Endocrine Society Announces 2021 Early Investigator Award Winners
The Endocrine Society has selected five recipients for its Early Investigators Awards. The Early Investigators Awards were established to assist in the development of early career investigators and to recognize their accomplishments in endocrine-related research. The Endocrine Society’s 2021 Early Investigators Award winners are: Himanshu Arora, PhD, of the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Fla. Arora’s lab focuses on exploring the therapeutic efficacy of immunotherapy against different stages of prostate cancer and using...
Gerald D. Aurbach Award for Outstanding Translational Research Teresa K. Woodruff, PhD Teresa K. Woodruff, PhD, the 2021 recipient of the Gerald D. Aurbach Award for Outstanding Translational Research, was recently appointed provost at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Mich., following a 25-year career at Northwestern University in Chicago, Ill. A past president...
Outstanding Scholarly Physician Award Guillermo Umpierrez, MD, CDE Guillermo Umpierrez, MD, professor of medicine at Emory University School of Medicine, a renowned expert in the management of diabetes mellitus in the hospital setting, epitomizes the attributes of a physician scholar through his research, teaching, and lifelong learning. Driven by his keen intellect, curiosity, and...
Outstanding Leadership in Endocrinology Award Helena Teede, MBBS, FRACP, PhD, FAAHMS In Australia and internationally, Helena Teede brings longstanding passionate commitment and visionary leadership to endocrinology. Her current roles span endocrinology practice, research, healthcare, education, government, and not-for-profit sectors. Under her leadership, Monash Health Diabetes Unit is one of four Australian National Diabetes...
Outstanding Innovation Award Richard J.M. Ross, MBBS, MD, FRCP Richard J. Ross is an exceptional clinical scientist in the tradition of clinical scientists addressing the unmet needs of patients and translating these from bed to bench and back as innovative drugs. His research on optimizing endocrine replacement therapy has focused on replacement of cortisol...
Outstanding Public Service Award Anne L. Peters, MD Anne Peters is nominated for decades-long service to the care of under privileged populations, through both her professional activities as a physician, her writings, educational activities, and as a volunteer. Anne has consistently sought to raise up all those around her, irrespective of their socioeconomic status....
International Excellence in Endocrinology Award Ambrish Mithal, MD, DM Ambrish Mithal, MD, DM, is an Indian endocrinologist, who serves as the head of the Endocrinology and Diabetes Division of Medanta, the Medicity, in Delhi. Over the past 25 years, Dr. Mithal has made pioneering contributions to the growth of endocrinology, establishing and running endocrine...
Richard E. Weitzman Outstanding Early Career Investigator Award Alexander S. Kauffman, PhD Alexander (Sasha) Kauffman, PhD, is an internationally recognized leader in researching the regulation of the neuroendocrine reproductive axis in development and adulthood, as well as the hormonal and neural mechanisms underlying sex differences in puberty and reproductive physiology. Kauffman has demonstrated a...
