The American Diabetes Association ® (ADA) announces the appointment of David A. D'Alessio, MD , as the incoming Editor in chief of Diabetes ® , the ADA's flagship peer-reviewed research journal. Dr. D'Alessio is Professor of Medicine at Duke University, Director of the Division of Endocrinology, and a staff physician at the Durham VA Medical Center. The ADA also announces the appointments of Maureen A. Gannon, PhD , of Vanderbilt University and Norbert Stefan, MD , of Tübingen University as Senior Associate Editors of Diabetes . In addition, the following individuals have been appointed