Zvi Laron, MD, PhD, was honored by Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, in April with the title of Honoris Causa Professor for his outstanding contribution to medical science as well as his remarkable academic achievements. Laron received the 2001 Laureate Award for Outstanding Clinical Research Investigator. Head of the Endocrinology & Diabetes Research Unit, Schneider...
Thomas Landefeld, PhD, professor of biology at California State University, Dominguez Hills, was named the university’s Advisor of the Year for 2017. Landefeld was presented the award at the CSUDH President’s Leadership and Service Awards ceremony earlier this spring. In nominating him, students pointed to his years of dedication in fostering diversity in health fields...
John Paul Bilezikian, PhD, MD, was honored by Pisa University in Italy with a doctorate honoris causa in clinical and translational science. Bilezikian, chief of the Division of Endocrinology and director of Metabolic Bone Diseases Program at Columbia University in New York, is a past editor-in-chief of The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (2000...Members in the News: Willard Dere Named to Seres Therapeurtics’ Board
Endocrine Society member Willard Dere, MD, professor of internal medicine, executive director of Personalized Health, and co-director of the Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences at the University of Utah Health Sciences Center, has been appointed to the Seres Therapeutics board of directors. Dere brings to Seres more than two decades of scientific, clinical, and...
Several esteemed members of the Endocrine Society are making their own headlines in a variety of media around the world. Check them out below: Runner’s World – What Runners Need to Know About Missing Their Periods Catherine Gordon, MD, MSc, and Kathryn Ackerman, MD, MPH, discussed the Society’s new Clinical Practice Guideline on functional hypothalamic...
The Endocrine Society is remembering Agnes “Agi” Schonbrunn, PhD, vice chair, Department of Integrative Biology & Pharmacology at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, who passed away in June. Schonbrunn was an enthusiastic member of the Endocrine Society and was a member of the Annual Meeting Steering Committee at the time of... Endocrine Society members Barbara B. Kahn, MD, Mitchell A. Lazar, MD, PhD, and Christopher K. Glass, MD, PhD, have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), which recognizes achievement in science and provides science, engineering, and health policy advice to the federal government and other organizations. Kahn, an international leader in the field...
Society Past-President Andrea Dunaif Named Division Chief at Mount Sinai
Endocrine Society past-president, Andrea Dunaif, MD, has been appointed the new Chief for the Hilda and J. Lester Gabrilove Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Bone Disease for the Mount Sinai Health System. She replaces Society member Derek Leroith, MD, PhD, who served as interim chief for the last year. Dunaif, who served as the Endocrine...
