The Endocrine Society’s 2023 Laureate Richard E. Weitzman Outstanding Early Career Investigator Award recipient, Rana K. Gupta, PhD, talks to Endocrine News about his research, his parents’ influence, his advice to young investigators, and why his “happy place” is at the bench. The research lab became his “happy place” as a young undergraduate. Fast forward... The Endocrine Society’s 2023 Laureate Richard E. Weitzman Outstanding Early Career Investigator Award recipient, Rana K. Gupta, PhD, talks to Endocrine News about his research, his parents’ influence, his advice to young investigators, and why his “happy place” is at the bench. The research lab became his “happy place” as a young undergraduate. Fast forward...
Honored by both the Endocrine Society and the European Society of Endocrinology with the 2023 Transatlantic Alliance Award, George Chrousos, MD, ScD, has made significant contributions to endocrine research on both sides of the Atlantic! Endocrine News speaks with Chrousos about what this award means to him, conducting pioneering research on two different continents, the...
Two months after his new book, Rethinking Hypothyroidism, hit the shelves, Antonio Bianco, MD, PhD, talks to Endocrine News about, well, rethinking hypothyroidism. From his research of thyroid metabolism and deiodinases to why researchers and clinicians have often been so mystified by hypothyroidism for centuries, Bianco discusses why treating hypothyroidism is a “solution followed by...
For many years, the burgeoning cases of diabetes have been at alarming – some would even use the phrase “pandemic” – levels. When the COVID-19 pandemic swept the planet, new solutions to combat diabetes were sorely needed. Endocrine News sits down with Christopher Holliday, PhD, MPH, FACHE, who is heading up the CDC’s Division of...
Every year the Endocrine Society recognizes endocrinologists who are in the early stages of their research careers with the Early Investigator Awards. Endocrine News spoke to the five researchers from around the world to find out more about their award-winning research, the award’s potential impact, as well as the biggest challenges facing them today. While...
At only six years old, Karel Pacak, MD, PhD, DSc, decided that he needed to help “those who suffer the most — cancer patients.” Endocrine News talks to Pacak about his research, the renowned pheochromocytoma symposium he launched, and his thoughts on the next generation of physician-scientists. Fueled at a very young age by the...
Endocrine News reached out to a few of the Endocrine Society’s Outstanding Educator Laureates to share insights into the state of endocrine education. Ann Danoff, MD; Kenneth Burman, MD; Laurence Katznelson, MD; and Carolyn Becker, MD, discuss the past, present, and future of educating endocrinologists, the best advice they’ve ever received, and how they motivate...
