Jean Rivier was a chemist both in training and spirit, but by isolating and characterizing many then-undiscovered peptide hormones, and providing the synthetic peptide tools critical to experimental biology to study them, he became a pioneer of our modern understanding of the biological roles of peptides in regulating nearly all physiologic systems ranging from endocrinology...
Carolyn Smith, PhD, professor of molecular and cellular biology and chair of the Endocrine Society’s Annual Meeting Steering Committee (AMSC), was named dean of the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. Smith is also a member of the Dan L. Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center where her research...
The seventh annual meeting of EndoBridge® took place October 24-27, 2019 in Antalya, Turkey, co-hosted by the Endocrine Society and European Society of Endocrinology in collaboration with the Society of Endocrinology and Metabolism of Turkey. The meeting was held in English with simultaneous translation into Russian, Arabic, and Turkish and accredited by the European Accreditation...
On October 31, Endocrine Society immediate past-president Susan Mandel, MD, MPH, was recognized by the American Thyroid Association’s (ATA) Women in Thyroidology (WIT) with its 2019 Women in Thyroidology Woman of the Year Award. The WIT Woman of the Year award was established in 2012 to recognize outstanding women who have demonstrated a long-standing commitment...
C. Wayne Bardin was a giant in the field of endocrinology who contributed substantially to our knowledge of reproductive physiology, the development of unique methods of contraception and the clinical care of patients with disorders of reproduction. His legacy includes not only his research contributions but also his leadership and service to the endocrine community....
Endocrine Society members Cheri L. Deal, MD, and Christopher S. Kovacs, MD, are the co-editors of a new textbook devoted to normal and abnormal endocrinology of pregnant and lactating women as well as the fetus and infant. Titled Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Endocrinology: Physiology, Pathophysiology, and Clinical Management, the 1,138-page paperback volume was published by Elsevier...
The Endocrine Society has chosen 13 leading endocrinologists as winners of its prestigious 2020 Laureate Awards, the top honors in the field. These professionals have achieved breakthroughs in scientific discoveries and clinical care benefiting people with hundreds of conditions, including diabetes, thyroid disorders, obesity, hormone-related cancers, growth problems, osteoporosis, and infertility. Established in 1944, the Society’s Laureate Awards recognize the highest achievements in the...
Last year, Endocrinology began soliciting nominations for early-career endocrinologists to review papers for the Endocrine Society’s (and endocrinology’s) premier journal, an effort spearheaded by Endocrinology’s editor-in-chief Teresa K. Woodruff, PhD, of Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, and supported by the journal’s associate editors. “Endocrinology is a field of many hormones, many organs,...
Jean Rivier was a chemist both in training and spirit, but by isolating and characterizing many then-undiscovered peptide hormones, and providing the synthetic peptide tools critical to experimental biology to study them, he became a pioneer of our modern understanding of the biological roles of peptides in regulating nearly all physiologic systems ranging from endocrinology...
Carolyn Smith, PhD, professor of molecular and cellular biology and chair of the Endocrine Society’s Annual Meeting Steering Committee (AMSC), was named dean of the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. Smith is also a member of the Dan L. Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center where her research...
The seventh annual meeting of EndoBridge® took place October 24-27, 2019 in Antalya, Turkey, co-hosted by the Endocrine Society and European Society of Endocrinology in collaboration with the Society of Endocrinology and Metabolism of Turkey. The meeting was held in English with simultaneous translation into Russian, Arabic, and Turkish and accredited by the European Accreditation...
On October 31, Endocrine Society immediate past-president Susan Mandel, MD, MPH, was recognized by the American Thyroid Association’s (ATA) Women in Thyroidology (WIT) with its 2019 Women in Thyroidology Woman of the Year Award. The WIT Woman of the Year award was established in 2012 to recognize outstanding women who have demonstrated a long-standing commitment...
C. Wayne Bardin was a giant in the field of endocrinology who contributed substantially to our knowledge of reproductive physiology, the development of unique methods of contraception and the clinical care of patients with disorders of reproduction. His legacy includes not only his research contributions but also his leadership and service to the endocrine community....
Last year, Endocrinology began soliciting nominations for early-career endocrinologists to review papers for the Endocrine Society’s (and endocrinology’s) premier journal, an effort spearheaded by Endocrinology’s editor-in-chief Teresa K. Woodruff, PhD, of Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, and supported by the journal’s associate editors. “Endocrinology is a field of many hormones, many organs,...
