Endocrine Society Honors Endocrinology Field’s Leaders with 2020 Laureate Awards
The Endocrine Society has chosen 13 leading endocrinologists as winners of its prestigious 2020 Laureate Awards, the top honors in the field. These professionals have achieved breakthroughs in scientific discoveries and clinical care benefiting people with hundreds of conditions, including diabetes, thyroid disorders, obesity, hormone-related cancers, growth problems, osteoporosis, and infertility. Established in 1944, the Society’s Laureate Awards recognize the highest achievements in the...
The Endocrine Society’s minority outreach has steadily evolved from simply a “good idea” over 20 years ago into a life-changing program for hundreds of minority endocrinologists for generations to come. What started as a vision of Thomas Landefeld, PhD, in the late 1990s has changed the life trajectories of hundreds of minority research scientists...
The Endocrine Society last Wednesday hosted stakeholders representing each of the nation’s major primary care associations for a roundtable aimed at identifying the best ways to collaborate – sharing resources and supporting one another in order to improve patient care. Representatives from six medical associations – the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), the American...
[Editor’s note: This post has been updated to include the great work of Knock Out Rounds third place winner Loize Marechal, MSc, a PhD student at the University of Montreal, who presented her study on how a sub-optimal womb environment can affect metabolic health.] Scientists and clinicians descended upon the Crescent City in anticipation of being...
