On January 8, incoming Endocrine Society Secretary Treasurer Richard S. Legro, MD, paid a visit to the Society’s Washington, D.C. headquarters for a “lunch and learn” session with Society staff. Legro, professor of obstetrics and gynecology and public health sciences at Penn State College of Medicine in Hershey, Pa., spoke to the staff about a...
The Endocrine Society increasingly is called to contribute to policy discussions in the U.S. and globally concerning regulation of endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs). The Society’s goal in reaching out to regulators, policymakers, and other stakeholders is to ensure that regulatory decisions involving EDCs incorporate relevant endocrine principles and are informed by modern endocrine science. In...
Lisa M. Wyatt Named Endocrine Society’s Chief Communications Officer
Lisa M. Wyatt, MS, APR, has joined the Endocrine Society as Chief Communications and Marketing Officer. She is responsible for developing and implementing a forward-looking, comprehensive communications and marketing strategy that will result in a cohesive and coherent communications platform across all media, connecting all content and products and engaging members and friends. “Lisa’s deep...
Cynthia Stuenkel, MD, Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Diego and chair of the Endocrine Society’s recently published clinical practice guideline, Treatment of Symptoms of the Menopause, presented at a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) workshop on November 10 on potential changes to package labels for vaginal estrogen therapies. The North...
This year marks the Endocrine Society’s 100th year of serving its members and the profession — and that calls for a celebration! We’re spending all of 2016 celebrating advancements in the field, honoring an illustrative past of scientific breakthroughs, and looking forward to a future full of innovation treating endocrine disorders. Each month will be...
Meeghan De Cagna, MS, CAE, has joined the Endocrine Society as chief strategic partnerships officer in late November and will lead the Development and Strategic Partnerships Department (formerly Corporate Relations). According to Society CEO Barbara Byrd Keenan, De Cagna will head up strategic growth through the development of programs and key relationships with Society supporters...
The Society launched its new Dimensions in Diabetes program in Chennai, India on Saturday November 20 and Sunday November 21 as part of Diabetes Awareness month activities. Eight Society members contributed to this curriculum that covered the basics of diabetes management like diet, nutrition, and motivational interviewing, managing special patient populations, including pregnant patients and...
The Endocrine Society’s second scientific statement on endocrine-disrupting chemicals was highlighted in an opinion piece written by New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof which was published Saturday, November 28. Kristoff quoted the Society’s position that links endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) to diabetes and obesity, which is one of the many citations in the statement that was...