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Drucker, Habener Receive 2021 Canada Gairdner International Award

Endocrine Society members Daniel J. Drucker, MD, and Joel Habener, MD, have been recognized with the 2021 Canada Gairdner International Award for their research on glucagon-like peptides that has led to major advances in the treatment of type 2 diabetes, obesity, and intestinal disorders. Drucker, editor-in-chief of Endocrine Reviews, is a professor in the Department...
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Meet New Endocrine Society President Carol H. Wysham, MD

Version 2 The Endocrine Society is pleased to welcome its president for 2021 – 2022, Carol H. Wysham, MD, who took office March 23, 2021, at the end of the Endocrine Society’s official business meeting during ENDO 2021. As a clinical endocrinologist and diabetologist at the Rockwood Clinic, part of the MultiCare Health System in Spokane, Wash.,...
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Hydelene Dominguez Receives Endocrine Society’s C. Wayne Bardin International Travel Award 

Dominguez Endocrine Society selected Hydelene Dominguez, MD, as the first winner of the C. Wayne Bardin International Travel Award. The award was established to pay tribute to Bardin, who passed away in 2019 and made remarkable research contributions to both reproductive physiology and contraception throughout his long career.   The award recognizes Bardin’s passion for recognizing and nurturing young researchers by covering the costs to send a young, outstanding endocrinologist to ENDO, the annual meeting of the Endocrine...
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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...
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Meet the 2021 Laureates: Teresa K. Woodruff, PhD

woodruff-teresa-kaye-2020 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...
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Meet the 2021 Laureates: Guillermo Umpierrez, MD, CDE

Umpierrez, Guillermo - approved August 2015_jpg 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...
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