Bonnie Ky, associate professor of medicine and epidemiology in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, has been appointed editor-in-chief of the American College of Cardiology’s newest journal, JACC: CardioOncology. Dr. Ky begins her five-year term this month; the new journal will launch in September.

Dr. Ky, the founding director of the Penn Cardio-Oncology Center for Excellence, leads research efforts to better understand the cardiotoxic effects of various cancer therapies, focusing on the detection, prevention and treatment of heart disease in cancer patients. In her research, Dr. Ky studies advanced imaging, biomarker tools and deep phenotyping techniques to identify cancer patients who are at increased risk for cardiotoxicity and to develop strategies to prevent injury while delivering necessary cancer treatments.