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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...
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When Robert J. Lefkowitz, MD, received the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2012, that was only part of his storied career as a physician scientist. With a new book on the shelves – and online shopping carts – Lefkowitz talks to Endocrine News about misconceptions about scientists, what inspired him to write a book, and...
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Dr. Judith Weisz, professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Penn State College of Medicine, passed away on Oct. 27 at the age of 94. She was one of the longest-serving faculty members at Penn State College of Medicine with more than 45 years of service and was the first female faculty member to be tenured...
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Congratulations to the 2018 awardees for this year’s Osteoporosis Fellows Series being held August 1 — 2 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. This two-day conference is designed for clinical endocrine fellows in adult and pediatric programs that are looking to update their knowledge of rare bone diseases and clinical best practices. The faculty will select the top four abstracts presented at the Osteoporosis conference for an additional speaking session at the Santa Fe Bone...
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Five new Officers and Council Members will join the leadership of the Endocrine Society, the world’s largest global membership organization of endocrinologists dedicated to accelerating scientific innovation and improving health worldwide. The Society is a global community of 18,000 clinicians and researchers energized by the promise of unravelling the mysteries of hormone disorders to care...
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USA Today‘s Diagnosis: Diabetes Magazine—Dollars & Cents: Experts suggest ways to offset rising insulin costs Clinical Affairs Core Committee Chair Robert Lash, MD, discussed the importance of using diabetes medications as directed in the national newspaper’s digital magazine on diabetes. Le Monde —Perturbateurs endocriniens : la fabrique d’un mensonge (Endocrine disrupters: the manufacture of a...
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The Endocrine Society on Thursday will host a Twitter chat focused on polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) to coincide with women’s health month, moderated by Society member Genevieve S. Neal-Perry, MD, PhD, who directs the University of Washington Medicine’s Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Center. Nearly 10 percent of women have PCOS, and it is one of the...
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Former Endocrine Society president Teresa K. Woodruff, PhD, professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University in Chicago, yesterday participated in an Ask Me Anything (AMA) session on the social media site Reddit. The platform allows the participant to field questions from “Redditors,” so we’d thought we’d share some of the highlights below. Of course, each...
