The Federal Government is funded through an annual appropriations process in which both the House of Representatives and the Senate develop funding bills to support 12 different areas of the government, iron out differences, and pass bills by a September 30 deadline or risk shutting down the federal government. The funding bill that covers most...
Researchers Discover Hormonal Pathway that Increases Calorie Burning During Weight Loss
Researchers at McMaster University have uncovered a key mechanism for promoting weight loss and maintaining the burning of calories during dieting, according to a paper published recently in Nature. Researchers led by Gregory R. Steinberg, PhD, a professor of the Department of Medicine at McMaster University and co-director of the Centre for Metabolism, Obesity, and...
While Congress avoided the U.S. defaulting on its loans and an international financial disaster by reaching a deal to suspend the country’s the debt limit, the deal included budget caps that will dramatically affect federal spending for the next two years. This agreement on budget caps now extends to congressional decisions on the annual appropriations...
Endocrine Society Advocates for NIH Funding, Diabetes Prevention; Conducts Diabetes Hill Day
On April 17, a group of Endocrine Society members walked the halls of Congress to meet with their elected representatives and advocate for our priorities related to funding for biomedical research and treatment and prevention of diabetes. Our asks were timely and important; we urged Congress to support an overall funding level of $51 billion...
We are only a few months into 2023, but the Endocrine Society has been busy advocating for its members. The Endocrine Society has traveled near (to Capitol Hill) and far (to Brussels and Bangkok) to advocate for our policy priorities. Our priorities include improved research, treatment, and prevention of diabetes; awareness of endocrine-related research, opportunities,...
The editors from The Journal of the Endocrine Society share their picks for the top endocrine discoveries of 2022. For Journal of the Endocrine Society editor-in-chief Zeynep Madak-Erdogen, PhD, associate professor of nutrition; Sylvia D. Stroup Scholar at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, “Operation of a TCA Cycle Subnetwork in the Mammalian Nucleus” was a...
The Endocrine Society advocates on behalf of our members, the patients they treat, and the science they research. This year, in addition to continuing our virtual advocacy, we had the opportunity to reintroduce several in-person advocacy activities. With help from our members, we successfully advocated for our policy priorities and raised awareness of the value...
Endocrine Society Urges Congress to Complete NIH Appropriations by December 16th Deadline
The Endocrine Society is committed to advocating for increases in the budget of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Our Hill days, advocacy campaigns, and meetings with appropriators have contributed to increases in the NIH budget over the past seven years. Continued investment in the NIH is critical to further our understanding of endocrine disorders...
