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,...
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... 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...
Donald Patrick McDonnell, PhD, has been awarded the Endocrine Society’s John D. Baxter Prize for Entrepreneurship for discovering hormone therapies for treating breast and prostate cancer, the Society announced today. The John D. Baxter Prize for Entrepreneurship was established to recognize the extraordinary achievement of bringing an idea, product, service, or process to market. This...Lift Every Voice: Endocrine News Celebrates Black History Month
To commemorate Black History Month, Endocrine News reached out to several of the Endocrine Society’s Black members to get their insights into their career accomplishments, goals, and even their challenges as well as advice they have for any young Black endocrinologists just beginning their careers. For nearly five decades, the month of February has been...
Grossman Wins 2025 Transatlantic Alliance Award in Endocrinology
The Endocrine Society and the European Society of Endocrinology (ESE) are delighted to announce Professor Ashley Grossman, F.Med.Sci., as the winner of the 2025 Transatlantic Alliance Award. Grossman is emeritus professor of endocrinology at the University of Oxford and a senior research fellow at Green Templeton College in Oxford, U.K. He also is a consultant endocrinologist...
