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Endocrine Society Congratulates 2023 Early Investigator Award Winners 

The Endocrine Society has selected five recipients for its 2023 Early Investigator Awards.   The Early Investigators Awards were established to assist in the development of early career investigators and to recognize their accomplishments in endocrine-related research. The Endocrine Society’s 2023 Early Investigator Award winners are:  Kotaro Sasaki, MD, PhD, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa....
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3 Questions With: Brian Fertig, MD

Brian-J-Fertig_HS1 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...
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Fascinating [Circadian] Rhythm: Q&A with Joseph Bass, MD, PhD

Joseph-T.-Bass_Headshot_GreepAward 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...
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Remembering Robert Walker Harrison, III, MD

robert harrison 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...
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Poster Presentation Pointers – Early-Career Members Share Their Research Presentation Tips

For first-time attendees, presenting research at an international conference such as ENDO 2023 can be a little intimidating. Early-career members Diana M. Dimayuga, MD, and PhD candidate Jewel Banik share what they learned when they presented their research last year at ENDO 2022 in Atlanta. Soon after Diana M. Dimayuga, MD, submitted her late-breaking meta-analysis...
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Weight Loss with Combination Anti-Obesity Medications Approximates that Achieved with Bariatric Surgery

Weight loss achieved through the use of a combination of anti-obesity medications (AOMs) can approach the reduction seen in bariatric surgery, according to a paper recently published in JCEM Case Reports. Researchers led by Priya N. Patel, MD, of the Center for Pediatric Obesity Medicine at the University of Minnesota Medical School in Minneapolis point...
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Endocrine Society’s New Scientific Statement Identifies Research Gaps in Pediatric, LGBTQIA Care

In a new Scientific Statement released today, the Endocrine Society identifies areas for future endocrine research to reduce health disparities in pediatric and sexual and gender minoritized populations.  This Scientific Statement expands the Society’s 2012 statement by focusing on endocrine disease disparities in the pediatric and sexual and gender minoritized populations. These include pediatric and...
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An ENDO to Remember, Part IV: A Scientific Oasis

ROB FOWKES (ENDO Council elections) Only the birth of his children — and a global pandemic — could keep Rob Fowkes, PhD, away from ENDO! A devoted attendee since the Minneapolis meeting in 1997 (even though Prince did not perform), he discusses meeting his heroes, watching his grad students network, and reveling with international attendees over the World Cup finals....
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