Keith W. Kelley

Keith W. Kelley is an American immunophysiologist, researcher and academic. He is Professor Emeritus of Immunophysiology at the University of Illinois. Kelley was chosen as the second Editor-In-Chief of ''Brain, Behavior, and Immunity'' in 2003 and served in that capacity for 15 years. It is now considered “the best immunology journal in the neurosciences.” In 1994, he was elected as Secretary-Treasurer of the newly-formed Psychoneuroimmunology Research Society (PNIRS) and served as its President from 1999-2000. He retired from the University of Illinois in 2011, but continues to serve as a global leader in psychoneuroimmunology, creating PNIRSAsia-Pacific and PNIRSIbero-America. These scientific networks were formed to organize meetings that promote dialogue among Eastern and Western scientists engaged in psychoneuroimmunology research, as well as with those in South/Central America. As of 2023, over 30 of these meetings have been organized, mostly in China, but throughout the whole of Asia-Oceania.

In 2021, he was appointed as a Visiting Scholar at Shenzhen University in the School of Psychological Sciences, Shenzhen, China. Two years later, he was appointed as a Professor in the College of Health Sciences at VinUniversity in Hanoi, Vietnam. That same year, he worked with Chinese colleagues to establish a new scientific journal devoted to Asian health practices, ''Brain, Behavior, and Immunity Integrative''. Its goal is to seek new knowledge and understanding of physiology, psychology and immunology as they are affected by Eastern health practices and medicine. Kelley serves as the Founding Managing Associate Editor. Provided by Wikipedia