*Introducing the new Health Behavior Research Associate Editor *
November 11, 2021
Dr. Kenneth Ward has been selected as the new Associate Editor of *Health
Behavior Research <https://newprairiepress.org/hbr/>**
<https://newprairiepress.org/hbr/>(HBR)*. Dr. Ward was selected after a
rigorous search of well-qualified candidates, and the new editor is
extremely please he accepted the position.
Dr. Ward currently serves as Professor in the School of Public Health at
the University of Memphis, where he also serves as the Director of the
Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences. He has published more than 150
peer-reviewed research articles and has given over 200 presentations at
international and national meetings. In 2017 he was awarded Research
Laureate by AAHB, which is the highest award bestowed by the Academy for
significant and inveterate contributions to the health education and health
promotion field*. *Dr. Ward has attended AAHB Annual Scientific Meetings
since 2003, officially joined AAHB in 2004, and became a Fellow in 2007. He
served as Conference Chair for the 2009 scientific meeting in Hilton Head,
SC.
Dr. Ward will transition into this position this month. Current
Editor-in-Chief Paul Branscum PhD, RD, FAAHB, FSBM said, “I’m so happy to
have Ken on board. I really look forward to working with him to continue
building the journal and think of new ways the journal can serve the
members of AAHB.”
As the Associate Editor Dr. Ward will assist with all responsibilities for
the journal. He will also actively create new ways to promote the journal
in and outside of AAHB.
Consider HBR for your next manuscript! *HBR *is a peer-reviewed
open-access scholarly journal that publishes original research articles,
research briefs, current issues papers, commentaries, and abstracts from
the annual meeting of the Academy. The aim of the journal is to advance the
science of health behavior research. Published four-times per year,
particular emphasis is placed on papers that address new and emerging
concepts and theory used in health behavior research, conceptual
frameworks, methods, and analysis.
