A Town Hall sponsored by the Endocrine Society’s Early-Career Special Interest Group (SIG) provided attendees with insight into the professional journeys of a basic scientist, a translational scientist, and a physician-scientist. The Early-Career Special Interest Group (SIG) Webinar “Insider Insights in the Scientist Pathway” welcomed three highly accomplished professors last week, who each shared valuable...
Endocrine Society members David J. Mangelsdorf, PhD; Erica Elizabeth Marsh, MD, MSCI; and Margaret M. McCarthy, PhD have been elected to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM). David J. Mangelsdorf, PhD, is professor and chair, department of pharmacology, and investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas. He was noted for...
Three Endocrine Society members have taken home the 2024 Lasker~DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award. Joel F. Habener, MA, MD, chief of Laboratory of Molecular Endocrinology, Massachusetts General Hospital; Lotte Bjerre Knudsen, DMSc, chief scientific advisor and head of the GLP-1 Centre of Excellence at Novo Nordisk; and Svetlana Mojsov, PhD, research associate professor at Rockefeller...
Endocrine Society member Lorenzo Smith, a PhD candidate at the Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah, has been selected as a Howard Garrison Advocacy Fellow through the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB). This program is designed to train and support scientists seeking opportunities to learn more about the policymaking process...
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...
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...
