In 2022, the Endocrine Society partnered with DocMatter to launch a new online member community, but what is it? How does it work? What can you expect from it? This is your Endocrine Society DocMatter Community 101 to help you get the most out of this exciting new member benefit! 1. What is the Endocrine...
Outstanding Scholarly Physician Award Bryan Haugen, MD Haugen is a professor of medicine and pathology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine in Aurora, Colo., and a recognized leader in the evaluation and management of thyroid cancer. He played a key role in studies that showed the effectiveness of recombinant human thyroid‐stimulating hormone as...
Richard E. Weitzman Outstanding Early Career Investigator Award Rana K. Gupta, PhD Rana K. Gupta, PhD, is a professor of medicine at Duke University School of Medicine in Durham, N.C. He spent a decade building a research program at the University of Texas Southwestern that has earned international recognition for its novel contributions to the...
Society calls on Congress to take urgent action to save lives, improve health The Endocrine Society applauds President Biden’s call to rein in soaring insulin prices for those with private insurance and urges Congress to take immediate action. Biden plans to highlight the need for insulin affordability during tonight’s State of the Union address. He...
The Wolf Prize in Medicine for 2023 has been awarded to Daniel J. Drucker, MD, “for pioneering work in elucidating the mechanisms and therapeutic potential of enteroendocrine hormones.” Drucker, professor of medicine at the Lunenfeld Tanenbaum Research Institute of Mt. Sinai Hospital and the University of Toronto in Toronto, Canada, is being recognized for having...
Outstanding Educator Award David Stephen Cooper, MD Cooper is a professor of medicine and radiology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Bethesda, Md. He has been a faculty member at Johns Hopkins for more than 30 years and is an international leader in the thyroid and endocrine community for his work treating...
Roy O. Greep Award for Outstanding Research Joseph Bass, MD, PhD Bass is the Charles F. Kettering Professor of Medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, Ill. As a world leader in circadian biology and endocrinology, his creativity and insights as an endocrinologist were instrumental in his discovery that a mutation in...
R. Scott Struthers, PhD, has been awarded the Endocrine Society’s John D. Baxter Prize for Entrepreneurship for his contributions to drug discovery and development programs for endocrine diseases, the Society announced on January 25. The John D. Baxter Prize for Entrepreneurship was established to recognize the extraordinary achievement of bringing an idea, product, service, or...
The Wolf Prize in Medicine for 2023 has been awarded to Daniel J. Drucker, MD, “for pioneering work in elucidating the mechanisms and therapeutic potential of enteroendocrine hormones.” Drucker, professor of medicine at the Lunenfeld Tanenbaum Research Institute of Mt. Sinai Hospital and the University of Toronto in Toronto, Canada, is being recognized for having...
R. Scott Struthers, PhD, has been awarded the Endocrine Society’s John D. Baxter Prize for Entrepreneurship for his contributions to drug discovery and development programs for endocrine diseases, the Society announced on January 25. The John D. Baxter Prize for Entrepreneurship was established to recognize the extraordinary achievement of bringing an idea, product, service, or...
