Obituary: Endocrine Researcher Jens Sandahl Christiansen, 1948 – 2015
Jens Sandahl Christiansen, Professor of Internal Medicine, DMSci, FRCPI, Aarhus University Hospital has died at the age of 67. A long-time active member of the Endocrine Society, Christensen served on several task force committees and spoke at several ENDOs. With well over 600 publications, his impact on the field of endocrinology is substantial and he...
On January 8, incoming Endocrine Society Secretary Treasurer Richard S. Legro, MD, paid a visit to the Society’s Washington, D.C. headquarters for a “lunch and learn” session with Society staff. Legro, professor of obstetrics and gynecology and public health sciences at Penn State College of Medicine in Hershey, Pa., spoke to the staff about a...
The Endocrine Society increasingly is called to contribute to policy discussions in the U.S. and globally concerning regulation of endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs). The Society’s goal in reaching out to regulators, policymakers, and other stakeholders is to ensure that regulatory decisions involving EDCs incorporate relevant endocrine principles and are informed by modern endocrine science. In...
Lisa M. Wyatt Named Endocrine Society’s Chief Communications Officer
Lisa M. Wyatt, MS, APR, has joined the Endocrine Society as Chief Communications and Marketing Officer. She is responsible for developing and implementing a forward-looking, comprehensive communications and marketing strategy that will result in a cohesive and coherent communications platform across all media, connecting all content and products and engaging members and friends. “Lisa’s deep...
Cynthia Stuenkel, MD, Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Diego and chair of the Endocrine Society’s recently published clinical practice guideline, Treatment of Symptoms of the Menopause, presented at a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) workshop on November 10 on potential changes to package labels for vaginal estrogen therapies. The North...