Underlying problem of rising insulin prices still needs to be addressed. The Endocrine Society applauds the House of Representatives for hearing our call to improve insulin affordability for people with diabetes as it prepares to vote on the Affordable Insulin Now Act this week. The bill would cap patients’ out-of-pocket insulin costs to $35 per month for people on Medicare and private...
Past President William F. Young, Jr., will serve as inaugural Editor-in-Chief. The Endocrine Society announced it will launch a new open access, online-only journal featuring reports on clinical cases and clinical problem solving from across the field of endocrinology. JCEM Case Reports will be fully peer-reviewed and begin publishing issues in late 2022. Society Past...
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...
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...
Policy supports needs of transgender and nonbinary researchers The Endocrine Society has introduced a policy to make it simpler for authors of articles published in its peer-reviewed journals to update their names following a name change. The policy is designed to support authors who are transgender or nonbinary, as well as those who change their...
President Biden cites need for affordable diabetes care in State of the Union. The Endocrine Society praised President Biden for affirming his commitment to improving insulin affordability during the State of the Union address. We cannot lose sight of this ongoing crisis, which continues to impact millions of Americans living with diabetes. The Administration must...
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...