Endocrine Society Experts Call for Plastics Treaty to Protect Public from Chemical Exposure
Endocrine Society experts called on the nations participating in talks to develop a global plastics treaty to seize the opportunity to protect the public from dangerous endocrine-disrupting chemicals found in plastics. Society member Marina Fernandez, PhD, spoke during the plenary of the United Nations Environment Programme Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution Wednesday. “Our community...
A two-volume series of books entitled Metabolism & Medicine was published recently that details a scientific approach for not only predicting disease, but for preventing it as well. Written from the perspective of a full-time clinician in collaboration with a world-renowned biophysicist, the author of this tome is Endocrine Society member Brian Fertig, MD, founder and...
As one of the world’s leading experts in circadian biology and endocrinology, Joseph Bass, MD, PhD, was an obvious choice for the Endocrine Society’s 2023 Roy O. Greep Outstanding Research Laureate Award. He talks to Endocrine News about the award, his mentors along the way, and how he became so enamored with the science behind...
Robert Walker Harrison III, MD, passed away on May 3, 2023. Harrison was a native Mississippian, a graduate of Tougaloo College (Class of 1961) and the Northwestern University Medical School (Class of 1966). After medical school, he served in the United States Navy as a commissioned officer, stationed in Newport, R.I. He then completed an...
