Outstanding Innovation Award Richard J.M. Ross, MBBS, MD, FRCP Richard J. Ross is an exceptional clinical scientist in the tradition of clinical scientists addressing the unmet needs of patients and translating these from bed to bench and back as innovative drugs. His research on optimizing endocrine replacement therapy has focused on replacement of cortisol... Outstanding Innovation Award Richard J.M. Ross, MBBS, MD, FRCP Richard J. Ross is an exceptional clinical scientist in the tradition of clinical scientists addressing the unmet needs of patients and translating these from bed to bench and back as innovative drugs. His research on optimizing endocrine replacement therapy has focused on replacement of cortisol...
Outstanding Public Service Award Anne L. Peters, MD Anne Peters is nominated for decades-long service to the care of under privileged populations, through both her professional activities as a physician, her writings, educational activities, and as a volunteer. Anne has consistently sought to raise up all those around her, irrespective of their socioeconomic status....
The Endocrine Society is excited to announce the selection of Kate Fryer as the organization’s next chief executive officer. Fryer has served in numerous scientific association leadership positions with deep experience in strategic planning, membership, scientific publishing, communications, society operations, as well as meetings and conferences. “The year of COVID-19 was difficult for everyone, but...
International Excellence in Endocrinology Award Ambrish Mithal, MD, DM Ambrish Mithal, MD, DM, is an Indian endocrinologist, who serves as the head of the Endocrinology and Diabetes Division of Medanta, the Medicity, in Delhi. Over the past 25 years, Dr. Mithal has made pioneering contributions to the growth of endocrinology, establishing and running endocrine...
Richard E. Weitzman Outstanding Early Career Investigator Award Alexander S. Kauffman, PhD Alexander (Sasha) Kauffman, PhD, is an internationally recognized leader in researching the regulation of the neuroendocrine reproductive axis in development and adulthood, as well as the hormonal and neural mechanisms underlying sex differences in puberty and reproductive physiology. Kauffman has demonstrated a...
Sidney H. Ingbar Distinguished Service Award* Ursula B. Kaiser, MD Ursula Kaiser, MD, has been involved in service to the Endocrine Society continuously since 1997. She has served as member or chair on the Student Affairs Committee, Publications Committee, Laureate Awards Committee, Annual Meeting Steering Committee, Research Affairs Committee, and Committee on Governance Affairs. She...
Roy O. Greep Award for Outstanding Research Takashi Kadowaki, MD, PhD Adiponectin is an adipocyte hormone that is most abundantly expressed in white adipose tissue. Dr. Kadowaki discovered that adiponectin enhances insulin sensitivity and possesses anti-diabetic actions. He identified and cloned the receptors of adiponectin (AdipoR1 and AdipoR2), both of which are seven-transmembrane receptors....
Vigersky Outstanding Clinical Practitioner Award Frances J. Hayes, MBBCh Frances J. Hayes’s outstanding clinical skills were evident during medical school, when she was awarded the Gold Medal in Clinical Medicine at graduation. After clinical and research leadership roles at the University of Dublin and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Dr. Hayes currently serves as the...
