The Endocrine Society has selected five recipients for its Early Investigators Awards. The Early Investigators Awards were established to assist in the development of early-career investigators and to recognize their accomplishments in endocrine-related research. The Endocrine Society’s 2022 Early Investigators Award winners are: Omar Bello-Chavolla, MD, PhD, Instituto Nacional de Geriatría, Mexico City, Mexico –Bello-Chavolla...
Endocrine News talks with Christine M. Burt Solorzano, MD, chair of the committee that helped launch the Endocrine Society’s reinvigorated patient outreach program, EndoCares. With an in-person event taking place in Atlanta during ENDO 2022, EndoCares is set to become an important bridge between the Endocrine Society’s members and the patients they treat. The...
Shlomo Melmed, MB, ChB, the first recipient of the Transatlantic Alliance Award from the Endocrine Society and the European Society of Endocrinology (ESE) will be a featured speaker at ENDO 2022. Melmed’s talk, “Growth Hormone: An Adult Endocrine Misnomer,” will be featured in the Presidential Plenary, “Health Equity in Endocrinology” beginning at 2 p.m. on...
Gary Hammer, MD, PhD, Millie Schembechler professor of Adrenal Cancer at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Mich., won the Endocrine Society’s Endocrine Images Art Competition, a contest celebrating the beauty of endocrine science. Entries were judged based on aesthetic value and significance to endocrine research. Hammer’s image of the adrenal gland took the top...
In anticipation of the Endocrine Society’s new open access journal, JCEM Case Reports, its editor-in-chief, William F. Young, Jr., MD, talks to Endocrine News about how this new journal will have a place for both master clinicians and early-career physicians to present their cases, why it’s important to hear the patient’s perspective, as well as...
Endocrine Society issues Scientific Statement to explain the endocrine roles of extracellular vesicles. In a new Scientific Statement released today, the Endocrine Society describes the importance of extracellular vesicles as a new research target for understanding the causes of certain endocrine disorders such as cancer and diabetes and discovering new treatments for these disorders. During...
Misinformation disregards science and restricts access to evidence-based care. The Endocrine Society objects to the Florida Department of Health’s bulletin on gender-affirming care for transgender and gender-diverse youth. The bulletin contradicts the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services’ resources and the Society’s own evidence-based Clinical Practice Guideline regarding gender-affirming care. We call on the Florida Department...
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,...