Sidney H. Ingbar Distinguished Service Award* Ursula B. Kaiser, MD Ursula Kaiser, MD, has been involved in service to the Endocrine Society continuously since 1997. She has served as member or chair on the Student Affairs Committee, Publications Committee, Laureate Awards Committee, Annual Meeting Steering Committee, Research Affairs Committee, and Committee on Governance Affairs. She...No Place Like Home: How Environmental Factors Impact Disparities in Obesity Treatment
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Roy O. Greep Award for Outstanding Research Takashi Kadowaki, MD, PhD Adiponectin is an adipocyte hormone that is most abundantly expressed in white adipose tissue. Dr. Kadowaki discovered that adiponectin enhances insulin sensitivity and possesses anti-diabetic actions. He identified and cloned the receptors of adiponectin (AdipoR1 and AdipoR2), both of which are seven-transmembrane receptors....
Vigersky Outstanding Clinical Practitioner Award Frances J. Hayes, MBBCh Frances J. Hayes’s outstanding clinical skills were evident during medical school, when she was awarded the Gold Medal in Clinical Medicine at graduation. After clinical and research leadership roles at the University of Dublin and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Dr. Hayes currently serves as the...
Fred Conrad Koch Lifetime Achievement Award Phillip Gorden, MD For the past 50 years, Phil Gorden has improved the lives of people around the world though his scientific contributions leading to enhanced diagnosis, characterization, and treatment of diabetes and other endocrine conditions. As a physician‐scientist, he has always been systematically patient focused, which created...
