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...Endocrine Society Names Kate Fryer as Chief Executive Officer
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...
Fred Conrad Koch Lifetime Achievement Award Phillip Gorden, MD For the past 50 years, Phil Gorden has improved the lives of people around the world though his scientific contributions leading to enhanced diagnosis, characterization, and treatment of diabetes and other endocrine conditions. As a physician‐scientist, he has always been systematically patient focused, which created...
Outstanding Mentor Award James R. Gavin, III, MD, PhD James Raphael Gavin III, MD, PhD, is a clinical professor of medicine at Emory University and Indiana University, the CEO & Chief Medical Officer of Healing Our Village, Inc., and the national program director emeritus for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Harold Amos Medical Faculty...
