Faeth Therapeutics, a healthcare company developing machine learning-driven precision nutrition solutions and therapeutic regimens to treat cancer, announced the appointment of Endocrine Society member Thomas Strack, MD, as chief medical officer. Strack brings more than 29 years of biopharmaceutical industry and has led all phases of clinical development. Strack previously served as senior vice president,...
Dynamic Duo: Talking with the Editors of a New Book on Endocrine Diseases in Pregnancy
Nadia Barghouthi, MD, MPH, (near right) and Jessica Perini, MD, MS, colleagues in the Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism at West Virginia University School of Medicine, talk to Endocrine News about their new book, Endocrine Diseases in Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period, what they discovered while researching it and who needs this book in their...Martin M. Matzuk, MD, PhD, Wins Top Award from Society for the Study of Reproduction
Endocrine Society member Martin M. Matzuk, MD, PhD, has won the 2022 Carl G. Hartman Award, the highest award given by the Society for the Study of Reproduction (SSR), for his outstanding career of research and scholarly activities in the field of reproductive biology. “What an absolute pleasure and honor it is for the SSR...
Endocrine Society member Will Charton, MD, MAS, has been appointed chief medical office at Spruce Biosciences, Inc., a late-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing novel therapies for rare endocrine disorders with significant unmet medical need. Charlton, a board-certified pediatric endocrinologist with over 15 years of clinical research experience in industry and academia, will...Society Members Honored by the American Diabetes Association
Several Endocrine Society members have been honored by the American Diabetes Association® (ADA) as recipients of 2022 National Scientific and Health Care Achievement Awards. The awards honor academics, healthcare providers, and educators who have contributed to substantial advances in the field of diabetes care and research. “These extraordinary individuals receiving the ADA’s National Scientific and...
Endocrine Explorers: Catching up with the 2021 REGMS Participants
Endocrine News talks with several of the early-career scientists who are participating in the Endocrine Society’s 2021 Research Experiences for Graduate and Medical Students (REGMS) program to learn more about their work in the laboratory and how the program has helped them during the early stages of their careers. Encouraged by their principal investigators and...
John Wass, MD, MA, FRCP Outstanding Leadership in Endocrinology Award John Wass, MD, MA, FRCP, is a clinical researcher and educator at Oxford University in Oxford, England, whose contributions have had a significant effect on patients with pituitary disease. His early observations about the importance of single-surgeon expertise for acromegaly outcomes paved the way many...
Michael W. Schwartz, MD Roy O. Greep Award for Outstanding Research Michael W. Schwartz, MD, holds the Robert H. Williams Chair in Medicine at the University of Washington in Seattle, Wash., where he has been on faculty since 1996. He’s published over 260 peer-reviewed studies that have shaped our understanding of how the brain regulates energy balance and glucose homeostasis,...
