The American Medical Association (AMA) has tapped Dr. Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, PhD, as the next editor in chief of JAMA and the JAMA Network.
Dr. Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, PhD. Image by Christopher Michel -- wn work, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.Bibbins-Domingo is an epidemiologist at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), who has contributed to the ongoing debate over when women should begin screening mammography.
She acted as the first vice dean for population health and health equity at UCSF's School of Medicine and co-founded the UCSF Center for Vulnerable Populations at the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, the AMA said. She was a member of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) from 2010 to 2017 and served as its vice chair and chair from 2014 to 2017.
Bibbins-Domingo will begin her tenure on July 1, succeeding interim Editor-in-Chief Dr. Phil Fontanarosa of Northwestern University in Chicago.
"JAMA and the JAMA Network represent an unparalleled platform for the very best science to reach the broadest audience and for advancing the discussions, debates and new ideas that will continue to shape health nationally and globally," Bibbins-Domingo said in a statement released by the AMA. "I couldn't be more excited to join as editor in chief."
