Creating the future of translational behavioral medicine

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With this June 2016 issue of Translational Behavioral Medicine: Practice, Policy, Research (TBM), we mark an important milestone in our relatively brief but exciting history. We are very pleased to have been installed as TBM’s new senior editorial team, led by Suzanne Miller as Editor-in-Chief and assisted by Lindsay Bullock as Managing Editor. As part of this transition, we extend our gratitude to the outgoing editorial team led by Bonnie Spring. Under her leadership, TBM flourished. What began as an ambitious idea on paper transformed into a bold, vibrant publication offered by the Society of Behavioral Medicine. As she noted in the very first issue of the journal, its task was to “…advance the field’s knowledge and actualize it to improve individual and population health” [1]. We salute Dr. Spring for her wisdom, insight, and dedication to this new endeavor. We will carry forward the important work started under her term. …