July 15, 2021 | Awards and Recognition, In the News, Recent Updates ASSIST Medical Advisor Peden Named Inaugural Editor-in-Chief of New AAAAI journal By assiststaff David Peden, MD, past president of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, will serve as the academy’s first editor-in-chief of The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: Global.