New ERS Monograph Editor in Chief

After 5 years as Editor in Chief of the ERS Monograph, Tobias Welte is passing the role on to Robert Bals. The European Respiratory Society (ERS) would like to take this opportunity extend its warmest thanks to Tobias for his hard work on and development of the Monograph during his mandate as Editor in Chief.

Robert Bals is the Director of the Department of Pulmonology at the University Hospital of Saarland (Homburg/Saar, Germany). He is interested in both clinical and basic sciences, and is a long-standing, active member of the ERS, having previously acted as Chair of the Airway Cell Biology and Immonpathology Group. He is also an Associate Editor of the European Respiratory Journal and Respiratory Research, bringing with him a strong understanding of scientific publishing. Welcome Robert!