Recipients of the Endocrine Society’s 2025 Edwin B. Astwood Award for Outstanding Research in Basic Science, David Mangelsdorf, PhD, and Steven Kliewer, PhD, have spent a lot of time in the lab with drunken mice. Find out how these besotted rodents may hold the secrets behind the evolution of how fibroblast growth factor 21 might...
A conversation with Bruno Ferraz-de-Souza, MD, PhD, and Stephen M. Rosenthal, MD As part of Endocrine News LGBTQ+ Pride Month coverage, we caught up with Bruno Ferraz-de-Souza, MD, PhD, and Stephen M. Rosenthal, MD, who had a lot to say about being openly gay in the world of endocrinology, both in the U.S. and abroad,...
The Joy of Endocrinology: Joy Y. Wu, MD, PhD, Breaks the Glass and Bamboo Ceilings
As Endocrine News celebrates Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, we talk to Joy Y. Wu, MD, PhD, chief of the Division of Endocrinology at Stanford University about her personal and professional journey through the field of endocrinology as well as how her career path has been shaped by her mentors, colleagues, and especially...
Balancing Act: How Dequina Nicholas, PhD, Pays It Forward … with Interest!
Dequina Nicholas, PhD, is an assistant professor at UC Irvine. And a PI in her own laboratory studying PCOS, diabetes, and various women’s health issues. She’s a teacher, mentor, and motivator. She’s a wife and the mom of a toddler. When she’s not writing grants, she’s on hikes with the members of the Nicholas Lab....
Researchers Roundtable: Talking to 2021 Early Investigator Award Winner, Manuel D. Gahete, PhD
Each year the Endocrine Society recognizes endocrinologists who are in the early stages of their research careers by giving out 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 how the COVID-19 pandemic has...
Researchers Roundtable: Talking to 2021 Early Investigator Award Winner, Juan Brito, MD
Each year the Endocrine Society recognizes endocrinologists who are in the early stages of their research careers by giving out 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 how the COVID-19 pandemic has...
Researchers Roundtable: Talking to 2021 Early Investigator Award Winner, Himanshu Arora, PhD
Each year the Endocrine Society recognizes endocrinologists who are in the early stages of their research careers by giving out 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 how the COVID-19 pandemic has...
Robert J. Lefkowitz, MD, first got into research because of the Vietnam War. As described in his new book A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Stockholm: The Adrenaline-Fueled Adventures of an Accidental Scientist, he joined the United States Public Health Service (USPHS) to avoid being sent to Vietnam as a military doctor in...