Antonio Bianco, MD, PhD, has joined the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) as vice president and vice provost, research, and chief research officer, effective Sept. 1. A renowned physician-scientist, scholar, and research leader, Bianco possesses an impressive academic career that includes influential contributions to the field of thyroid diseases and an enduring commitment to...
The Endocrine Society today announced it has chosen 14 leading endocrinologists as winners of its prestigious 2025 Laureate Awards, the top honors in the field. Endocrinologists are scientists and medical doctors who specialize in unraveling the mysteries of hormone disorders to care for patients and cure diseases. These professionals have achieved breakthroughs in scientific discoveries and...
Maria I. New, MD, who served as the Endocrine Society’s president from 1991 to 1992, passed away on July 26, 2024. New was revered for her studies of congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH), which subsequently led to treatments to correct the disorder prior to childbirth. Her groundbreaking identification of mineralcorticoid excess resulted in a new area...
When the Endocrine Society debuted the Endocrine Feedback Loop podcast back in 2020, it quickly took on a life of its own as host and creator Chase Hendrickson, MD, MPH, explains to Endocrine News. More than simply a new and improved journal club, the podcast seeks to educate, inform, and enlighten both listeners and the...
Pharmacologist V. Craig Jordan, OBE, DSc, PhD, a 2018 recipient of the Endocrine Society’s Gerald D. Aurbach Award for Outstanding Translational Research, passed away at the age of 76. Jordan, a professor of Breast and Medical Oncology and Molecular and Cellular Oncology at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, discovered selective estrogen receptor modulators...
The Endocrine Society is pleased to welcome its president for 2024 – 2025, John Newell-Price, MD, PhD, FRCP, who took office during ENDO 2024 in Boston. Newell-Price is Professor of Endocrinology at the University of Sheffield, United Kingdom. He is also head of the Endocrinology Service at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and of...
Instead of viewing being female, Latina, and LGBTQ+ as a hindrance in the realm of surgery, Julie Ann Sosa, MD, MA, FACS, instead proudly asserts that they are actually “superpowers.” And she is determined to harness those powers so that future generations will have an easier path. Pursuing a career in medicine is no easy...
In honor of National Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, Endocrine News reached out to several of our U.S.-based Asian members to get their thoughts on their careers, accomplishments, goals, and even their challenges, as well as advice they have for any young Asian American endocrinologists just beginning their careers. Since 2009, when President...