Outstanding Clinical Investigator Award Robert H. Eckel, MD University of Colorado Robert H. Eckel, MD, is an amazing physician-scientist who has performed outstanding clinical and translational research for over 30 years. Bob is one of the very few endocrinologists who has been president of the American Heart Association, which reflects not only his exemplary leadership...
Outstanding Scholarly Physician Award David S. Cooper, MD Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine David S. Cooper, MD, professor of medicine and radiology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, is the winner of the Endocrine Society’s Outstanding Scholarly Physician Award for 2016. This annual award recognizes outstanding contributions to the practice of clinical...
Outstanding Educator Award Steven Anderson, PhD University of Colorado An outstanding educator facilitates learning, takes pride in the success of others, is a dedicated mentor, and an energetic advocate. Steven Anderson, PhD, the James C. Todd Professor of Experimental Pathology at the University of Colorado, displays all of these characteristics and is this year’s Endocrine...
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, 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...
Outstanding Clinical Investigator Award Robert H. Eckel, MD University of Colorado Robert H. Eckel, MD, is an amazing physician-scientist who has performed outstanding clinical and translational research for over 30 years. Bob is one of the very few endocrinologists who has been president of the American Heart Association, which reflects not only his exemplary leadership...
Outstanding Scholarly Physician Award David S. Cooper, MD Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine David S. Cooper, MD, professor of medicine and radiology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, is the winner of the Endocrine Society’s Outstanding Scholarly Physician Award for 2016. This annual award recognizes outstanding contributions to the practice of clinical...
Outstanding Educator Award Steven Anderson, PhD University of Colorado An outstanding educator facilitates learning, takes pride in the success of others, is a dedicated mentor, and an energetic advocate. Steven Anderson, PhD, the James C. Todd Professor of Experimental Pathology at the University of Colorado, displays all of these characteristics and is this year’s Endocrine...
