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JASPER SIMONS JOINS MEDICAL MEDIA HOLDINGS AS DIRECTOR OF CANCER INFORMATION GROUP

In his new role as Director of the Cancer Information Group, Jasper Simons will run seven peer-reviewed publications and will report directly to the CEO of Medical Media Holdings. Simons will foster new product development and help create strategies to expand the roster of journals and build the already-successful business. His responsibilities will include the coordination of editorial boards and editors-in-chief, oversight of day-to-day operations, supervision of seven staffers, expansion of web delivery, launches of new journals, and development of co-publishing/licensing partnerships.

Simons brings to the position nine years of extensive scholarly publishing experience ranging from editorial and medical publishing endeavors to ones involving technology and the production and business facets of science. He began his publishing career with seven years at Elsevier, during which he took on publishing roles with increasing responsibility. Most recently, Simons served as the Director of Publishing for the American Anthropological Association, where he managed 22 scholarly journals and realized major growth in article submissions as well as institutional and electronic subscriptions. He received his Master’s degree from the University of Amsterdam, where he studied International Relations and specialized in Economics.

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