These awards provide monetary support to assist in the development of early career investigators and recognition of their accomplishments in areas of general endocrinology. Recipients will receive a $1,000 monetary award after presenting at ENDO, one-year complimentary membership to the Society, one-year complimentary access to the Society's online journals, public recognition of research accomplishments in various Society platforms.
Supported by the Endocrine Society
Please Note: Members are eligible to receive one travel award or travel reimbursement per meeting. If you are selected for more than one travel award you will receive the higher monetary value.
Please scan all supporting documents into one PDF file when submitting your application.
| Recipient | Background |
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Kotaro Sasaki, M.D., Ph.D., of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Penn. |
Dr. Sasaki is an assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine and of Laboratory Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. Sasaki’s research is focused on the development of human germline and urogenital organs. His lab’s research discoveries help lay the foundation for understanding the molecular basis of human infertility, reproduction and endocrinology. |
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Louise Gregory, Ph.D., of University College London Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health (ICH) in London, U.K. |
Dr. Gregory is a postdoctoral research scientist at ICH in genetics and genomic medicine, where she is continuing her research into congenital hypopituitarism and related disorders. She is currently investigating novel genes and pathways associated with congenital hypopituitarism, identified through next generation sequencing of her team’s patient cohort. |
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Laura Hernandez-Ramirez, M.D., Ph.D., of the National Autonomous University of Mexico in Mexico City, Mexico |
As an associate researcher at her university, Dr. Hernandez-Ramirez focuses on translational research in neuroendocrinology and human genetics. Her lab seeks to develop platforms for affordable genetic testing to identify the type, frequency and associated outcomes of multiple genetic drivers, and to uncover potential therapeutic targets. |
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Michael Kalwat, Ph.D., of the Indiana Biosciences Research Institute in Indianapolis, Ind. |
Dr. Kalwat is an assistant investigator in the Lilly Diabetes Center of Excellence within the Indiana Biosciences Research Institute's Diabetes Center and a member of the Indiana University School of Medicine's Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases. Kalwat investigates the molecular mechanisms of regulated secretion and the use of genetic and pharmacological tools for this purpose. His lab bridges small molecule and genetic high-throughput screening with target and pathway identification in dedicated secretory cell types. |
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Peter van Dijk, M.D., Ph.D., of The University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG) in Groningen, The Netherlands |
Dr. van Dijk is a clinical academic endocrinologist who specializes in diabetes and general endocrinology. He is passionate about creating customized treatment plans that are focused on his patients’ specific well-being and quality of life. In addition to providing the best care to his patients, he conducts research focused on diabetes mellitus and innovations in technology that advance the treatment of type 1 diabetes. |
2022
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Recipient |
Institution |
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Omar Bello-Chavolla |
Instituto Nacional de Geriatría |
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Fernando Bril |
University of Alabama at Birmingham |
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Lawrence Kazak |
McGill University |
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Estelle Everett |
University of California Los Angeles |
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Tim Korevaar |
Erasmus MC |
| Recipient | Institution |
|---|---|
| Himanshu Arora | University of Miami |
| Ana Aulinas | Hospital de Sant Pau |
| Athanasios Bikas | Brigham and Women's Hospital |
| Juan Brito | Mayo Clinic |
| Manuel D. Gahete | University of Cordoba |
| Recipient | Institution |
|---|---|
| Mehmet Furkan Burak | Harvard School of Public Health |
| Dionysios Chartoumpekis | Lausanne University Hospital |
| Hisham Mohammed | University OF ADELAIDE |
| Hongxia Ren | Indiana University |
| Domenico Trico | University of Pisa |
| Recipient | Institution |
|---|---|
| Caroline Gorvin | University of Birmingham |
| Joanna Spencer-Segal | University of Michigan |
| Mary Ellen Vajravelu | Children's Hospital of Philadelphia |
| Monica Laronda | Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago |
| Subhamoy Dasgupta | Roswell Park Cancer Institute |
| Recipient | Institution |
|---|---|
| Aaron Leong | Massachusetts General Hospital |
| Jarrad Scarlett | University of Washington |
| Jose Cordoba-Chacon | University of Illinois at Chicago |
| Krystle Frahm | University of Pittsburgh |
| Matthew Sikora | University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus |
| Recipient | Institution |
|---|---|
| Amin Ardestani | University of Bremen |
| Andrea Palermo | University Campus Bio-Medico, Roma |
| Anne Bantle | University of Minnesota |
| Bharath Mani | Univerisity of Texas Southwestern Medical Center |
| Charu Baskaran | Massachusetts General Hospital |
| Emily Sims | Indiana University School of Medicine |
| Ernesto Maddaloni | University Campus Bio-Medico, Rome |
| Kavaljit Chhabra | University of Michigan |
| Konstantinos Toulis | AHEPA University Hospital |
| Kyoung MIn Kim | Seoul National University Bundang Hospital |
| Laura Ditchell | Massachusetts General Hospital |
| Marc Gregory Yu | Phillipine General Hospital |
| Marco Medici | Erasmus Medical Center |
| Maria Perez Millan | CONICET |
| Marlene Chakhtoura | American University of Beirut-Lebanon |
| Matthew Lynes | Joslin Diabetes Center |
| Mauricio Dorfman | UW Medicine at South Lake Union |
| Natalie Shaw | NIEHS |
| Petter Bjornstad | Children's Hospital Colorado |
| Phillip Wong | Hudson Institute of Medical Research |
| Teresa Mezza | Catholic University, Rome |
| Vibha Singhal | Massachusetts General Hospital |
| Recipient | Institution |
|---|---|
| Jose Donator Jr, PhD | USP |
| Melanie Schorr, MD | Massachusetts General Hospital |
| Shannon Stephens, PhD | University of California San Diego |
| Yi Fan, DDS | Harvard School of Dental Medicine |
| Abby Fleisch | Boston Children's Hospital |
| Ada Cheung | Austin Health |
| Adina Turcu | University of Michigan |
| Ashley Shoemaker | Vanderbilt University |
| Christine Swanson | University of Colorado |
| Deepak H. Balani | Massachusetts General Hospital |
| Giovanna Muscogiuri, MD, PhD | Federico II University |
| Grace Huang | Brigham and Women's Hospital |
| Hanne Hoffmann | UCSD |
| Jeffrey Roizen | The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia |
| Jessica Devin, MD | Vanderbilt University Medical Center |
| Joanne Ngeow | National Cancer Centre Singapore |
| Kalpana Acharya Duwaidi, PhD | Wellesley College |
| Kanakadurga Singer, MD | University of Michigan |
| Kelly Lauter Roszko, MD, PhD | Massachusetts General Hospital |
| Kristen Vella | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center |
| Lynn Yee | Northwestern University |
| Matthew Quinn, PhD | NIH-NIEHS |
| Melanie Cree Green | Children's Hospital Colorado |
| Nisha Nigil Haroon, DM | Northern Ontario School of Medicine |
| Samar El Khoudary | Graduate School of Public Health University of Pittsburgh |
| Shruthi Mahalingaiah | Boston University School of Medicine |
| Suman Srinivasa, MD, MS | Massachusetts General Hospital |
| Wojciech Blogowski | Department of Internal Medicine, University of Zielona Gora |
| Recipient | Institution |
|---|---|
| Ana Paula Abreu, MD, PhD | Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School |
| Anand Vaidya, MD, MMSc | Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School |
| Andre Faria, MD, PhD | Hospital das Clinicas, University of Sao Paulo Medical School |
| Angela Leung, MD | UCLA |
| Aritro Sen, PhD | University of Rochester |
| Aviva Sopher, MD, MS | Columbia University Medical Center |
| Brian DeBosch, MD, PHD | Washington University |
| Christopher Coss, PhD | The Ohio State University |
| Juan Nicola, PhD | National University of Córdoba, Argentina |
| Kristin Stanford, PhD | Joslin Diabetes Center/Harvard Medical School |
| Laura Torchen, MD | Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine |
| Luke Remage-Healey, PhD | University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| Marla Lujan, PhD | Cornell University |
| Ramakrishna Kommagani, PhD | Baylor College of Medicine |
| Zeynep Madak Erdogan, PhD | University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign |
| Recipient | Institution |
|---|---|
| Andrew Dauber | Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School |
| Houda Benlhabib | University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center |
| Lily Chao | Children's Hospital Los Angeles |
| Mathieu Ferron | Institut de recherches cliniques de Montreal |
| Sheng Wu | Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine |
| Recipient | Institution |
|---|---|
| Brian J Feldman, MD, PhD | Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital |
| Hideo Makimura, MD, PhD | Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Massachussetts General Hospital |
| Jennifer Hill, PhD | University of Toledo College of Medicine |
| Joshua Thaler, MD, PhD | University of Washington |
| Michael T Sellix, PhD | University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry |
| Richard D Wainford, PhD, FAHA | Boston University School of Medicine |
| Shivatra Chutima Talchai, PhD | Chulalngkorn University |
| Victor Navarro, PhD | Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital |
| Zhaoyu Li, PhD | Mayo Clinic |
| Recipient | Institution |
|---|---|
| Kathleen Page, MD | University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine |
| Kevin Pfleger, PhD | Western Australian Institute for Medical Research and The University of Western Australia |
| Recipient | Institution |
|---|---|
| Madson Q. Almeida, MD, PhD | Clinics Hospital and Cancer Institute of Sao Paulo, University of Sao Paulo Medical School |
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