Endocrine Society member and 2024 recipient of the Transatlantic Alliance Award, Felix Beuschlein, MD, has been named editor-in-chief of the European Society of Endocrinology (ESE)’s flagship journal, the European Journal of Endocrinology (EJE). He will assume his post in May 2024 when the current editor-in-chief and fellow Endocrine Society member, Wiebke Arlt, MD, DSc, FRCP,...
The research world has lost an innovator, mentor, advocate, and friend. It is with great sadness that the Endocrine Society reports that John Helmer Nilson, former editor-in-chief of Molecular Endocrinology, vice president for basic science, and recipient of the 2011 Sidney H. Ingbar Award for Distinguished Service, passed away in September while on holiday in...
J. Larry Jameson, MD, PhD, was named interim president of the University of Pennsylvania in a unanimous motion by the school’s board of trustees last month. Jameson had previously served as dean of Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine. “Penn is a remarkable institution that I am honored and humbled to lead and serve,” Jameson says. “Penn, like...
The Endocrine Society applauds Governor Mike Dewine’s veto of a proposed Ohio law that would have banned gender-affirming care for minors. The bill he vetoed contradicts mainstream medical practice and scientific evidence and would have taken medical decision-making out of the hands of families and their physicians and instead relied upon government officials. More than...
The statement Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis made during Wednesday’s Republican presidential debate contradicts mainstream medical practice and scientific evidence. DeSantis’ comments characterizing gender-affirming care for transgender and gender-diverse youth as child abuse and genital mutilation do not reflect the healthcare landscape. Contrary to widespread misinformation, gender-affirming genital surgery is rarely offered to anyone under the...
The Endocrine Society and the European Society of Endocrinology (ESE) are delighted to announce that they have awarded the 2024 Transatlantic Alliance Award to Professor Felix Beuschlein, MD. Beuschlein is professor of internal medicine/endocrinology and director of the Clinic for Endocrinology, Diabetology, and Clinical Nutrition at the University Clinic Zurich in Switzerland. He received his...
To celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month, Endocrine News spoke to an array of our U.S.-based Hispanic members to get their colorful insights on their careers, accomplishments, challenges, and what advice they have for young Hispanic endocrinologists just starting out. In the U.S., Hispanic Heritage Month takes place in the from September 15 to October...
Endocrine Society members Ursula B. Kaiser, MD, Daniel J. Drucker, MD, and Roger J. Davis, PhD, FRS, have been elected to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM). Kaiser, Drucker, and Davis are three of the 90 regular members and 10 international members who were announced on October 9. Kaiser, a past president of the Endocrine...