The Journal of Morphological Sciences is still sometimes referred to as the Brazilian
Journal of Morphological Sciences among the colleagues in the anatomical field of
expertise, due to its direct link to the Brazilian Society of Anatomy. Historical
facts about the creation of the journal and how it changed with time was recently
published,[1] and the name of the journal was changed to Journal of Morphological Sciences (in
2010) to broaden the readership and also to be an attractive journal for international
contributors. Currently, more than 30% of the manuscripts published in the journal
are from authors from outside of Brazil, and the journal will continue to work hard
to expand its internationalization.
One challenge that the Journal of Morphological Sciences is facing is the variety
of subjects of interest to our readers. We have detected three major areas of manuscripts
submitted to our journal that need special attention from our editorial board to help
speeding up the process of publication. Thus, three associate editors are reinforcing
our editorial board to give particular attention to the manuscripts in their specific
area of interest. They are highly qualified researchers in their fields, with national
recognition and international prestige. These new associate editors are presented
below.
Graduated in dentistry from the University of São Paulo (2003), João Paulo Mardegan
Issa holds a master's degree in dentistry (oral rehabilitation) from the University
of São Paulo (2006) and a PhD in sciences from the University of São Paulo (2007).
He was a postdoc fellow with a FAPESP Scholarship in Brazil (2010) and abroad, at
the Princess Margaret Hospital, University of Toronto (2013). He is currently an Associate
Professor 1 in Anatomy at the Dental School of Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São
Paulo. He has experience in the area of bone repair and of regenerative medicine.
Norberto Cysne Coimbra is a medical doctor graduated at the Faculdade de Medicina
of the Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (1988), has a master's degree in neuropsychobiology
from the Ribeirão Preto School of Philosophy, Sciences and Literature of the Universidade
de São Paulo (1991), and PhD in morphology-cellular biology from the Ribeirão Preto
Medical School of the Universidade de São Paulo (1995). He was a postdoc in the Pain
Imaging Neuroscience (PaIN) Group of the Department of Physiology, Anatomy & Genetics
of the University of Oxford from 09/01/2006 to 30/06/2006, and in the Centre for Functional
Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain (FMRIB) of the Clinical Neurology Department
of the University of Oxford (Oxford, England, United Kingdom), from 01/07/2006 to
08/01/2007. He is an Associate Professor (Level III) in the Department of Pharmacology
of the Ribeirão Preto Medical School of the Universidade of São Paulo (2010), working
mainly in the following subjects: neuroanatomy, neuropharmacology, psychopharmacology,
neurotracing, fear defense, and behavior.
Marco Aurélio Pereira Sampaio holds a bachelor's degree in veterinary medicine from
the Universidade Federal Fluminense (1985), a master's degree in morphology from the
State University of Rio de Janeiro (1995), a PhD in morphology from the State University
of Rio de Janeiro, with a PhD fellowship at the University of Tennessee. He is currently
an Associate Professor at the Universidade Federal Fluminense, President of the World
Association of Veterinary Anatomists, Member of the Subcommittee of Splanchnology
of the International Committee on Veterinary Gross Anatomical Nomenclature, Director
of the Postgraduate Program in Pathophysiology and Surgical Sciences of the Universidade
do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, and member of the editorial board of the journals Archives
of Clinical Nephrology and Bulgarian Journal of Veterinary Medicine. Ad hoc reviewer
of several international and national journals. He has experience in the area of morphology,
with emphasis on plastination and comparative anatomy of the urogenital system, working
mainly in the following subjects: animal anatomy, urology, surgical technique, experimental
models in urology, teaching, and stereology.
