While most organizations would have found 2020 a challenging year, the Endocrine Society’s Adrenal and Pituitary Special Interest Group managed to thrive with the help of new technology, expert staff guidance, and a group of determined members. The Endocrine Society’s Adrenal and Pituitary Special Interest Group (AP-SIG) was created to connect physicians and scientists...
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...
Star Power: Talking to the Winners of the 2021 Rising Stars Power Talks
ENDO 2021 saw the debut of a new virtual poster competition called the Rising Stars Power Talks where 15 trainees explained their research and took questions from a virtual audience. Endocrine News catches up with the winners to learn more about their research, their future plans, and more. When ENDO 2021 took place last month,...
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.,...Hydelene Dominguez Receives Endocrine Society’s C. Wayne Bardin International Travel Award
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...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...
Endocrine Society Names Kate Fryer as Chief Executive Officer
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...Endocrine Society, Partners to Intervene in U.K. Transgender Medicine Court Appeal
Case could determine future access to care for gender diverse youth The United Kingdom’s High Court has granted permission for a coalition of LGBTQ+, youth, reproductive health and medical organizations, including the Endocrine Society, to intervene in an appeal of its decision that minors under age 16 likely could not give informed consent for pubertal...
