Aritro Sen, PhD, assistant professor, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism at the University of Rochester, Rochester, N.Y., is one of 11 recipients of a 2016 – 2017 Ferring Innovation Grant. Sen was awarded the grant based on his research paper, “Regulation of AMH expression by GDF9+BMP15 and FSH during follicular development as a novel therapeutic...
Members in the News: Abel Receives Appointments to NHLBI, ACCA
Dale Abel, MD, PhD, was recently appointed to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute’s (NHLBI) Advisory Council of the National Institutes of Health as well as elected to the American Clinical and Climatological Association (ACCA). Abel, director of the Fraternal Order of Eagles Research Center, director of the Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism in...Members in the News: Anne L. Peters Joins Livongo’s Clinical Advisory Board
Anne L. Peters, MD, has been added to the first Clinical Advisory Board of the consumer digital health company, Livongo Health, based in Mountain View, Calif. Peters, a professor of medicine at the University of Southern California; director of USC Westside Center for Diabetes, and a practicing physician at Keck Medicine of USC – Beverly...
Dr. Teresa Woodruff has been a remarkable leader within the Endocrine Society, at her institution, nationally, and globally. Among her accomplishments as Endocrine Society president were overseeing changes in brand identity for the Society, a new logo and tagline, the purchase of the new Endocrine Society headquarters, and the hiring of a new CEO. She...
International Excellence in Endocrinology Award Chandrika Wijeyaratne, DM, MD It is my great privilege to nominate a remarkable physician, Dr. Chandrika Wijeyaratne, for the Endocrine Society’s International Excellence in Endocrinology Award. She is professor of reproductive medicine in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Colombo, and Honorary Consultant Physician and Endocrinologist at...
Outstanding Mentor Award Margaret E. Wierman, MD Margaret E. Wierman is a professor in medicine, physiology and biophysics and OBGYN at the University of Colorado. Throughout her career as a physician scientist, Dr. Wierman has mentored postdoctoral fellows, graduate and medical students, residents, and fellows with an infectious enthusiasm. She ensures each has a strong...
Outstanding Innovation Award Matthias Tschöp, MD It was with great pleasure that I nominated physician-scientist Matthias Tschöp, MD, for the 2017 Outstanding Innovation Award of the Endocrine Society. Professor Tschöp, who currently serves as director of the Helmholtz Diabetes Center and Chair of Metabolic Diseases at the Technische Universität München, Germany, discovered several leading...
Richard E. Weitzman Outstanding Early Career Investigator Award Nima Sharifi, MD Nima Sharifi, MD, is the Kendrick Family Endowed Chair for Prostate Cancer Research at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. He has quickly become a leader in castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) research, using innovative strategies to boldly rewrite the pathways of androgen synthesis and...
