Just when you thought it was time to roll up the red carpet, four Endocrine Society members have recently been announced as taking home their fair share of prestigious awards that recognize outstanding leaders in research and science. First off, the 2025 Breakthrough Prize for Life Science has been presented to Daniel J. Drucker, MD,...
The Endocrine Society is extremely disappointed the administration has chosen not to finalize a rule that would have made anti-obesity medications more accessible to millions of Americans with obesity. The administration decided not to implement a proposal that would have allowed Medicare and Medicaid to cover anti-obesity medications for weight loss. Many Medicare and Medicaid...
Endocrine Society Statement on HHS Restructuring, Mass Firings, and Scientific Review
A major reorganization of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) — including massive cuts to the federal workforce — threatens scientific progress that drives our economy and improves the public’s health. Slashing federal funding and staff will hobble the very agencies that fuel medical discoveries and approve new treatments. In addition, the...
Shlomo Melmed, MB, ChB, executive vice president of Medicine and Health Sciences and dean of the Medical Faculty at Cedars-Sinai, has been elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) — one of the world’s largest and most prestigious scientific societies and publisher of the Science journals. The lifetime honor recognizes...Endocrine Society Calls for Restoration of Diabetes Prevention Program
Three decades of landmark research into type 2 diabetes prevention abruptly ended this month due to government funding cuts. The Endocrine Society calls on the administration to restore the Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) and DPP Outcomes Study funded through the National Institutes of Health. The Society is concerned about how the loss of this ongoing...
On March 18, Queen’s University in Kington, Ontario, Canada, announced that Lisa Tannock, MD, was appointed dean, Queen’s Health Sciences, and director of the School Medicine, effective July 1. Tannock will join Queen’s University from the University of Kentucky, where she is associate provost for faculty advancement and a professor in the Division of Endocrinology,...
Jameson’s Presidency Extended at the University of Pennsylvania
On March 13, the Board of Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania voted unanimously to appoint Endocrine Society Past-President J. Larry Jameson, MD, PhD, who has served as interim president since December 2023, president of the University for a term that will run through June 30, 2027. In announcing the appointment, Chair of the Board... Endocrine Society members elected Nanette Santoro, MD (left) of the University of Colorado School of Medicine in Aurora, Colo., as its 2026-2027 President. She will serve as President-Elect for a year beginning in July 2025 before becoming President in June 2026. Santoro has served as E. Stewart Taylor Chair of Obstetrics & Gynecology at the...
