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Thanks to all those who reviewed for BMC Medicine in 2017

The editors and staff of BMC Medicine would like to warmly thank the reviewers whose comments helped to shape the journal, for their invaluable assistance with review of manuscripts in Volume 15 (2017).

Jos Aarts, Netherlands

Maria Lorena Abate, Italy

Rashad Abdul-Ghani, Yemen

Abhishek Abhishek, UK

U Rajendra Acharya, Singapore

Jacqueline Achkar, USA

Peter Adriaensens, Belgium

Eric Adriaenssens, France

Daniel Aebersold, Switzerland

Daniel Agardh, Sweden

Harry Ahmed, UK

Agneta Åkesson, Sweden

Ranjit Akolekar, UK

Hugh Alberti, UK

Krasimira Aleksandrova, Germany

Emma Allott, USA

Ariel Alonso, Belgium

Pablo Alonso-Coello, Spain

Dana Andersen, USA

Eran Andrechek, USA

Mariano Andres, Spain

Cristina Andres-Lacueva, Spain

Lars Ängquist, Denmark

Alessandro Antonelli, Italy

Ali Arab, USA

John Armour, UK

Edoardo Aromataris, Australia

Lee Ashton, Australia

Sumeet Asrani, USA

Ewa Augustynowicz-Kopeć, Poland

Christopher Azzoli, USA

Jantien Backer, Netherlands

L. Charles Bailey, USA

Laurence Baker, USA

Yanina Balabanova, Germany

Gavin Band, UK

Borwin Bandelow, Germany

Dalma Banic, Brazil

Linda Barbour, USA

Mike Barer, UK

Ruanne Barnabas, USA

Quique Bassat, Spain

Hilda Bastian, USA

Carol Bates, USA

Tim Becker, Germany

Jens Bedke, Denmark

Philip Bejon, Kenya

Danielle Belgrave, UK

Giuseppe Bellelli, Italy

Ralf Bender, Germany

Robert Benjamin, USA

Derrick Bennett, UK

Brian Bennett, USA

Laura Beretta, USA

Leif Bergkvist, Sweden

Donald Berry, USA

Antonio Bertoletti, Singapore

Ricardo Bertolla, Brazil

Samir Bhatt, UK

Zulfiqar Bhutta, Pakistan

Irene Bighelli, Germany

Dieter Birnbacher, Germany

Daniel Birnbaum, France

Istvan Bitter, Hungary

Anders Björkman, Sweden

Tony Blakely, New Zealand

Donald Bliwise, USA

Philippe Boeuf, Australia

Marc Bonten, Netherlands

Claudio Borghi, Italy

Lex M Bouter, Netherlands

Kirsty Boyd, UK

Bernard Brabin, UK

Natalie Bradford, Australia

Julii Brainard, UK

Margaret Brandeau, USA

Thorsten Brenner, Germany

Joshua Breslau, USA

Christian Brettschneider, Germany

Valerie Briand, France

Alexandros Briasoulis, USA

Marc Brisson, Canada

Karin Broberg, Sweden

Rebecca Bromley, UK

Mats Brommels, Sweden

Hilary Brown, Canada

Graham Brown, Australia

Joshua Brown, USA

Steven Brunelli, USA

Graziella Bruno, Italy

Pravesh Bundhun, China

Stephen Burgess, UK

Charles Butts, Canada

Peter Byass, Sweden

Pedro Cahn, Argentina

Michael Callaham, USA

Bin Cao, China

Qing Cao, USA

Brunella Capaldo, Italy

Louis Caplan, USA

Melinda Carrington, Australia

Ben Carter, UK

Michael Casaer, Belgium

Joan Casey, USA

David Cassidy, Canada

Janet Catov, USA

Adithya Cattamanchi, USA

Leo Celi, USA

Pascalina Chanda-Kapata, Zambia

Paulette Chandler, USA

Josephine Chau, Australia

Amrita Cheema, USA

Daniel Chemtob, Israel

Dung-Tsa Chen, USA

Laura Chiavaroli, Canada

Matthew Chico, UK

Chun-Ru Chien, Taiwan

Herngchia Chiu, Taiwan

Thomas Churcher, UK

Mareli Claassens, South Africa

Andrew Clark, UK

Taane Clark, UK

Gwen Clarke, Canada

Rainer Claus, Germany

Gerald Cochran, USA

Flavio Coelho, Brazil

Tim Colbourn, UK

Robert Colebunders, Belgium

Eva Conceição, Portugal

Jonathan Cook, UK

Renzo Cordera, Italy

Daniel Corsi, Canada

Michel Cot, France

Benjamin Cowling, UK

Jeffrey Craig, Australia

Sybil Crawford, USA

Catherine Crespi, USA

Peter Croft, UK

Amanda Cross, UK

Jennifer Croswell, USA

Cynthia Crowson, USA

Carlos Cruchaga, USA

Zoran Culig, Austria

Nicole Culos-Reed, Canada

Ruth Cunningham, New Zealand

Kathryn Curtis, USA

Katarzyna Cypryk, Poland

Alberto D’Onofrio, France

Feng Dai, USA

Christine Dalgård, Denmark

Miles Davenport, Australia

J Lucian Davis, USA

Marijn De Bruin, UK

Carlotta De Filippo, Italy

Harry De Koning, Netherlands

Saskia De Pee, Italy

Esther De Vries, Netherlands

Eugene Declercq, USA

Martin Dedicoat, UK

Parakkal Deepak, USA

Chris Del Mar, Australia

Cyrille Delpierre, France

Harshad Devarbhavi, India

Alfredo Di Leo, Italy

Sean Dinneen, Ireland

Ben Djulbegovic, USA

Claudia Dobler, Australia

Peter Dodd, UK

Susan Dorman, USA

Jonathan Dowell, UK

Paul Drain, USA

Michele Dramaix-Wilmet, Belgium

Simon Draper, UK

Wojciech Drygas, Poland

Iola Duarte, Portugal

Michele Dyson, Canada

Philip Eckhoff, USA

Orestis Efthimiou, Greece

Thomas Egwang, Uganda

Solvig Ekblad, Sweden

Sian Ellard, UK

Murat Ersöz, Turkey

Claudia Estcourt, UK

Stephen Eubank, USA

Evangelos Evangelou, Greece

Catrin Evans, UK

Aristomenis Exadaktylos, Switzerland

Pam Factor-Litvak, USA

Tom Fahey, Ireland

Cristiano Fava, Italy

Mina Fazel, UK

Henry Feder, USA

Barry Feig, USA

Steven Feldman, USA

Matthew Ferrari, USA

Elizabeth Ferris, USA

Heidelinde Fiegl, Austria

Christoph Fiehn, Germany

Heide Fier, Germany

Nicholas Finer, UK

Andrea Fiorillo, Italy

Edwin Fisher, USA

David Fisman, Canada

John Fitzgerald, USA

Jason Flannick, UK

Neil Fleshner, Canada

Robb Flynn, USA

Cor Jesus Fontes, Brazil

Chris Forsmark, USA

Annie Fourrier-Réglat, France

Eiko Fried, Netherlands

Niels Frimodt-Moller, Denmark

Lars Frost, Denmark

Monica Galli, Italy

Alberto García-Basteiro, Spain

Paul Gard, UK

Michel Garenne, France

Davide Gatti, Italy

Cecilia Gelfi, Italy

Andres Gelrud, USA

Jacques Genest, Canada

Oscar Gershanik, Argentina

Puya Gharahkhani, Australia

Panteleimon Giannakopoulos, Switzerland

Michael Gibson, USA

Jason Gill, UK

Russell Glasgow, USA

Alan Go, USA

Wim Goettsch, Netherlands

Uri Goldbourt, Israel

Ines González-Casanova, USA

Michael Good, Australia

Alessandro Granito, Italy

Michael Gravett, USA

Darren Greenwood, UK

Ursula Gresser, Germany

Dominique Griffon, USA

Anders Grøntved, Denmark

Mitchell Gross, USA

Itamar Grotto, Israel

Steven Grover, Canada

Henk Guchelaar, Netherlands

Francoise Gueyffier, France

David Gurarie, USA

Thierry Gustot, Belgium

Maria Angela Guzzardi, Italy

Eran Hadar, Israel

Marjolein Haftenberger, Germany

Christy Hagan, USA

Judith Hagenbuchner, Austria

Anna Bettina Haidich, Greece

Behzad Hajarizadeh, Australia

Ruth Halaban, USA

Davidson Hamer, USA

Harald Hampel, France

Anthony Hanley, Canada

Yves Hansmann, France

Rowan Harwood, UK

Ian Hastings, UK

Derek Hausenloy, UK

Kelsey Hegarty, Australia

Gregor Heiduschka, Austria

Amanda Henry, Australia

Martin Herrmann, Germany

Wolfgang Herzog, Germany

Helena Hildenwall, Sweden

Robert Hills, UK

Rogier Hintzen, Netherlands

Matthew Hogben, USA

Cheryl Holly, USA

Scott Holmberg, USA

Rein Houben, UK

Lauren Howard, USA

Sacha Howell, UK

Joop Hox, Netherlands

Cathrine Hoyo, USA

Gang Hu, USA

Raymond Hutubessy, Switzerland

Lars Hviid, Denmark

Jean Pierre Issa, USA

Danielle Iuliano, USA

Hiroji Iwata, Japan

Samer Jabbour, Lebanon

Christian Jackisch, Germany

Michael Jackson, USA

Saskia Janssen, Netherlands

Chandy John, USA

Benjamin Johns, USA

Miriam Johnson, UK

Owen Johnson, UK

Bradley Johnston, Canada

Steven Joniau, Belgium

Helgi Jonsson, Iceland

Michel Joosten, Netherlands

Karsten Jörgensen, Denmark

Peter Juni, Canada

Jia-Horng Kao, Taiwan

Harin Karunajeewa, Australia

Kikuya Kato, Japan

Maryam Kavousi, Netherlands

Akira Kawai, Japan

William Kearns, USA

Patrick Kehoe, UK

George Kelley, USA

Andre-Pascal Kengne, South Africa

Kate Kerber, USA

Ruth Keri, USA

Andrew Kerkhoff, USA

Puja Khanna, USA

Albert Kilian, UK

Uta Kiltz, Germany

Danny Kingsley, UK

Sharon Kirkpatrick, Canada

Mark Kirschbaum, USA

Patricia Kissinger, USA

Arthur Klatsky, USA

Tobias Klatte, Austria

Jeffrey Klausner, USA

Jos Kleijnen, UK

Michael Kluge, Germany

Evangelos Kontopantelis, UK

James Koopman, USA

Eline Korenromp, Switzerland

Maarit Korhonen, Finland

Shyam Kottilil, USA

Gregory Kouraklis, Greece

Akiko Kowada, Japan

Jennifer Kramer, USA

Louise Kuhn, USA

Anton Kunst, Netherlands

Hannah Kuper, UK

Maarit Laaksonen, Australia

Carl Lachat, Belgium

Sandhya Lagoo-Deenadayalan, USA

Sarah Lamb, UK

John Lantos, USA

Bernard Larouzé, France

Susanna Larsson, Sweden

Miriam Laufer, USA

Christopher Layne, USA

Monika Lechleitner, Austria

Li-Na Lee, Taiwan

David Lee, UK

Changhan Lee, USA

Damien Léger, France

Sam Leinster, UK

Rose Leke, Cameroon

Rozenn Lemaitre, USA

Eyal Leshem, Israel

Susan Lester, Australia

Carol Levin, USA

Corinne Levy, France

Roger Lewis, USA

Chung-Yi Li, Taiwan

Marshall Lindheimer, USA

Alejandro Llanos-Cuentas, Peru

Lesley Lockyer, UK

Yoon Loke, UK

Amedeo Lonardo, Italy

Pier Lopalco, Italy

Ana Lopez-De Fede, USA

Ann Lowry, USA

Joan Luby, USA

Alessandro Lugli, Switzerland

Sanja Lujic, Australia

Michelle Lupton, Australia

David Lye, Singapore

Angela Maas, Netherlands

William Mac Kenzie, USA

Lesley Macdonald-Wicks, Australia

Ethel Maciel, Brazil

Katie Maclure, UK

Laura Magee, UK

Abha Maheshwari, UK

Frances Mair, UK

Davide Malmusi, Spain

Piero Manfredi, Italy

Paul Marik, USA

Anthony Marinaki, UK

Jennifer Marino, Australia

Arseni Markoff, Germany

Sarah Markt, USA

Kevin Marsh, UK

Paolo Martelletti, Italy

Seth Martin, USA

Natasha Martin, USA

Micaela Martinez, USA

Ana Marusic, Croatia

Charles Massie, UK

Karen Matthews, USA

Donovan Maust, USA

James McCarthy, Australia

Elizabeth McClure, USA

Keith McCullough, USA

Rose McGready, UK

Peter McIntyre, Australia

Danette McKinley, USA

John McLachlan, UK

Kimford Meador, USA

Blazej Meczekalski, Poland

Rosette Megnekou, Cameroon

Graeme Meintjes, South Africa

Peter Meldgaard, Denmark

Alessia Melegaro, Italy

Jordi Merino, USA

Lisa Merry, Canada

Sam Mesiano, USA

David Meyre, Canada

Susan Michie, UK

Elizabeth Miller, UK

Louis Miller, USA

Geoffrey Mitchell, Australia

Søren Møller, Denmark

Nicola Montanaro, Italy

Alessandro Morabito, Italy

Jose Morales­Roselló, Spain

Yves Morel, France

Joan Morris, UK

Alvin Moss, USA

Takashi Motegi, Japan

Cheryl Moyer, USA

Shahrul Mt-Isa, UK

Khitam Muhsen, Israel

Jeremiah Muhwa, Kenya

M Hassan Murad, USA

Satu Mustjoki, Finland

Henry Mwambi, South Africa

Kurt Naber, Germany

David Nathan, USA

Bashoo Naziruddin, USA

Martial Ndeffo Mbah, USA

Scott Nelson, UK

Anthony Newall, Australia

Elizabeth Newnham, USA

Nhung Nghiem, New Zealand

Thanh Nguyen, Canada

Jonathan Nguyen-Van-Tam, UK

Roch Nianogo, USA

Angela Nickerson, Australia

Lindsay Nicolle, Canada

Susanne Nielsen, Denmark

Qin Ning, China

Daniel Normolle, USA

Boris Novakovic, Netherlands

Roberto Nuño-Solinis, Spain

Fred Nuwaha, Uganda

Katherine O'Brien, USA

Martin Offringa, Canada

Martin O'Flaherty, UK

Bernhards Ogutu, Kenya

William Oh, USA

Igho Onakpoya, UK

Graziano Onder, Italy

Brent Opmeer, Netherlands

Richard Oram, UK

Walter Orenstein, USA

Martin Ortler, Austria

Afsaneh Oskouie, Iran

Belinda Ostrowsky, USA

Horng-Yih Ou, Taiwan

Pavel Ovseiko, UK

Elisabeth Paice, UK

Arto Palmu, Finland

Paul Palumbo, USA

Francesco Panza, Italy

Kristine Pape, Norway

Héctor Pardo-Hernández, Spain

Fabio Parazzini, Italy

Wendy Parulekar, Canada

Valéria Passos, Netherlands

Ugo Pastorino, Italy

Archana Patel, USA

Edith Patouillard, UK

Haydeh Payami, USA

Rupert Payne, UK

Karl Peltzer, South Africa

Michael Pennell, USA

Fernando Perez-Ruiz, Spain

Francesco Perrone, Italy

Anne Peters, USA

Inge Petersen, South Africa

Guenka Petrova, Bulgaria

Alessandro Pezzini, Italy

Siobhan Phillips, USA

Michael Pillinger, USA

Terhi Piltonen, Finland

Stefan Pilz, Austria

Carlos Pirola, Argentina

Marshall Posner, USA

Kevin Pottie, Canada

John Powell, UK

Federico Prefumo, Italy

Martin Preisig, Switzerland

Sheldon Preskorn, USA

Riccardo Proietti, Italy

Miroslav Prucha, Czech Republic

Ian Puddey, Australia

Lu Qi, USA

Timothy Quill, USA

Daniel Raftery, USA

Michael Ramharter, Germany

Laura Ramsey, USA

Deborah Randall, Australia

Andri Rauch, Switzerland

Joel Ray, Canada

Josette Raymond, France

John Read, UK

Francisco Real, Spain

María Redondo, USA

Peter Reichardt, Germany

Thomas Reinhold, Germany

Michael Rembis, USA

Babette Renneberg, Germany

Edyta Reszka, Poland

Randall Reves, USA

Hugh Reyburn, UK

Charles Reynolds, USA

Rita Rezzani, Italy

John Richards, USA

James Riviello, USA

Karin Roberg, Sweden

Corran Roberts, UK

Lisa Robinson, USA

Ana Robles, USA

Alfredo Rodriguez, Argentina

Jose Manuel Rodriguez-Llanes, Italy

Michael Roerecke, Canada

Giovanni Romano, Italy

Laura Rosella, Canada

Maria Dolores Roselló, Spain

Simon Rosenbaum, Australia

Jacob Rosenberg, Denmark

Ann Rosenthal, USA

Glynis Ross, Australia

Joseph Ross, USA

Patrick Rossignol, France

Cécile Rousseau, Canada

Alberto Ruano Raviña, Spain

Andres Mariano Rubiano, Colombia

Felix Rueckert, Germany

Augustus John Rush, Singapore

Louise Russell, USA

Simona Sacco, Italy

Catherine Said, Australia

Denny Sakkas, USA

Sam Salman, Australia

Zainab Samaan, Canada

Luna Samanta, India

Jelena Savović, UK

Gianpaolo Scalia-Tomba, Italy

Pamela Schettler, USA

Dietmar Schlembach, Germany

Nathan Schmidt, USA

Ben Schöttker, Germany

Russell Schwartz, USA

Kevin Schwartzman, Canada

Peter Schwarz, Germany

Savino Sciascia, Italy

Ian Scott, Australia

Nick Scott, Australia

Mark Sculpher, UK

Andrew Seal, UK

Carlos Seas, Peru

Akihiro Seita, Jordan

Randi Selmer, Norway

Carlo Selmi, Italy

Alessandro Serretti, Italy

Karl Seydel, USA

Thomas Seyfried, USA

Taiwo Lateef Sheikh, Nigeria

Diana Sherifali, Canada

Mark Sherman, USA

Sergey Shevkoplyas, USA

Lynette Sholl, USA

Rosalyn Shute, Australia

Yurii Shvetsov, USA

Sergey Sidorenko, Russia

Carlo Signorelli, Italy

David Simmons, Australia

Alfred Simon, Germany

Jonathan Simon, Switzerland

Nigel Simpson, UK

Sarianna Sipila, Finland

Dan Siskind, Australia

Tea Skaaby, Denmark

Michael Small, Australia

Ross Smith, Australia

Graeme Smith, Canada

Robert Smith, Canada

Susan Smith, Ireland

Margaret Smith, UK

Kenneth Smith, USA

Marcel Smits, Netherlands

Falko Sniehotta, UK

Michael Soljak, UK

William Sones, UK

Marco Songini, Italy

Patrick Souverein, Netherlands

Robert Spear, USA

Rajeshwari Sridhara, USA

Karen Stegers-Jager, Netherlands

Axel Steiger, Germany

Martin Steinberg, USA

Brent Stephens, USA

Robin Stephens, USA

Kasia Stepniewska, UK

Blanka Stiburkova, Czech Republic

Nikolaos Stilianakis, Italy

John Stoffel, USA

Barbara Strasser, Austria

Victoria Strauss, UK

Brendon Stubbs, UK

Mark Sullivan, USA

Debra Sullivan, USA

Takefumi Suzuki, Japan

Tracy Swan, Belgium

Angela Taft, Australia

Koji Takeda, Japan

Yasuchika Takeishi, Japan

Yasuhito Tanaka, Japan

Cara Tannenbaum, Canada

Paul Taylor, Australia

David Taylor, UK

Ammarin Thakkinstian, Thailand

James Tibenderana, UK

Jennifer Tieman, Australia

Paul Tiffin, UK

Jari Tiihonen, Sweden

Estefania Toledo, Spain

Paolo Tomà, Italy

Jorg Tost, France

Reka Toth, Germany

Jennifer Trilk, USA

Ludovic Trinquart, USA

Toshiki Uchihara, Japan

Arve Ulvik, Norway

Johan Unden, Sweden

Paola Ungaro, Italy

Werner Vach, Germany

Bert Vaes, Belgium

Andrew Vakulin, Australia

M E Van Den Akker-Van Marle, Netherlands

Andre Van Der Ven, Netherlands

Anna Maria Van Eijk, UK

Mieke Van Hemelrijck, UK

Rob Van Marum, Netherlands

Megan Van Noord, USA

Menno Van Zelm, Australia

Anna Van'T Hoog, Netherlands

Francis Varaine, Switzerland

Sverre Varvin, Norway

Sonia Vasconcelos, Brazil

Martine Vaxillaire, France

Lennert Veerman, Australia

Akira Vehtari, Finland

Areti Angeliki Veroniki, Canada

Peter Vickerman, UK

Marianna Virtanen, Finland

Jan Vojáček, Czech Republic

Anne Von Gottberg, South Africa

Christof Von Kalle, Germany

Venkata Saroja Voruganti, USA

Theo Vos, USA

Maria Voso, Italy

Matthew Wallace, France

Tom Walley, UK

Gilles Wandeler, Switzerland

Shuang Wang, USA

Molin Wang, USA

Elizabeth Want, UK

Zachary Ward, USA

Joshua Warren, USA

Malgorzata Wasniewska, Italy

Scott Wasserman, USA

Gernot Wassmer, Germany

Glenn Webb, USA

Fernando Wehrmeister, Brazil

Eric Weintraub, USA

Christian Wejse, Denmark

Aalim Weljie, USA

Paul Welsh, UK

Ewa Wender-Ozegowska, Poland

Edward Wenger, USA

Margriet Westerterp-Plantenga, Netherlands

Michael White, UK

Ben White, Australia

Laura White, USA

Justin White, USA

Miroslaw Wielgos, Poland

Frank Wieringa, France

Simon Wieser, Switzerland

Karn Wijarnpreecha, USA

Katrien Wijndaele, UK

Alastair Wilkins, UK

Tim Wilkinson, New Zealand

Robin Williams, UK

Edward Wilson, UK

James Wood, Aruba

Lori Wood, Canada

Mark Woolhouse, UK

Yangfeng Wu, China

Gerard Wunderlich, Brazil

Yanni Xiao, China

Daisuke Yabe, Japan

Jonathan Yabes, USA

Laith Yakob, UK

Yazoumé Yé, USA

Chauting Yeh, Taiwan

Shunmay Yeung, UK

Jae-Joon Yim, South Korea

Zhijie Yu, Canada

Courtney Yuen, USA

Paola Zaninotto, UK

Jean Pierre Zellweger, Switzerland

Wanga Zembe-Mkabile, South Africa

Dominik Zenner, UK

Wa Zhang, USA

Nava Zisapel, Israel

Armin Zittermann, Germany

Robert Zivadinov, USA

Marij Zuidersma, Netherlands

Anthony Zulli, Australia