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<\/a>Jaime Benchimol by Lovatto. 2015.
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Jaime L. Benchimol<\/em><\/p>\n I\u2019ve gone…<\/p>\n I\u2019ve gone after investing the most productive years of my career in this journal, born in mid-1994 as the brainchild of S\u00e9rgio Goes de Paula, Ruth B. Martins, and me, the author of this brief farewell, with the additional support of Paulo Gadelha, then director of the Casa de Oswaldo Cruz and the journal\u2019s first science editor. Hist\u00f3ria, Ci\u00eancias, Sa\u00fade \u2013 Manguinhos<\/em> had a forerunner: Cadernos da Casa de Oswaldo Cruz<\/em>, an amateurish publication launched in November 1989, my hand in it as well. The histories of health and the sciences \u2013 especially the life sciences \u2013 have witnessed major transformations since that time, and Hist\u00f3ria, Ci\u00eancias, Sa\u00fade \u2013 Manguinhos has played a vital role in the maturation of these transdisciplinary fields. Tremendous changes have also taken place and are still underway in the world of scholarly journals and science communication. Hist\u00f3ria, Ci\u00eancias, Sa\u00fade \u2013 Manguinhos<\/em> has been successful in adapting; even more, it has been successful in making innovative use of new communication technologies, means, and languages. It has become a respected journal in the field of history and other realms of academia, and this makes me very proud.<\/p>\n And it needs new blood. So I\u2019ve gone.<\/p>\n But I\u2019ve gone with the honor of passing the baton to two colleagues whom I greatly admire. Marcos Cueto, a historian of international renown, will know how to lead Hist\u00f3ria, Ci\u00eancias, Sa\u00fade \u2013 Manguinhos<\/em> to a position of definitive recognition abroad. And Andr\u00e9 Felipe C\u00e2ndido da Silva, a young talent from the newest crop of doctorates, will know how to imbue the journal with renewed vitality in its interactions with emerging groups and fields in the history of the sciences and of health.<\/p>\n I\u2019ve gone with a feeling of deep tranquility, because standing at the helm of the journal is executive editor Roberta Cardoso Cerqueira, sure, steady, and at the height of her prowess. She was a young girl when she got here and here she matured, like a fine wine.<\/p>\n I\u2019ve gone with my heart broken, because I have to leave behind a delightful, expert, supportive editorial team, who made my day-to-day a memorable trove of productive, challenging, and fun moments. I would like to record my most sincere thanks to M\u00f4nica Cruz Caminha, Camilo Papi, M\u00f4nica Auler, Vin\u00edcius Renaud, and Marciel Mendon\u00e7a Rosa and also to those who, even at a distance, shape the journal\u2019s daily life: the creative Fernando Vasconcelos, our graphic designer; Maria Helena Torres, top-notch copyeditor; Marina Lemle, soul of the journal\u2019s new virtual incarnations; Diane Grosklaus Whitty, matchless translator and very dear friend; and Miriam Junghans, the lovely flight attendant who remade herself as an editor and scholar par excellence. I would also like to extend my thanks to those who gave life to past iterations of this team \u2013 which were equally fortunate and felicitous \u2013 especially Ruth B. Martins, longtime friend and friend forever; the discreet and genteel Isnar Francisco de Paula; the multi-talented Regina Celie Sim\u00f5es Marques and Maria Elisa Luiz da Silveira…<\/p>\n My list of thanks should include other names as well: people who rendered invaluable services to the journal as copyeditors, translators, peer reviewers, members of the Editorial Board, assistant editors, and department editors. A thousand pardons. In its limited space, this farewell letter does not let me duly acknowledge the debt I owe them. But my heart does compel me to leave a warm hug for three of my ‘masters’: Guida (Margarida de Souza Neves), Charles Pessanha, and Luiz Antonio de Castro Santos. Nor can I fail to mention the directors of the Casa de Oswaldo Cruz, who have always lent their most resolute support to Hist\u00f3ria, Ci\u00eancias, Sa\u00fade \u2013 Manguinhos. Without Paulo Gadelha, N\u00edsia Trindade Lima, Nara Azevedo, and Paulo Roberto Elian dos Santos, the journal would never have come so far. And in the course of this journey, we could always count on the assistance of the accomplished team at SciELO, led by Abel Packer and Rog\u00e9rio Meneghini. I learned tons with them.<\/p>\n Without the colleagues I\u2019ve mentioned, without the journal\u2019s contributors (who taught me so much), without our readers, something will be missing from my life. Allow me to close with a proverb \u2013 African, I think \u2013 that so very perfectly fits this train that is traveling on without me: \u201cIf you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.\u201d<\/p>\n I\u2019ve gone\u2026<\/p>\n