the F1000 family."
Denis Noble, Head of Faculty, Physiology, F1000

"I am delighted that Bruce McEwen has agreed to serve as co-Head of the Faculty for Physiology . There is no doubt that this will contribute importantly to the ever-growing respect and success of F1000, and it will a great personal privilege to work with him on this project."
Allen Cowley, Head of Faculty, Physiology, F1000