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Endocrine Society Issues Scientific Statement to Improve Detection of Curable Forms of Hypertension

A new Scientific Statement issued by the Endocrine Society advises healthcare providers on ways to spot hormonal causes of hypertension that can be cured with surgery or treated effectively with medication. Without effective screening, common hormonal causes of hypertension, such as the disorder termed “primary aldosteronism,” often go undiagnosed and untreated. This can leave individuals...
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Why Endocrinology: The Logical Choice

Hamvik As a child, when someone asked “What do you want to be when you grow up?” my answers included gardener, chef, and baker, but never doctor. Later, I wanted to see the world and work as a diplomat. This led me to move from my native Norway to France for high school, where I first...
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Endocrine Society Members Share 2017 Harrington Prize

The fourth annual Harrington Prize for Innovation in Medicine has been jointly awarded to Endocrine Society members Daniel J. Drucker, MD, and Joel F. Habener, MD, for their discovery of incretin hormones and for the translation of these findings into transformative therapies for major metabolic diseases such as diabetes. They share the award with Jens...
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Global Leadership Academy Launches at ENDO 2017

When researchers and clinicians get to a certain stage in their careers, often their momentum can grow somewhat stagnant. Their education and much of their training is already behind them so the future can be somewhat uncertain. At this stage in many careers, it is time to assume a leadership role. However, for endocrinology professionals,...
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Endocrine News Named Most Improved Magazine

EN_June2016_cover Endocrine News’ revamped design and refocused editorial has garnered it a Gold Award for Most Improved Magazine as part of the 2017 Association Trends Salute to Association Excellence awards, which were announced at a luncheon event in Washington D.C. on Thursday February 23. The Association Trends All Media contest is one of the association community’s...
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Members in the News: Sen Receives Innovation Grant

Aritro Sen, PhD, assistant professor, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism at the University of Rochester, Rochester, N.Y., is one of 11 recipients of a 2016 – 2017 Ferring Innovation Grant. Sen was awarded the grant based on his research paper, “Regulation of AMH expression by GDF9+BMP15 and FSH during follicular development as a novel therapeutic...
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Members in the News: Abel Receives Appointments to NHLBI, ACCA

Abel, Evan Dale - Approved 2011_JPG Dale Abel, MD, PhD, was recently appointed to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute’s (NHLBI) Advisory Council of the National Institutes of Health as well as elected to the American Clinical and Climatological Association (ACCA). Abel, director of the Fraternal Order of Eagles Research Center, director of the Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism in...