Joy Wu Named Vice Chair of Basic Science at Stanford Department of Medicine
Five Endocrine Society Members Elected to the National Academy of Medicine
Endocrine Society members Rexford Ahima, MD, PhD, Myles Brown, MD, Nancy Carrasco, MD, Mark Evers, MD, and Joel Hirschhorn, MD, PhD, have been elected to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM). They are five of the 90 regular members and 10 international members who were announced on October 19 at NAM’s annual meeting. Election to...
Endocrine Society Welcomes European Commission’s Chemical Strategy
The Endocrine Society welcomed the European Commission’s new Chemical Strategy for Sustainability and its measures to protect the public from endocrine-disrupting chemicals. The communication was released Wednesday as part of the European Green Deal. The strategy is designed to be the foundation for the biggest update to Europe’s chemical regulations in more than a decade. The chemical strategy commits to a hazard identification for endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs), including strict measures to prevent them from being used in consumer products. In...
A new tool for anyone in the United States struggling to access life-sustaining insulin launched today at GetInsulin.org. Created by global diabetes nonprofit organization Beyond Type 1, GetInsulin.org connects people with diabetes who take insulin to assistance programs and low-cost solutions that match their unique situation. Insulin is a life-essential medicine for over seven million people with...
Gut Instincts: The Endocrinologists Behind the 2020 Warren Alpert Foundation Prize
Endocrine Society members Daniel J. Drucker, MD, and Joel F. Habener, MA, MD, talk to Endocrine News about their 2020 Warren Alpert Foundation Prize-winning research of key intestinal hormones, as well as their distinguished careers and what this award means to them. On October 1, the Warren Alpert Foundation Prize will be presented in a...