Kavita Batra (Medicine) was invited to serve as an editorial board member to the journal Annals of Epidemiology. The Annals of Epidemiology is a peer-reviewed, international journal sponsored by the American College of Epidemiology. This journal emphasizes the application of epidemiologic methods to issues that affect the distribution and determinants of human illness in diverse contexts. Its primary focus is on chronic and acute conditions of diverse etiologies and of major importance to clinical medicine, public health, and health care delivery.