Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine (YJBM)

The Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine is a PubMed-indexed, open access, quarterly journal edited by Yale medical, graduate, and professional students and peer reviewed by an extensive network of experts in the fields of biology and medicine. The journal aims to showcase outstanding research articles from all areas of biology and medicine, to publish significant case reviews, and to provide both perspectives on personal experiences in medicine and reviews of the current state of biology and medicine.

To all interested authors: Starting in June 2015, YJBM began devoting entire issues to its focus topics. This means that all manuscripts in an issue will be related to the focus topic. As a result, we will not be considering off-topic manuscripts. Please keep an eye out for our future focus topics, and thank you for your understanding.

Upcoming focus topics:

• March 2020: Skin (submission deadline: September 1st, 2019)
• June 2020: Medicinal Plants (submission deadline: December 1st, 2019)
• September 2020: Sex (submission deadline: March 1st, 2020)

• Volume 92, Issue 4, Focus: Death
  Deputy Editors: Kelsie Cassell and Wei Ng
• A Report of Physicians’ Beliefs about Physician-Assisted Suicide: A National Study
  Peter T. Hetzler, III, James Nie, Amanda Zhou, Lydia S. Dugdale
• Cell Death in Evolutionary Transitions in Individuality
  Pierre M. Durand, Marcelo M. Barreto Filho, Richard E. Michod
• Regulation of Apoptosis by Autophagy to Enhance Cancer Therapy
  Kenneth D. Tompkins, Andrew Thorburn
• Looking Back at Withdrawal of Life-Support Law and Policy to See What Lies Ahead for Medical Aid-in-Dying
  Alexander Morgan Capron

About the Cover Image for Volume 92, Issue 4

Death is ubiquitous and inevitable, and yet, there remain many outstanding questions about death across different disciplines and biological scales. This issue covers both the basic biology of death as well as medical, ethical, and legal issues surrounding death, including end of life care. As such, our cover depicts a skull and hourglass to symbolize death and its inevitability, surrounded by scientific objects that symbolize the various disciplines represented in our issue. The test tube and microscope represents basic research on the biology of death, the plague doctor's mask symbolizes the study of death within human populations, and lastly, the stethoscope and book represent the medical and ethical/legal approaches to death and dying. Original cover design by Peter Harris.

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YJBM Co-Editors-in-Chief:
Amelia Hallworth
Devon Wasche