Endocrine Society member Gerald I. Shulman, MD, PhD, is the recipient of the American Diabetes Association’s (ADA’s) 2018 Banting Medal for Scientific Achievement, the ADA’s highest honor. The Banting Medal recognizes significant, long-term contributions to the understanding, treatment, or prevention of diabetes. Shulman will be recognized with this honor during the ADA’s 78th Scientific Sessions, June 22-26,...
Endocrine Society member David D. Thompson, PhD, has been named senior vice president and chief scientific officer at Inozyme Pharma, a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to developing treatments for rare and debilitating metabolic diseases. Thompson brings to Inozyme more than 30 years of experience designing and leading research and development programs focused on bone disorders and...
But you may say, we asked you to speak about women and fiction – what has that to do with a room of one’s own? … All I could do was offer you an opinion upon one minor point – a woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to...
Joshua Safer, MD, an internationally renowned clinical endocrinologist and authority on transgender medicine, has joined the Mount Sinai Health System as executive director of the Center for Transgender Medicine and Surgery (CTMS), the first and only center in New York — and one of a few pioneers nationwide — to provide transgender patients with a...
French researcher André Ulmann honored for innovation in hormone science, medicine French physician and researcher André Ulmann, M.D., Ph.D., won the Endocrine Society’s first-ever John D. Baxter Prize for Entrepreneurship for his advances in women’s health and rare endocrine conditions, the Society announced today. Ulmann founded HRA Pharma and built the company into a leader...
Lawrence Frohman, who passed away March 4, 2018, enjoyed a long and distinguished career as a brilliant neuroendocrinologist who made groundbreaking discoveries in the hypothalamic control of metabolism, and growth hormone production, and the genetics of familial growth hormone-secreting tumors. He performed pioneering work on the control of GH secretion and identified and partially purified...
Kevin J. Catt, of Chevy Chase Md., a member of the Endocrine Society since 1970, died October 1, 2017 at age 85, after a long illness. Catt was a powerhouse in endocrinology who participated actively in the Endocrine Society as member of the Council, and as member of the editorial boards of The Journal of...
Ferring Pharmaceuticals announced the recipients of the 2017-2018 Innovation Grants Program, an annual initiative of the Ferring Research Institute (FRI) based in San Diego, Calif. This global program supports research in the fields of reproductive medicine and women’s health, urology, gastroenterology, hepatology, and endocrinology. This year, five Endocrine Society members were awarded 2017 – 2018...