This award is made possible by the generous support of Dr. and Mrs. Delbert A. Fisher, MD. Dr. Fisher is a renowned leader in the development of international neonatal screening programs to detect congenital hypothyroidism. He has made extensive contributions to the advancement of endocrine research and has served the community as a distinguished educator.
Each year, the Delbert A. Fisher Research Scholar Award provides a $2,000 honorarium to a scholar demonstrating exceptional work in the preservation of the history of endocrinology. The scholar also delivers the Clark T. Sawin Memorial History of Endocrinology Lecture at ENDO, the Endocrine Society's Annual Meeting, and submits a summary article to be considered for publication in Endocrine News.
The Sawin lecture is one of the highest attended sessions at ENDO. The lecture is intended to be a broad, comprehensive, and scholarly narrative of the history on the chosen topic. Important discoveries, milestones, and significant contributions by those in the field, including the recipient's own work, are outlined and discussed. Personal insights and historical vignettes are encouraged.
The Endocrine Society thanks Dr. and Mrs. Delbert A. Fisher for their generous support, which makes this award possible.
Lectures from 2015 to present are available on ENDO Sessions and can be watched, or listened to, by searching that site for "Sawin" or using the links below.
Engineering Reproduction: A Brief History of Reproductive Tissue Transplantation for Endocrine and Fertility Restoration
Teresa K Woodruff, PhD | Watch | Listen
Estrogens Over 90 Years: Discovery, Indications, and Implications
Richard J Santen, MD | Watch | Listen
A Chemist, a Patient and the 1950 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine: The Stories Behind the Stories on Cortisone
William F Young, Jr., MD, MSc | Watch | Listen
A Biographical History of Endocrinology
D. Lynn Loriaux, MD, PHD | Watch | Listen
The History of Gigantism
Márta Korbonits, MD, PhD | Watch | Listen
All are welcome to apply or nominate.
Following the application period, nominations are reviewed by a selection panel comprised of the Chairs of the Annual Meeting Steering Committee. The application requires the following, and each section is limited to 500 words:
Year | Recipient | Institution |
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2019 | Teresa K. Woodruff, PhD | Northwestern University |
2018 | Evan R. Simpson, BSc, PhD | Centre for Reproductive Health, The Queen's Medical Research Institute (UK) |
2018 | Richard J. Santen, MD | University of Virginia Health System |
2017 | William Young, MD, MSc | Mayo Clinic |
2016 | D. Lynn Loriaux, MD, PhD | Oregon Health & Science University |
2015 | Márta Korbonits, MD, PhD | Barts and the London School of Medicine (UK) |
2014 | Eberhard Nieschlag, MD, PhD, FRCP | University of Muenster Center of Reproductive Medicine and Andrology |
2013 | Jesse Roth, MD | The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research |
2012 | Leonard Wartofsky, MD | Washington Hosptial Center |
2011 | Michael F. Holick, MD, PHD | Boston University Medical Center |
2010 | D. Lynn Loriaux, MD, PhD | Oregon Health & Science University |
2009 | John W. Funder, MD, PhD | Hudson Institute of Medical Research |
2008 | Neena B. Schwartz, PhD | Northwestern University |
2007 | Michael J. Bliss, PhD |
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