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Endocrine Society Congratulates 2023 Early Investigator Award Winners 

The Endocrine Society has selected five recipients for its 2023 Early Investigator Awards.   The Early Investigators Awards were established to assist in the development of early career investigators and to recognize their accomplishments in endocrine-related research. The Endocrine Society’s 2023 Early Investigator Award winners are:  Kotaro Sasaki, MD, PhD, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa....
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3 Questions With: Brian Fertig, MD

Brian-J-Fertig_HS1 A two-volume series of books entitled Metabolism & Medicine was published recently that details a scientific approach for not only predicting disease, but for preventing it as well. Written from the perspective of a full-time clinician in collaboration with a world-renowned biophysicist, the author of this tome is Endocrine Society member Brian Fertig, MD, founder and...
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Remembering Robert Walker Harrison, III, MD

robert harrison Robert Walker  Harrison III, MD, passed away on May 3, 2023.  Harrison was a native Mississippian, a graduate of Tougaloo College (Class of 1961)  and the Northwestern University Medical School (Class of 1966).  After medical school, he served in the United States Navy as a commissioned officer, stationed in Newport, R.I.  He then completed an...
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Endocrine Society’s New Scientific Statement Identifies Research Gaps in Pediatric, LGBTQIA Care

In a new Scientific Statement released today, the Endocrine Society identifies areas for future endocrine research to reduce health disparities in pediatric and sexual and gender minoritized populations.  This Scientific Statement expands the Society’s 2012 statement by focusing on endocrine disease disparities in the pediatric and sexual and gender minoritized populations. These include pediatric and...
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Niraula Wins 2023 Endocrine Images Art Competition 

Endocrine Images Winner - Anzela Niraula of the University of Washington for the microglia mandala image Anzela Niraula, PhD, of the University of Washington in Seattle, won the Endocrine Society’s 2023 Endocrine Images Art Competition for her image of the microglia mandala.  This contest celebrates the beauty of endocrine science, and entries were judged based on aesthetic value and significance to endocrine research.  Niraula’s image of the microglia (above) won the...
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A Physician’s Physician – Remembering Robert G. Dluhy,1937-2022

dluhy Robert George Dluhy, MD, a devoted physician, humanitarian, and academic scientist passed away peacefully on May 25, 2022, in Boston, Ma. He was 85. Born in Passaic, N.J., son of the late Leona Fila and John George Dluhy, he earned his BA degree in biology from Princeton University, graduating Phi Beta Kappa and Magna Cum...
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Members in the News: Ahima Elected to the AAAS

rexford_ahima Endocrine Society member Rexford S. Ahima, MD, PhD, has been elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences (AAAS). Ahima, director of the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, and a professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md., is one of nearly 270 members elected in 2023 drawn from...
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Endocrine Society Endorses Bipartisan Bill to Address Insulin Affordability

The Endocrine Society today endorsed the Improving Needed Safeguards for Users of Lifesaving Insulin Now (INSULIN) Act of 2023, a bipartisan insulin affordability bill. Introduced by Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Susan Collins (R-ME), this legislation would cap out-of-pocket insulin costs for those with private insurance, ensure patients can share in insulin rebates and discounts,...
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