The Endocrine Society is extremely disappointed the administration has chosen not to finalize a rule that would have made anti-obesity medications more accessible to millions of Americans with obesity. The administration decided not to implement a proposal that would have allowed Medicare and Medicaid to cover anti-obesity medications for weight loss. Many Medicare and Medicaid...
Endocrine Society Statement on HHS Restructuring, Mass Firings, and Scientific Review
A major reorganization of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) — including massive cuts to the federal workforce — threatens scientific progress that drives our economy and improves the public’s health. Slashing federal funding and staff will hobble the very agencies that fuel medical discoveries and approve new treatments. In addition, the...
Endocrine Society Calls for Restoration of Diabetes Prevention Program
Three decades of landmark research into type 2 diabetes prevention abruptly ended this month due to government funding cuts. The Endocrine Society calls on the administration to restore the Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) and DPP Outcomes Study funded through the National Institutes of Health. The Society is concerned about how the loss of this ongoing...
Endocrine Society members elected Nanette Santoro, MD (left) of the University of Colorado School of Medicine in Aurora, Colo., as its 2026-2027 President. She will serve as President-Elect for a year beginning in July 2025 before becoming President in June 2026. Santoro has served as E. Stewart Taylor Chair of Obstetrics & Gynecology at the...
Donald Patrick McDonnell, PhD, has been awarded the Endocrine Society’s John D. Baxter Prize for Entrepreneurship for discovering hormone therapies for treating breast and prostate cancer, the Society announced today. The John D. Baxter Prize for Entrepreneurship was established to recognize the extraordinary achievement of bringing an idea, product, service, or process to market. This...Grossman Wins 2025 Transatlantic Alliance Award in Endocrinology
The Endocrine Society and the European Society of Endocrinology (ESE) are delighted to announce Professor Ashley Grossman, F.Med.Sci., as the winner of the 2025 Transatlantic Alliance Award. Grossman is emeritus professor of endocrinology at the University of Oxford and a senior research fellow at Green Templeton College in Oxford, U.K. He also is a consultant endocrinologist...
For more than 80 years, the Endocrine Society has recognized the achievements of endocrinologists worldwide. The Laureate Awards recognize endocrinologists for seminal research, meritorious service, leadership and mentorship, innovation, international contributions, education, translation of science to practice, and lifetime achievement. Established in 1944, the Society’s Laureate Awards recognize the highest achievements in the endocrinology field,...Webinar Will Examine Concerns Around Compounding Anti-Obesity Medications
Endocrine Society to host virtual Science Writers Conference Nov. 14 Surging demand for a new generation of highly effective anti-obesity medications is creating interest in compounded versions of these medications. Endocrine Society experts will discuss the importance of prescribing FDA-approved medications to treat obesity during the Society’s Virtual Science Writers Conference on November 14. What:...
