We are delighted to announce the appointment of Prof Alina Popescu as the new Executive Editor of the EJU
Could you please present yourself for our readers?
I am Alina Popescu, Professor of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the “Victor Babeș” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timișoara, PhD in Gastroenterology, Head of the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology of the “Pius Brânzeu” Emergency County Clinical Hospital Timișoara. Currently I am the Treasurer of EFSUMB and Past President of the Romanian Society of Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology (SRUMB) for 2020-2022, former member of the Education and Professional Standards Committee of EFSUMB and of the World Federation of Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology (WFUMB) Student Education Committee.
Could you tell us some words regarding your new position as official representative of EFSUMB on the Board of Editors of “Ultraschall in der Medizin / European Journal of Ultrasound” (UiM/EJU)?
My nomination by The Romanian Society of Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology (SRUMB) as a candidate for this important position and the confidence that the delegates showed me by voting for me, honors me and at the same time obliges me. This is even more so since the position was previously occupied by the EFSUMB President Elect Vito Cantisani, whose activity at the level of the journal was extremely important and dedicated. I want to rise to the expectations of all those who have given me this trust and to whom I thank for their support. I would also like to thank Thieme, the publishing house, for welcoming me to the journal.
Can you give us some insights of what means this position?
Medicine cannot progress without research, and the scientific community needs strong and reliable partners for presenting the results of their work. I think that Thieme and Ultraschall in der Medizin / European Journal of Ultrasound are such partners, and I am grateful to be part of their activity. Through my commitments at the journal’s level, I would like to contribute to the increase of knowledge in ultrasound by bringing to the attention of the medical world the progress that ultrasonography is constantly making from the level of basic research to clinical experience. But this can be done only with the support of the ultrasound scientific community as both contributors and reviewers of the new materials seeking the light of publication.
Source: EJU
