As 2020 winds down, Endocrine News is taking a quick jaunt down memory lane to focus on the many accomplishments the Endocrine Society had over the course of the last 12 months. Despite various obstacles and upended plans, 2020 turned out to be a remarkable year for progress and successful new endeavors. We were somewhere...
The Endocrine Society and the Pediatric Endocrine Society oppose legislative efforts to block transgender and gender diverse individuals from accessing gender-affirming medical and surgical care, the two medical societies said in a joint policy perspective published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. In the past three years, legislators in 17 states have proposed more than two dozen bills barring medical and surgical treatments for transgender and gender diverse youth and adults. Many of these bills reflect widespread...
From the Bench to the Clinic: Remembering Alan Schneyer, PhD
Alan Schneyer, PhD, was a distinguished researcher directing National Institutes of Health-funded laboratories at the Massachusetts General Hospital and the University of Massachusetts – Amherst. After early work examining LH and FSH and their actions in species from dolphins to humans, Alan developed a laboratory studying hormones that regulate gonadotropins. His research focused on the...Endocrine Society Members Named 2020 Lasker Clinical Research Scholars
Endocrine Society members Alison Boyce, MD, and Stephanie Chung, MBBS, are among the five scientists that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) selected for the 2020 Lasker Clinical Research Scholars program, a partnership with the Lasker Foundation that supports the emergence of the next generation of clinician-researchers. Chief of the Metabolic Bone Disorders Unit, National...
The Endocrine Society’s AP-SIG Shares Adrenal and Pituitary Knowledge
As Endocrine News reported in the August issue, the Endocrine Society launched a series of Special Interest Groups (SIGs) in 2019 to allow members with similar interests to come together to collaborate both within and outside the SIG. The goal of the Adrenal and Pituitary Special Interest Group (AP-SIG) steering committee (currently chaired by Niki...
Joy Wu Named Vice Chair of Basic Science at Stanford Department of Medicine
In October 2020, it was announced that Joy Wu, MD, PhD, has been appointed as vice chair, Basic and Translational Science, Department of Medicine, at Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, Calif. In this new role, Wu will provide leadership and vision to further the basic science research mission in the department. Wu is a board-certified...
Endocrine News talks with Connie Newman, MD, chair of the committee that created the latest Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline on Lipid Management in Patients with Endocrine Disorders. According to the latest Clinical Practice Guideline issued by the Endocrine Society, all adults with endocrine disorders should be tested for high cholesterol and triglycerides to...
The 8th Annual Meeting of EndoBridge® was held between 22-24 October 2020 as a virtual event due to ongoing concerns regarding COVID-19 pandemic. As usual, the three-day scientific program, accredited by the European Council, included state of the art lectures and interactive expert discussion panels on challenging and interesting clinical cases. Simultaneous translation into Russian,...
