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Endocrine Society Urges Congress to Pass Legislation to Lower Insulin Prices

Applauds reintroduction of H.R. 3, the Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act to improve access to affordable medications The Endocrine Society is calling on Congress to pass legislation to lower the price of insulin and applauds the efforts of Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone Jr. (D-NJ), Ways and Means Committee Chairman...
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Meet New Endocrine Society President Carol H. Wysham, MD

Version 2 The Endocrine Society is pleased to welcome its president for 2021 – 2022, Carol H. Wysham, MD, who took office March 23, 2021, at the end of the Endocrine Society’s official business meeting during ENDO 2021. As a clinical endocrinologist and diabetologist at the Rockwood Clinic, part of the MultiCare Health System in Spokane, Wash.,...
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Hydelene Dominguez Receives Endocrine Society’s C. Wayne Bardin International Travel Award 

Dominguez Endocrine Society selected Hydelene Dominguez, MD, as the first winner of the C. Wayne Bardin International Travel Award. The award was established to pay tribute to Bardin, who passed away in 2019 and made remarkable research contributions to both reproductive physiology and contraception throughout his long career.   The award recognizes Bardin’s passion for recognizing and nurturing young researchers by covering the costs to send a young, outstanding endocrinologist to ENDO, the annual meeting of the Endocrine...
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Endocrine Society Issues Scientific Statement on Sex Differences in Research

Biological differences between females and males need to be considered in scientific studies. Biological differences between females and males affect virtually every aspect of medicine and biomedical research. In a new Scientific Statement released today, the Endocrine Society called for sex differences to be studied thoroughly to improve public health. “When we understand the ways...
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Endocrine Society Names Kate Fryer as Chief Executive Officer

Fryer headshot The Endocrine Society is excited to announce the selection of Kate Fryer as the organization’s next chief executive officer. Fryer has served in numerous scientific association leadership positions with deep experience in strategic planning, membership, scientific publishing, communications, society operations, as well as meetings and conferences. “The year of COVID-19 was difficult for everyone, but...
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Endocrine Society Makes Recommendations to Reduce Insulin Prices

The Endocrine Society is calling on policy makers to include government negotiation as part of an overall strategy to reduce insulin prices in its updated position statement published today in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. More than 34 million Americans have diabetes, and another 88 million are at risk for developing the disease. The cost of insulin has...