As you know, on April 4 of this year, I stepped in as interim Editor-in-Chief of Human Immunology. This change came about after numerous ASHI member and non-member complaints about long turnaround times for decisions on manuscripts and lack of response to queries regarding manuscript status.

I am pleased to report that, with the help of a great group of Section Editors, the backlog of manuscripts is gone and turnaround times from submission to initial decision for newly submitted manuscripts have been reduced to a few weeks. Papers on histocompatibility and immunogenetics subjects have faster turnarounds because it is easier to find reviewers. Also, with the help of Leslie Clark, emails are being answered within a day or two.