From the Editor
Welcome to our Sixth SMRJ Journal Issue!
I’d like to welcome you to the sixth issue of The Spartan Medical Research Journal (SMRJ). I have the distinct pleasure of serving as your Chief Editor for this SMRJ issue.
The purpose of this online peer-reviewed journal is to provide an accessible formal publication option for research & QI papers and case reports from Michigan State University COM students, residents, fellows and faculty and associates. We continue to receive submissions from both Statewide Campus System (SCS)-affiliated and non-affiliated authors from other parts of the country and our readership continues to grow!
Now that our SMRJ has been online for 24 months, we have submitted an application for PubMed article number assignments and journal indexing through the US Library of
Medicine. We hope to have this application reviewed in October, 2018 and will keep all SMRJ authors and SCS-affiliated readers apprised of this process!
We at the SCS continue to be dependent on a large number of expert reviewers for SMRJ submissions. We are still recruiting expert reviewers from all medical specialty areas to be members of the Editorial Board. If you have an interest in participating as a reviewer, please contact Chief Editor Corser.
If you have comments or suggestions, please contact any of our editorial team members at any time. Please remember that we also accept Letters to the Editor.
We hope that you enjoy this issue!
Sincerely,
Bill Corser, PhD, RN, NEA-BC
Chief Editor
corser@msu.edu
(517) 918-3470
Sam Wisniewski, MS
Assistant Editor
samw@msu.edu; (517) 884-7887
Luke Sandel,
Manuscript Editor and Website Coordinator