Endocrine Society Experts Call for Plastics Treaty to Protect Public from Chemical Exposure
Endocrine Society experts called on the nations participating in talks to develop a global plastics treaty to seize the opportunity to protect the public from dangerous endocrine-disrupting chemicals found in plastics. Society member Marina Fernandez, PhD, spoke during the plenary of the United Nations Environment Programme Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution Wednesday. “Our community...
A two-volume series of books entitled Metabolism & Medicine was published recently that details a scientific approach for not only predicting disease, but for preventing it as well. Written from the perspective of a full-time clinician in collaboration with a world-renowned biophysicist, the author of this tome is Endocrine Society member Brian Fertig, MD, founder and...
Robert Walker Harrison III, MD, passed away on May 3, 2023. Harrison was a native Mississippian, a graduate of Tougaloo College (Class of 1961) and the Northwestern University Medical School (Class of 1966). After medical school, he served in the United States Navy as a commissioned officer, stationed in Newport, R.I. He then completed an...
Anzela Niraula, PhD, of the University of Washington in Seattle, won the Endocrine Society’s 2023 Endocrine Images Art Competition for her image of the microglia mandala. This contest celebrates the beauty of endocrine science, and entries were judged based on aesthetic value and significance to endocrine research. Niraula’s image of the microglia (above) won the...
Robert George Dluhy, MD, a devoted physician, humanitarian, and academic scientist passed away peacefully on May 25, 2022, in Boston, Ma. He was 85. Born in Passaic, N.J., son of the late Leona Fila and John George Dluhy, he earned his BA degree in biology from Princeton University, graduating Phi Beta Kappa and Magna Cum...
Endocrine Society member Rexford S. Ahima, MD, PhD, has been elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences (AAAS). Ahima, director of the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, and a professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md., is one of nearly 270 members elected in 2023 drawn from...
