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Meet the 2022 Laureates: Kathryn A. Martin, MD

Martin_Laureate2022 Kathryn A. Martin, MD  Outstanding Educator Award Kathryn A. Martin, MD, is an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, and has been a faculty member and practicing clinician in the Reproductive Endocrine Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Mass., since 1989. In addition to her clinical practice, Martin has an active teaching...
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Meet the 2022 Laureates: Rita Rastogi Kalyani, MD, MHS

Kalyani_Laureate2022 Rita Rastogi Kalyani, MD, MHS  Outstanding Public Service Award Rita Rastogi Kalyani, MD, MHS, is an associate professor of medicine in the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Md, where she’s an active clinician and sees patients regularly in the Johns Hopkins Comprehensive Diabetes Center. Kalyani...
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The Heat Is On: Global Warming and Endocrinology

EN_0122_EN_COVER Endocrine leaders say it is time for endocrinologists to step up to the challenges of a warming and polluted planet, according to a recent editorial in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. But what are the challenges in changing the behaviors of patients as well as clinicians? Endocrinologists need to broaden their work for...
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Meet the 2022 Laureates: Shingo Kajimura, PhD

Kajimura_Laureate2022 Shingo Kajimura, PhD  Richard E. Weitzman Outstanding Early Career Investigator Award As an investigator at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston Mass., Shingo Kajimura, PhD, has made pioneering contributions to the field of endocrinology and metabolism by identifying the key determinants of adipose tissue development and function.  Kajimura’s work transformed our fundamental understandings of how brown/beige fat controls energy homeostasis...
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Members in the News: Laurie E. Cohen, MD, Takes on New Role at CHAM

laurie cohen The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore (CHAM) has recruited Laurie E. Cohen, MD, as the new chief of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes. Cohen specializes in endocrine issues experienced by childhood cancer survivors, such as growth hormone deficiency and infertility. She is also an expert in growth disorders and short stature in children. Throughout her career, Cohen...
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Endocrine Itinerary: Endocrinology Meetings Around the World

In order to connect the endocrinology communities around the world to the most relevant and up to date scientific content, Endocrine News is going to start running an online calendar of events that will be updated on a regular basis. Check back here or go to the Endocrine Society’s calendar listings for meetings — both...
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Meet the 2022 Laureates: Lourdes Ibáñez, MD, PhD

Ibanez_Laureate2022 Lourdes Ibáñez, MD, PhD  International Excellence in Endocrinology Award Lourdes Ibáñez, MD, PhD, is a pediatric endocrinologist at Sant Joan de Déu Barcelona Hospital and chairman of Pediatrics, chair of Clinical Research in Endocrinology at the University of Barcelona in Barcelona, Spain. A worldwide leader in the field of polycystic ovary syndrome, Ibáñez pioneered the use of combined, low-dose insulin sensitization for the treatment of the disease — a novel therapeutic approach directed...
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Endocrine Society Statement Addresses Racism in Endocrinology

The Endocrine Society calls for policies to address racial and ethnic inequities in the endocrine workforce and in access to care, the Society says in a perspective published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. “Health disparities are one of the most pressing issues facing science and medicine,” says Ruban Dhaliwal, MD, MPH, Research Physician...