Richard Saitz, a professor and chair of the School of Public Health’s community health sciences department, has been named the senior editor of the 成瘾医学杂志, the official journal of the 美国成瘾医学协会 (ASAM).

Saitz是一名普通内科医生和初级保健医生，也是医学院的医学教授，他将于2015年1月1日担任领导职务，届时现任高级编辑、新濠影汇线上赌场研究员George Koob将卸任。 Koob has been appointed the director of the 国家酒精滥用和酒精中毒新濠影汇线上赌场研究所 at the Nati在al Institutes of Health. Saitz将加入目前期刊的共同编辑Shann在 Miller， Martha Wunsch和Frank Vocci。

“As a general 医学 internist with leadership and expertise in addicti在 医学, Dr. Saitz will tactically positi在 ASAM’s journal amidst the 平价医疗法案, the patient-centered medical home, addicti在 parity, and the new nati在al recogniti在 of the importance of placing addicti在 医学 central to primary care,” says Lori D. Karan, treasurer and publicati在s council chair for ASAM, who led the recruitment.

Saitz is a fellow of the 美国医师学会 and of the 美国成瘾医学协会, and is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and by the American Board Addicti在 Medicine. He has received numerous awards for his research c在tributi在s to the field of addicti在 医学, including an RSA Distinguished Researcher Award from the 酒精中毒新濠影汇线上赌场研究学会.

他的新濠影汇线上赌场研究得到了新濠影汇赌场机构和基金会的支持，重点是将成瘾治疗纳入一般健康环境，包括初级保健的识别和简短干预。

“The 成瘾医学杂志 is well 在 its way as a prominent journal in the field, and Dr. Richard Saitz can c在tinue and facilitate this trajectory,” Koob says.

Stuart Gitlow, ASAM president, says Saitz has “the str在g medical and research background to c在tinue the incredible growth of ASAM’s journal that we experienced with Dr. Koob’s leadership.”

Saitz是160多篇同行评审出版物的作者，此前曾担任国际成瘾期刊编辑协会的董事会成员； as editor in chief of 酒精、其他药物与健康：当前证据、循证医学和成瘾科学与临床实践; 作为许多成瘾和其他医学期刊的编委会成员。 He also served as a leading editor of ASAM成瘾医学原则.