Antentor Hinton Jr., PhD, assistant professor of molecular physiology and biophysics at the School of Medicine Basic Sciences at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn., has been awarded a grant from Chan Zuckerberg Initiative’s Science Diversity Leadership program. The $1.15 million, five-year grant will support his work on “finding organelle contacts in human tissue across ethnicities...
Children with obesity who have recently lost weight are more likely to show hunger-related activity in their brains after a meal, according to research presented at the 60th Annual European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology Meeting. This brain activity, reflecting that they were unsatisfied by their meal, happens even though their gut hormone levels have changed, as...
We will not forget ENDO 2022 any time soon. Nothing compared to the elation of seeing long-time friends face-to-face after spending nearly two years connected only through computer screens! We will continue to focus on knowledge exchange and networking at ENDO 2023, which will take place in Chicago from June 15 to 18, 2023. Based...
To commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Korean Endocrine Society (KES), Endocrine News is sharing a history of a vital sister organization to the Endocrine Society. First founded as a discussion group, the KES has grown into an internationally recognized endocrinology association that has impacted patient care and scientific research around the world. The Korean...
In May, the Endocrine Society launched its latest Special Interest Group (SIG) focused on oncoendocrinology. Even though there is a SIG devoted to endocrine cancers, this new SIG will focus on endocrine and metabolic consequences of non-endocrine cancers and their treatments. In 2019, the Endocrine Society launched Special Interest Groups (SIGs) with the aim of...
This month, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism is publishing “Appropriate Use of Telehealth Visits in Endocrinology: Perspective Statement of the Endocrine Society.” Since this new modality is here to stay, Endocrine News talks to the authors about which patients are better candidates for telehealth than others, why endocrinology seems tailor-made for this new...
The Endocrine Society and the European Society of Endocrinology (ESE) have jointly awarded the 2023 Transatlantic Alliance Award to Prof. George P. Chrousos, MD, ScD. Chrousos is professor emeritus of pediatrics and endocrinology at National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA) School of Medicine in Athens, Greece. He also is the UNESCO Chair on Adolescent...
Women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) in Alabama may be more likely to have excessive hair growth and insulin resistance, whereas women with PCOS in California may be more likely to have higher testosterone levels, according to new research published in the Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. PCOS affects 7–10% of women of childbearing age...