Endocrine News Podcast

We continue in our four-part micro-series on endocrine in the time of COVID. Aaron talks more with Joshua Joseph, MD, assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. Dr. Joseph talks about disparities in research funding and the need for mentoring for young researchers, changes in policymaking that helps...

We continue in our four-part micro-series on endocrine in the time of COVID. Here Aaron talks about the health disparities we see in the pandemic, especially those affecting African-American patients, with Joshua Joseph, MD, assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. For more information, including...

We continue in our four-part micro-series on endocrine in the time of COVID. Aaron talks some more with Kathleen Dungan, MD, associate professor of medicine at the Ohio State University Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, about continuous glucose monitoring, training for caregivers and nurses, and telehealth. For more information, including helpful links and other episodes, visit...

We begin the first in a four-part micro-series on endocrine in the time of COVID. Here Aaron talks with Kathleen Dungan, MD, associate professor of medicine at the Ohio State University Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, about what we know right now about the effects of COVID-19 on the patient with diabetes. For more information, including helpful links and other episodes, visit...

Aaron talks about thyroid and pregnancy with Elizabeth Pearce, professor of medicine at Boston University Medical Center and president of the American Thyroid Association. For more information, including helpful links and other episodes, visit our website at https://www.endocrine.org/podcast.

The Endocrine Society’s chief professional and clinical affairs officer, Robert Lash, MD, talks with Griffin Rodgers, MD, director of the NIH’s National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, and William Cefalu, MD, director of NIDDK’s Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolic Disease. They talk about the institute’s mission, the months since Dr. Cefalu took over the divi...

We hear from Christopher Mulla, MD, from the Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston, about his research about the closed loop glucagon pump as a strategy for post-bariatric hypoglycemia. For more information, including helpful links and other episodes, visit our website at https://www.endocrine.org/podcast.

Aaron welcomes back Maria Fleseriu, MD, from Oregon Health and Science University, this time to talk about the latest in acromegaly research and treatment. He also speaks with Marvin Avila, an acromegaly patient living in the Washington, DC, metro area. Endocrine Society members, for a chance to win a pituitary pin, please complete a survey at https://education.endocrine.org/acromegalypodcast (log...

Aaron talks about finding your path after your postdoc with W. Lee Kraus, PhD, from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Nicola Partridge, PhD, from New York University College of Dentistry. For more information, including helpful links and other episodes, visit our website at https://www.endocrine.org/podcast.

Caitlin talks with author and researcher Nayara Aquino, PhD, from the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil, about her research on neuroendocrine control of the female reproductive system. Her paper, published in Endocrinology in June 2017, was selected for the Endocrine Society’s Women in Endocrinology Thematic Issue. For more information, including helpful links and other episodes, visit ou...

Aaron talks about treating Cushing's disease with Maria Fleseriu, MD, professor of medicine and neurological surgery at Oregon Health and Science University. For more information, including helpful links and other episodes, visit our website at https://www.endocrine.org/podcast.

We talk about the sometimes conflicting perspectives in the treatment of menopausal symptoms with Cynthia Stuenkel, M.D., clinical professor of medicine at the University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine. For more information, including helpful links and other episodes, visit our website at https://www.endocrine.org/podcast.

Aaron speaks with Manasi Das, PhD, of the University of California San Diego. At ENDO 2019 in New Orleans, Dr. Das presented research on post-menopausal obesity, suggesting that time restricted feeding can delay breast cancer in a mouse model. For more information, including helpful links and other episodes, visit our website at https://www.endocrine.org/podcast.

A year after we interviewed her at ENDO 2018, we talk again with Stephanie Page, MD, PhD, from University of Washington, about her continuing research on a prototype male pill. For more information, including helpful links and other episodes, visit our website at https://www.endocrine.org/podcast.

Caitlin talks about the European Union’s recent resolution on endocrine-disrupting chemicals. She is joined by Rémy Slama, PhD, an environmental epidemiologist and senior investigator at INSERM, France’s National Institute of Health and Medical Research, and Barbara Demeneix, PhD, professor in the Comparative Physiology Laboratory within the Natural History Museum in Paris. For more information, i...

Caitlin and Aaron talk with Kyle McNerney, MD, from Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine. At ENDO 2019, Dr. McNerney presented a study to determine the connection between vitamin D deficiency in pregnancy and insulin resistance in children. For more information, including helpful links and other episodes, visit our website at https://www.endocrine.org/podcast.

Getting published can be a challenging journey. In this episode, Caitlin and Aaron talk with Andrea Gore, Ph. D., from the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Gore has published more than 150 articles and is a past Editor-in-Chief of the journal Endocrinology. Here she talks about what makes for a well-written scientific paper and about the peer review process: what to expect and how to understand...

We look into promising findings from clinical trials regarding Burosumab, a human monoclonal antibody designed for the treatment of X-linked hypophosphatemia. With us are Erik Imel, MD from the Indiana University School of Medicine and Suzanne Marie Jan De Beur, MD from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. For more information, including helpful links and other episodes, visit our website...

Aaron talks with Deborah Kurrasch, PhD, associate professor at the University of Calgary, and Dinu Nesan, PhD, postdoctoral fellow also at University of Calgary. At the Endocrine Society's annual meeting in 2019, they presented research on BPA exposure's effects on circadian rhythms in mice during pregnancy. For more information, including helpful links and other episodes, visit our website at htt...

Caitlin and Aaron talk with Dr. Anders Carlson, medical director of the International Diabetes Center in Minneapolis, about his research on hypoglycemia in older adults with type 1 diabetes. Dr. Carlson presented this research at the Endocrine Society’s 2019 annual meeting in New Orleans. For more information, including helpful links and other episodes, visit our website at https://www.endocrine.o...

There are good days and bad days. For the endocrinologist, that bad day can happen when a grant application or journal submission is rejected or following a misstep with a patient or in the lab. In this episode, Aaron and guest host Cecilia Low Wang, MD, from the University of Colorado School of Medicine, talk about how young researchers and trainees can understand, learn from, and bounce back fro...

We continue our special Women in Endocrinology series. Caitlin talks with Rebecca Simmons, MD, from the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, about her 2018 article in Endocrinology about islet dysfunction in intrauterine growth restriction. This paper was selected for a special thematic collection of Endocrine Society-published articles by women. For more information, including helpful links and o...

Aaron catches up with Anuja Dokras MD, PhD, a physician at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and director of the Penn Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Center, about her presentation at ENDO 2019 on anxiety, depression, and quality of life between white and black women with polycystic ovary syndrome. For more information, including helpful links and other episodes, visit our website at https:...

We continue our special Women in Endocrinology series. Caitlin talks with Varykina Thackray, PhD, from the University of California, San Diego, about her 2018 article in JCEM about polycystic ovary syndrome and hyperandrogenism. This paper was selected for a special thematic collection of Endocrine Society-published articles by women. For more information, including helpful links and other episode...

We talk about insulin affordability with Alvin Powers, MD, from Vanderbilt University and the Endocrine Society's chief professional and clinical affairs officer, Rob Lash, MD. For more information, including helpful links and other episodes, visit our website at https://www.endocrine.org/podcast.