House appropriations bill would slash life-saving medical research, disease prevention and treatment. The Endocrine Society opposes severe funding cuts proposed in the House Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor-HHS) funding bill that would put life-saving endocrine research, disease prevention, and treatment at risk. The House Appropriations Committee is planning to mark up...
The Endocrine Society’s Journal of the Endocrine Society (JES) received its first Impact Factor score in 2022, while the Society’s other journals maintained high rankings on the prestigious measure of scholarly publishing. The 2022 Impact Factors were released June 28 by Journal Citation Reports, an annual publication of Clarivate Analytics. JES, which launched in 2017,...
The Endocrine Society Nominating Committee is seeking dedicated member leaders to serve on the Board of Directors. If you are passionate about endocrinology, have served on Endocrine Society committees, and want to join the team to drive the strategy forward, please consider nominating yourself or a colleague for one of the following open positions: (Candidates...
Edwin B. Astwood Award for Outstanding Research in Basic Science Holly A. Ingraham, PhD Ingraham is the Herzstein Endowed Professor in Molecular Physiology at University of California, San Francisco in San Francisco, Calif. As a world leader in hormone signaling, Ingraham has illuminated basic molecular processes controlling endocrine development and physiology, with recent emphasis on...
Vigersky Outstanding Clinical Practitioner Award Zilbermint is an associate professor of clinical medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the chief and director of endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism at the Johns Hopkins Community Physicians Suburban Hospital in Bethesda, Md. He is an outstanding clinician, well recognized for his excellent clinical care and...
A new Scientific Statement released today by the Endocrine Society highlights the differences between aspects of aging that are normal and sometimes over-treated, and those such as menopausal symptoms and osteoporosis that can be treated and deserve more attention. “Hormones and Aging: An Endocrine Society Scientific Statement,” reviews the current state of research on hormonal...
The Endocrine Society selected Dalal S. Ali, MD, as the recipient of its 2023 C. Wayne Bardin, MD, International Travel Award for her outstanding ENDO abstract and research contributions related to bone disease, calcium, and endocrine disorders in pregnancy. Ali is a clinical fellow in metabolic bone disease at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada,...
Endocrine Society experts called on the nations participating in talks to develop a global plastics treaty to seize the opportunity to protect the public from dangerous endocrine-disrupting chemicals found in plastics. Society member Marina Fernandez, PhD, spoke during the plenary of the United Nations Environment Programme Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution Wednesday. “Our community...