Press Release

Endocrine Society Announces Early Investigators Award Winners

Washington, DC October 03, 2017

The Endocrine Society has selected 22 new recipients for its Early Investigators Awards.

The Early Investigators Awards were established to recognize the achievements of early career investigators in endocrine research.

The following individuals won the award from Amgen, Inc. for metabolic bone research:

  • Phillip Wong, M.B.B.S., Ph.D., Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Victoria, Australia
  • Andrea Palermo, M.D., Ph.D., University Campus Bio-Medico, Rome, Italy
  • Kyoung Min Kim, M.D., Ph.D., Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, South Korea
  • Konstantinos Toulis, M.D., M.Sc., Ph.D., AHEPA University Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
  • Marlene Chakhtoura, M.D., M.Sc., American University of Beirut, Lebanon
  • Marc Gregory Yu, M.D., Philippine General Hospital, Manila, Philippines
  • Vibha Singhal, M.D., Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass.

The following individuals won the award from Lilly USA, LLC, for diabetes research:

  • Anne Bantle, M.D., University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn.
  • Bharath Mani, D.V.M., Ph.D., University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
  • Teresa Mezza, M.D., Catholic University, Rome, Italy
  • Petter Bjornstad, M.D., Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora, Colo.
  • Mauricio Dorfman, Ph.D., University of Washington, School of Medicine at South Lake Union, Seattle, Wash.
  • Emily K. Sims, M.D., Indiana University, Indianapolis, Ind.
  • Matthew Lynes, Ph.D., Joslin Diabetes Center, Boston, Mass.
  • Amin Ardestani, Ph.D., University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
  • Kavaljit Chhabra, M.Pharm., Ph.D., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.
  • Ernesto Maddaloni, M.D., University Campus Bio-Medico, Rome, Italy

The following individuals won the award from the Endocrine Society for endocrine research:

  • Charu Baskaran, M.D., Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass.
  • Laura Dichtel, M.D., Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass.
  • Marco Medici, M.D., M.Sc., Erasmus Medical Center,Rotterdam, Netherlands
  • Maria Perez-Millan, Ph.D., The National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • Natalie Shaw, M.D., National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), Research Triangle Park, N.C.

Additional information on this award and the recipients is located on the Society’s website at http://www.endocrine.org/awards/student-and-early-career-awards/early-investigators-awards

About the Endocrine Society
Endocrinologists are at the core of solving the most pressing health problems of our time, including diabetes, obesity, infertility, bone health, and hormone-related cancers. The Endocrine Society is the largest global organization of scientists devoted to hormone research and physicians who care for people with hormone-related conditions.

With more than 18,000 members in 133 countries, the Society serves as the voice of the endocrine field. Through its renowned journals and ENDO, the world's largest endocrine meeting, the Society accelerates hormone research, advances clinical excellence in endocrinology, and advocates for evidence-based policies on behalf of the global endocrine community. To learn more, visit our online newsroom. 

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