Awards
WE Awards
Mentor Awards
How to submit a nomination
Past Award Recipients
Young Investigator Awards
How to submit a nomination
Past Award Recipients
Endocrine Society Trainee Day Awards
Australasian Branch of Women in Endocrinology
Where are they now? A look at the career advancement of past Young Investigator awardees…
Mentor Awards
The Women in Endocrinology Mentor Award, made possible by a grant from Pfizer, Inc., is given annually to a woman or man whose outstanding scientific achievements are coupled with a record of support for women in academics and of mentoring women in their scientific careers. The recipient receives an honorarium of $1000 at the Annual WE Meeting, which is held in conjunction with the Endocrine Society Meeting.
2011 WE Mentor Awardee – Benita Katzenellenbogen, Ph.D.
Dr. Benita Katzenellenbogen, Swanlund Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has been named the recipient of the 2011 Women in Endocrinology Mentor Award. She is an internationally recognized scientist in the field of molecular endocrinology, with a focus on estrogen signaling and breast cancer. Dr. Katzenellenbogen has published over 300 research articles in peer reviewed journals and has won numerous research awards, including the Endocrine Society’s Roy O. Greep Lecture Award (2006) and the Susan G. Komen Foundation Brinker Award for Scientific Distinction (2009). Her research accomplishments, as well as her loyalty and dedication to her trainees, have made her a highly sought after mentor by young scientists from all over the world. She leads by example and has created an environment in her laboratory and community of past trainees that fosters scientific exploration, career development, and a cooperative spirit. Dr. Katzenellenbogen’s dedication to the career advancement of her trainees—undergraduates, graduate students, and postdocs—continues well after they leave her laboratory. She has also participated in a wide variety of organized activities aimed at promoting the careers of junior investigators and eliminating discrimination against women scientists. Through her efforts with the Endocrine Society, both as President (2000-2001) and a member of many society committees, she has worked to provide opportunities to young scientists and helped to create a level playing field for women in science. Beyond this, through her own career success and outreach, she has served as a role model to women in and outside of her own laboratory and university.
How to nominate a candidate for a mentor award
WE is soliciting nominations for the annual WE Mentor Award.
Deadline:
Nominations must be received by January 31, 2012.
Nominations should include:
- Curriculum vitae of the nominee
- Letter of nomination
- At least two letters of support. The letters of nomination and support should describe how the nominee has aided the scientific careers of others and should include the following types of information: the names of individuals who were mentored by the awardee and their subsequent achievements, the participation of the nominee in organized activities aimed at promoting the careers of junior investigators, efforts of the nominee to alter rules or patterns of behavior that discriminate against women scientists.
Please send nomination packet materials by e-mail with pdf attachments to the chair of the WE Awards Committee:
ANNE CAPPOLA, M.D., Sc.M.
Email: acappola@mail.med.upenn.edu
The Mentor Award will be presented at the WE Annual Dinner in June.
Sponsored by a generous award from Pfizer.
Past Mentor Award Recipients
2010 WE Mentor Awardee – Carole Mendelson, Ph.D.
Dr. Carole Mendelson, Professor of Biochemistry and Obstetrics-Gynecology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at Dallas, has been named the 2010 Women in Endocrinology Mentor Awardee. She has an exceptional record of outstanding mentoring, scientific achievement, leadership, and an enduring impact on the advancement of women in academics. Dr. Mendelson embodies all that the WE Award represents. Nationally, Dr. Mendelson has had leadership positions in Women in Endocrinology, for which she served as President, the Endocrine Society, and the Perinatal Research Society and has provided wise counsel as member of numerous grant review committees and editorial boards. Her internationally recognized, pioneering research contributions span the molecular biology and regulation of aromatase to fetal lung surfactant proteins and their roles in parturition. This work along with a reputation as an exceptional mentor has drawn scores of trainees to her laboratory. Dr. Mendelson invests personally in each member of her team, fostering independence, professional development, and self-esteem. And it is a long-term investment. She is passionate about quality mentoring and considers it a continuum with a critical role for mentors throughout all stages of one’s career. This passion extends beyond her laboratory. For over a decade, Dr. Mendelson has been a leader in her institution’s initiatives related to women in science and medicine and “…has dedicated herself to taking down many of the normal roadblocks for young women in science, such as lack of child care on campus and the shortage of supportive female faculty role models. In addition, she has dedicated herself to increasing career development opportunities for female faculty and ensuring equal pay and promotions for both men and women, as they rise through the ranks of academia.” Dr. Mendelson is considered by her mentees as the ultimate role model and a respected colleague whose “fire and enthusiasm” inspires them all.
2009 WE Mentor Awardee – Dr. Bert O’Malley
Dr. Bert O’Malley, Tom Thompson Professor and Chair, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology at Baylor College of Medicine has been named the 2009 Women in Endocrinology Mentor Awardee. Dr. O’Malley is internationally recognized as a world leader in the field of molecular endocrinology particularly in the area of steroid hormone and nuclear receptor action. ‘Pioneering’, ‘landmark discoveries’, ‘the first’, and ‘conceptual advances that changed the field’ are the descriptors uniformly used to characterize his contributions. Dr. O’Malley has published over 700 papers and received numerous prestigious awards including membership in the National Academy of Sciences and National Institute of Medicine and service as President of the Endocrine Society. It is clear that Dr. O’Malley’s research accomplishments are truly exceptional and alone have made him one of the most sought after mentors worldwide for trainees in molecular endocrinology. However, it is the rare combination of impeccable personal character and integrity, unwavering loyalty to his trainees and colleagues and his extraordinary abilities that make him a born leader and exceptional mentor. Dr. O’Malley mentors by providing an environment of academic excellence, infectious enthusiasm for research and learning, unwavering support for colleagues and an open generosity and thorough enjoyment of their achievements…an environment where any scientist can succeed, be they male or female. The sustained friendships among his former trainees and colleagues and their enormous respect and loyalty toward him are the strongest collective endorsement of his worthiness of the WE Mentor Award. Also notable is that his dedication to career development of his graduate students, postdocs and faculty continues after they leave the department. Dr. O’Malley has many strengths as a mentor, but it is his support of women transitioning to academic positions and women in academic positions that sets him apart. He discriminates only on the basis of academic achievement and has always been proactive in promoting the same principles of equal opportunity and academic excellence throughout his institution. Although his leadership and mentorship are global, women in endocrinology most certainly have been the beneficiaries of Dr. O’Malley’s leadership, collegiality, and selfless contributions to the field.
2008 WE Mentor Awardee – Dr. Mary Dallman
"WE has been such an important organization for me over time. I could not be more pleased with how it’s grown, and how it keeps taking on new roles that are important not only for women but for scientists generally. I’m terrifically grateful to WE for the 2008 Mentor Award – it means a great deal to have come from WE, and, of course, it’s all about the students we train. William James was so completely right when he said that Science is a social process. " Dr. Mary F. Dallman, Professor of Physiology at the University of California, San Francisco, has been named the 2008 Women in Endocrinology Mentor Awardee. Dr. Dallman is acknowledged as the preeminent expert on the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis and its interaction with a wide variety of other physiological systems. Her contributions are breathtaking in their breadth and depth. Mary received her BA from Smith College Magna Cum Laude and her PhD from Stanford University. It was there, working with Gene Yates, that Mary first described fast-glucocorticoid feedback – the notion that increasing corticosteroid levels can inhibit ACTH responses to stimuli within seconds. This seminal discovery, made while Mary was a graduate student, helped to usher in the era of non-genomic steroid effects. Mary then moved to UCSF to do a post-doctoral fellowship with Fran Ganong. Mary became an Assistant Professor of Physiology at UCSF and rapidly rose to the position of Professor. In addition to “fast-feedback”, Mary’s contributions are truly amazing: she studied compensatory adrenal growth, the adrenal sensitivity to ACTH, the loop-gain of the HPA axis, the receptor types through which the brain senses changes in corticosteroid levels, and the effects of repeated stress on the HPA axis. Mary’s most recent work has truly been paradigm shifting – she has discovered a myriad of interactions among stress, feeding, and HPA function, and has examined the putative role of “comfort food” in altering the response to stress. Mary has received many awards including the MT Jones Prize from the British Neuroendocrine Society and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Society of Psychoneuroendocrinology. She has served as editor of Endocrinology and AJP, and has served as President of Women in Endocrinology, on the Endocrine Society Council, and for many years, as a member of the NIH Endocrinology Study Section. Mary truly shines as a mentor. Her style is eclectic and innovative and, her personality, magnetic. She uses the Socratic method better than anyone – always probing and asking more questions until one realizes there is a lot left to do. Her trainees (children and grandchildren) populate institutions all over the world. Her trainees continue to depend on Mary for sound advice many years after their glorious San Francisco experience.
2007 WE Mentor Awardee – Dr. JoAnne Richards
Dr. JoAnne Richards, Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston has been named the 2007 Women in Endocrinology Mentor Awardee. Dr. Richards is recognized world–wide for her seminal contributions to our understanding of the molecular and cellular mechanisms controlling follicular development, ovulation, and luteinization. For over 25 years Dr. Richards has integrated in vivo hormonal regulation of ovarian physiology with the characterization of the cellular and molecular events in the ovary. Her contributions to the field of ovarian physiology have shaped the field. Dr Richards has been recognized for these contributions and has been the recipient of numerous academic awards, including the Gerald Aurbach Award from the Endocrine Society in 1998 and the Pioneer Lecturer Award from Frontiers in Reproduction in 2003. Dr. Richards has also served on NIH review panels in reproductive biology and biochemical endocrinology, and has been heavily involved in scientific societies, serving on the Endocrine Society Council, and as an Associate Editor of Molecular Endocrinology, as the Director of the Society for the Study of Reproduction and as Associate Editor for the journal Biology of Reproduction. Dr. Richards´ scientific accomplishments are matched by her enthusiastic support of training women and men in science, both in and out of the Endocrine field. She has been the Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology at Baylor College of Medicine (previously the Department of Cell Biology) for almost 20 years, mentoring and advising scores of students throughout their graduate studies at Baylor College of Medicine. She has personally served as major advisor for over 20 students, 80% of whom are women, and mentored another 23 post–doctoral fellows. Dr. Richards´ rich training environment in ovarian physiology has also been host to 9 visiting international scientists. JoAnne mentors by example. Her dedication to personal, scientific, and professional excellence and to academic rigor prepares her trainees to flourish in whatever aspect of science and/or medicine they choose to become engaged. Dr. Richards continues to mentor her trainees throughout their varied careers. Her academic progeny have assumed broad roles including academic faculty,clinical scientists, or moved to industry to work in research and discovery, development, regulatory or clinical trial arenas. In any and all of these paths, Dr. Richards is always there to mentor her trainees as scientists, colleagues, and friends.
2006 WE Mentor Awardee – Dr. Anna Steinberger
Dr. Anna Steinberger is Professor Emerita in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences at the University of Texas Medical School in Houston. She pioneered in vitro approaches for the study of the progression of spermatogenesis in organ culture and developed methods for the isolation and culture of specific testicular and pituitary cells. She and her colleagues defined hormone targets and signaling pathways in these cells. She authored over 250 scientific publications and received a number of prestigious awards, including the Distinguished Andrologist Award of the American Society of Andrology, the first honorary member of the Polish Andrology Society, the Medal from the Jagellonian University, and the Outstanding Women in Science – Women of Excellence Award by the Federation of Houston Professional Women. She served as President of the American Society of Andrology. She trained and influenced a number of scientists who have gone on to important careers in many parts of the world. After retirement, Dr. Steinberger accepted the position of Assistant Dean for Faculty Affairs at UT Houston. In that capacity, she promoted career development opportunities for faculty women, including a number of highly successful career development programs, and was awarded the Women in Science Silver Professional Achievement Award for contributing substantially to the development of women in academic medicine. She continues to mentor women at various stages of their career. She is now working at her third career–as docent and on the Board of Directors for the Holocaust Museum in Houston. Dr. Steinberger is recognized for her contributions as pioneering scientist, role model and advocate for women scientists and young scientists in general.
2005 WE Mentor Awardee – Dr. E. Chester Ridgway
Dr. E. Chester Ridgway has been Head of the Division of Endocrinology at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center for nearly 20 years, following 5 years as Chief of the Thyroid Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital. He is a recognized leader in the field of clinical thyroidology and has made very significant contributions to the understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying the cell–specific expression and regulation of the TSH alpha– and beta–subunit genes. He is also a devoted teacher, who has trained and mentored a large number of fellows both in Boston and in Colorado. Over 70% of the 40 fellows whom he trained in Colorado are women, three quarters of whom have chosen an academic career, inspired by his enthusiasm and encouragement.
2005 WE Mentor Awardee 2004 – Dr. Jo Anne Brasel
Dr. Jo Anne Brasel (Chief, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics, Harbor–UCLA Medical Center) was honored for her ongoing support and mentorship of trainees. Dr. Brasel is an outstanding academic pediatric endocrinologist and teacher who has made major contributions to the mentorship and career advancement of women and men in the field of endocrinology. She has also had a major influence on the development of university policies to promote the professional development of women in academic medicine.
2003 WE Mentor Awardees – Phyllis Wise & William Chin
Drs. Phyllis Wise (Professor of Neurology, Physiology and Behavior, Division of Biological Science, University of California at Davis) and William Chin (Professor of Medicine and Chief, Lily Corporate Center, Lilly Research Laboratories) shared in this honor for their ongoing support and mentorship of trainees.
2002 WE Mentor Awardee – Anne Klibanski
Dr. Anne Klibanski, Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School has been named the 2002 Women in Endocrinology Mentor Awardee. Dr. Klibanski is well known for her research contributions in the field of premenopausal osteoporosis and pituitary tumor pathogenesis. In fact she just received the 2002 Clinical Investigator Award from the Endocrine Society in recognition of her many contributions to these fields. In addition, Dr. Klibanski has served on NIH Study Sections, on the Editorial Board of The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism and as an active participant in the governance of The Endocrine Society and WE. With her appointment as the first female Professor of Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital in 1997, Dr. Klibanski became a pioneer for women in academic medicine. To promote the success of junior women faculty, Dr. Klibanski has worked to alter structural impediments to the advancement of women in academics at MGH and Harvard Medical School. Dr. Klibanski was a founding member of the MGH Committee of Women in Science. Through her leadership on this committee, the Office of Women´s Careers at MGH was established. This committee supports the professional development of women faculty through educational activities designed to enhance leadership skills and provide career counseling. Also, in her role as a founding member of this committee, Dr. Klibanski was instrumental in establishing the Claflin Distinguished Scholar Awards, which provide funding for junior women faculty with primary child rearing responsibilities to hire research assistants during a period of reduction in working hours. This award has had a tremendous impact in allowing junior women faculty to overcome obstacles in their academic advancement. For her significant work in advancement of careers of women faculty, Dr. Klibanski was awarded the Harvard Medical School Dean´s Award for Advancement of Women Faculty in 1998.
2001 WE Mentor Awardee – Jack Gorski
Dr. Jack Gorski, Professor Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin and former President of the Endocrine Society, was the 2001 Women in Endocrinology Mentor Awardee. Dr. Gorski is best known for his discovery and characterization of estrogen receptors, a discovery that opened a new field of nuclear receptors and their intracellular signaling pathways. The importance of his work has been recognized by numerous awards, including election to the National Academy of Sciences, the Endocrine Society Ernst Oppenheimer Memorial Award, and the Gregory Pinkus Medal and Award. Based on his distinguished leadership and research, teaching, and training of scientists, the Endocrine Society also honored Dr. Gorski with the Robert H. Williams Distinguished Lectureship Award and the Fred Conrad Koch Award, the highest award given to a scientist by the Society. Dr. Gorski served as President of the Endocrine Society in 1990. Dr. Gorski´s scientific accomplishments are matched by his dedicated and enthusiastic support of training women in science. He has trained nearly 100 graduate students and postdoctoral scientists, a third of whom have been women. He has provided a training environment in which women have been encouraged for independence and success in science and has provided them the tools to allow them to flourish in research, academics, biotechnology, the pharmaceutical industry and in government agencies. In addition, teaching fundamental concepts and analytical and presentation skills, he has taught his trainees about the importance of the freedom of thinking in scientific pursuit and of networking with colleagues in research.
2000 WE Mentor Awardee – Dr. William F. Crowley
Dr. William F. Crowley, Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Chief of the Reproductive Endocrine Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital, was the 2000 Women in Endocrinology Mentor Awardee. Dr. Crowley,is a leader in the field of neuroendocrinology of the reproductive system and has made seminal contributions to our understanding of puberty and the use of pulsatile GnRH for the treatment of hypogonadism. The importance of his work has been recognized by numerous awards, including the Endocrine Society´s Clinical Investigator Award. He has been deeply involved in several scientific societies, currently serving on the Endocrine Society Council. He is currently President–elect of the Endocrine Society. Dr. Crowley´s scientific accomplishments are matched by his dedicated and enthusiastic support of training women in science. Dr. Crowley has trained almost 50 fellows, 60% of whom are women and many are leaders in reproductive medicine. The vast majority of his postdoctoral trainees remain in academic medicine, a remarkable achievement in itself. He has provided a training environment in which women have been encouraged to succeed in science and has provided the tools to allow them to flourish in the research and academic worlds. In addition, to teaching state–of–the–art methods, fundamental concepts and analytical and presentation skills, he has taught his trainees about the culture of medicine and the importance of networking with colleagues in research and clinical investigation.
1999 WE Mentor Awardee – Dr. Anita H. Payne
Dr. Anita H. Payne, Professor Emerita, at the University of Michigan and Senior Research Scientist, at Stanford University School of Medicine has been named the 1999 Women in Endocrinology Mentor Awardee. Dr. Payne is a leader in the field of steroid hormone biosynthesis and reproductive endocrinology. Her contributions in the area of genetic determinants of steroid hormone biosynthesis have led to numerous awards. In 1994, the Anita H. Payne Annual Lectureship in Reproductive Endocrinology was established by the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Michigan. Dr. Payne has served as President of the Society for the study of reproduction and has served on many NIH study sections. In addition to her impressive scientific accomplishments, Dr. Payne is a nationally recognized leader in promoting the careers of women in academic medicine. She has given generously of her time and effort and worked tirelessly toward mentoring women graduate students and junior faculty in their research careers. She has been an early advocate for women in academic medicine, serving as chairperson of Michigan Women in Science, on the University of Michigan Women in Science Faculty Advisory Committee and on the Executive Committee of the Center for Continuing Education for Women. Dr. Payne´s contributions at the University of Michigan were recognized when she was awarded the Academic Women´s Caucus Award for leadership, scholarship and impact on the betterment of women.
1998 WE Mentor Awardee – Dr. Y. Peng Loh
Dr. Y. Peng Loh, Chief, Section on Cellular Neurobiology at the National Institute of Child Health and Development has been named the 1998 Women in Endocrinology Mentor Awardee. Dr. Loh is a leader in the field of protein processing and trafficking. Her studies have provided seminal information on the mechanisms underlying the intracellular sorting of peptide hormones and neurotransmitters to the regulated secretorypathway. She has identified the key proteolytic events and enzymes involved in the processing of prohormones to biologically active peptides in the endocrine and nervous systems and her studies have provided insights into the molecular basis for diseases, such as Familial Hyperinsulinemic Diabetes and ACTH deficiency due to intracellular accumulation of prohormones. For these scientific achievements, Dr. Loh has received the Pfizer Lectureship, the Proctor and Gamble Lectureship, and the Public Health Superior Service Award as well as numerous invitations to present her work at international and national meetings. Dr. Loh has also demonstrated a deep commitment to the advancement of women in science. In addition to advising many students and fellows in her own laboratory and in other laboratories at the NIH, Dr. Loh was a prime mover in the creation of the NIH Women Scientist Advisory Committee. She served as the Women Scientist Advisor (WSA) to the Scientific Director of NICHD, and is currently the Chairperson of the NIH Women Scientist Advisory Committee. AS WSA, Dr. Loh initiated new guidelines at the NIH for recognition of the professional accomplishments of women scientists. She negotiated gender–based pay inequity adjustments, successfully negotiated a flextime work schedule to facilitate child care without loss of productivity, and organized career seminars for postdoctoral fellows. Furthermore, Dr. Loh helped initiate the Margaret Pittman Lecture at the NIH to honor the achievements of a woman scientist. Dr. Loh´s efforts in advancing the careers of women scientists have had a broad impact on the community of women scientiss and her contributions were recognized in 1995 by the NICHD EEO Special Achievement Award. In Summary, Dr. Loh is an outstanding Scientist and Mentor and a courageous individual with a mission of furthering women´s causes and equal opportunity. Her efforts have brought major progress in women´s issues, and she continues to seek avenues for support of advances in different facets of women´s professional careers.
1997 WE Mentor Awardee – Dr. Neena B. Schwartz
Neena B. Schwartz, Ph.D., has been named the first Women in Endocrinology Mentor Awardee. Dr. Schwartz is Acting Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, William Deering Professor of Biological Sciences, Professor of Neurobiology and Physiology and Director of the Center for Reproductive Science at Northwestern University, Evanston, IL. Her laboratory played a major role in elucidating factors which regulate the secretion of gonadotropins by the pituitary and, in particular, the differential control of FSH and LH secretion by steroid hormones and gonadal peptides. Throughout her long and distinguished career, Dr. Schwartz has been a role model and an advocate for women scientists and a tireless supporter of young scientists both on an individual basis and as a spokesperson. Dr. Schwartz has served as president of the Society for the Study of Reproduction and the Endocrine Society. She was one of the founders of the Association for Women in Science (AWIS) and Women in Endocrinology and has served as the president of both organizations. She has received numerous awards and honors, including the Williams Distinguished Service Award (1985) from the Endocrine Society, the Carl Hartman Award (1992) from the Society for the Study of Reproduction, and an honorary Doctor of Science degree from her alma mater, Goucher College (1982). Dr. Schwartz served on the National Research Council Committee on the Education and Employment of Women in Science and Engineering and the NRC Committee on Continuity in Academic Performance, both aimed at facilitating the scientific careers of women. During the last 20 years, she fought for increased representation of women scientists on NIH Study Sections and Review Groups and was instrumental in changing systematic inequities in the compensation of women faculty at her University. More recently, Dr. Schwartz served as a member of the Task Force Concerning Women in the Academic Workplace at Northwestern and as the chair of the Committee on Women in the Academic Workplace. The effectiveness of her individual mentoring is attested by the number of former undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral fellows and colleagues who have gone on to successful scientific and medical careers in academia and industry. In her current capacity as Acting Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Northwestern University, she has helped ensure equal professional opportunities for women scientists. As one of her former students so eloquently described her pioneering efforts: "Dr. Schwartz has consistently been willing to put her reputation and energy to work to level the playing field in science for women who followed behind her. Once she had been down a road, the next traveler had an easier path." Women in Endocrinology is proud to honor her with the 1997 WE Mentor Award.
Young Investigator Awards
WE Young Investigator Awards are provided to recognize outstanding abstracts accepted for presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Endocrine Society. Award winners each receive $500 and will be invited guests at the annual WE dinner meeting. In addition, two named Awards will be given to the most outstanding applicants; one for excellence in Clinical Research and a second for excellence in Basic Science.
2011 Young Investigator Awardees
Deena Walker –Neena Schwartz Award in Basic Science
Natalie Shaw – Janet McArthur Award in Clinical Investigation
Montserrat Alaya-Ramirez
Houda Benlhabib
Laura Gathercole
Cheryce Harrison
Emi Ishida
Stacey Jamieson
Jung-Sun Kim
Kristen Kobaly
Eleanor Lin
Zeynep Madak
Leila Mady
Arvind Suresh
Roxanne Toivanen
E. Leonie van Houten
Aimee Varewijck
Emily Witham
Sheng Wu
How to nominate a candidate for a Young Investigator Award
Eligibility:
Eligible individuals include new faculty during the first three years of appointment, postdoctoral trainees or residents (first five years), or graduate students and medical students after the first year of training. Awards are given to both women and men. Awardees from the last year are not eligible for the current year nor are this year’s winners of Endocrine Society travel awards. Each sponsor may nominate only one candidate per year.
Applicants must be a presenting author on an abstract accepted for presentation at the Endocrine Society Meeting. Preference will be given to applicants, trainees and sponsors who are current members of Women in Endocrinology.
The Janet W. MacArthur and Neena B Schwartz Awards are selected from the applications for the Young Investigator award, thus, the application process is the same as for the Young Investigator awards.
Deadline:
Applications must be received no later than April 30, 2012.
The following material is required as a single PDF file, in this order:
- Completed application form – "Young Investigator Award Face Page".
- One page biosketch including publications.
- Abstract(s) accepted for presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Endocrine Society
- One page letter from sponsor (for trainees) or application letter (for new faculty).
- Applications from students or postdoctoral fellows must be accompanied by a supporting letter from the faculty sponsor. The sponsor´s letter should discuss the merits of the applicant and indicate what other travel funds are available. Each sponsor may nominate only one candidate.
- Applicants who are beginning faculty should send a letter of application, explaining the need for this support and how it will benefit their career.
Application Form:
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Letters:
Applications from students or postdoctoral fellows must be accompanied by a supporting letter from their faculty sponsor. The sponsor´s letter should discuss the merits of the applicant and indicate what other travel funds are available. A faculty member can sponsor only one applicant from their group. Applicants who are beginning faculty should send a letter of application, explaining the need for the support and in what way it will be of assistance to their career.
Submission:
E–mail a single PDF of the completed application form and supporting documentation to:
ANNE CAPPOLA, M.D., Sc.M.
Email: acappola@mail.med.upenn.edu
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Past Young Investigator Awardees
Neena Schwartz Award for Excellence in Basic Science- 2010 Kristen Vella
- 2009 Nora Renthal, UT Southwestern Medical Center
Mentor: Carole Mendelson, PhD
- 2008 Andrea Daniel, Univ Minnesota Cancer Center
Mentor: Carol A. Lange - 2007 Marlies Kevenaar, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Mentor: J. A. Visser, PhD - 2006 Weiling Yin, University of Texas at Austin
Mentor: Andrea C. Gore, PhD - 2005 Shauna, McGillivray University of California, San Diego
Mentor: Pamela L. Mellon, PhD - 2004 Li Wang
- 2003 Stephanie Cobb
- 2002
- 2001 Karen L. Herbst, MD University of Washington
Mentor: William J. Bremner, MD, PhD - 2000 Myrtha Ivelisse Gonzalez, University of Michigan
Mentor: Dr. Diane M. Robins - 1999 Margaret Ann Lawlor, PhD Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland,OR
Mentor: Dr. Peter S. Rotwein - 1998 Monica M. Montano, PhD Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland. OH
- 2010 Ana Abreu
- 2009 Pouneh Fazeli, Massachusetts General Hospital
Mentor: Ann Klibanski, MD - 2008 Lisa Marie Atkin, Univ of Queensland
- 2007 Tina K. Thethi Tulane Universitv Health Sciences Center
Mentor: Vivian Fonseca, MD - 2006 Bindu Chamarthi Brigham and Women´s Hospital, Harvard
- 2005 Carolyn Allan Prince Henry´s Institute of Medical Research, Australia
- 2004 Micheline Chu
- 2003 Madhusmita Misra, MD, MPH Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Mentor: Anne Klibanski, MD - 2002
- 2001 Lisa Griffin, MD, PhD University of California, San Francisco
Mentor: Synthia Mellon, PhD - 2000 Michelle L. Bland University of California – San Francisco
Mentors: Dr. Holly A. Ingraham and Dr. Mary F. Dallman - 1999 Colleen Hadigan, MD Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Mentor: Dr. Steven Grinspoon - 1998 Karen K. Miller, MD Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Mentor: Anne Klibanski, MD
- 2010 Yxiang Sun
- 2009 Aysegul Erman, McGill University, Canada
Mentor: Cynthia Goodyer, Ph.D.
2010 Young Investigator Awardees
- Nick Ciccone
- Gwen Dressing
- Tristan Fowler
- Susan Krum
- Premlata Kumar
- Amanda Rickard
- Almudena Veiga-Lopez
- Robert Ward
2009 Young Investigator Awardees
- Melissa Brayman
- Nathan Charles
- Sarah Dickerson
- Mimi Kim
- Amutha Selvamani
- Emily Simuilowicz
- Dan Tang
- Varykina Thackray
- Yewei Xing
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| Katherine Aird | Amy Chang | Alina Mantalbano |
| Anna Barron | Marieke Dekker | Kristy Nicks |
| Sumbul Beg | John Gill | Christine Rigsby |
| Rhonda Bentley-Lewis | Anita Iyer | Joanna Spencer |
| Suzy Bianco | Emily Lam | Zhaoyu Sun |
| Almudena Veiga-Lopez |
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| Rebecca Ann Alyea | Smita Baid | Irina Agoulnik |
| Jenny D.Y. Chow | Joanna Burdette | Megan Albertelli |
| Catherine Christian | Djurdjica Coss | Kathleen Bethin |
| Jonna Frasor | Andrea Daniel | Melissa Brayman |
| Elspeth Gold | Krista Erkkila | Olga Calof |
| Jessica Guzmán–Morales | Wende Kozlow | Marissa Caudill |
| Djuana Harvell | Dora Liu | Christin Down |
| Brian W. Jones | Allison McElvaine | Francesca Gordon |
| Gurvinder Kenth | Orla O´Mahony | Kristen Govoni |
| Rachel Larder | Djura Piersma | Shannon Heitritter |
| Jeanette Marketon | Ravid Sasson | Agnes Kovacic |
| Margaret C. Pace | Li Wang | Rebecca Leboeuf |
| Krista Riggs | Wendy Kuohung | Kathleen Mattingly |
| Mara Steinkamp | Anthonia Ogbera | |
| Angelina Swali | Shrita Patel | |
| Rie Tsutsumi | Frederique Ruf | |
| Di Wu | Yuhong We | |
| Nicole Moore | Weiming Zheng | |
| Aurora Shehu |
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| Jing Zhao | Carolyn Allan | Anika Agarwal |
| Dian Amrita Dewi | Stephanie Cobb | Melyssa R. Bratton |
| Elizabeth Rabbitt | Katrina Fogelman | R. Elaine Campbell |
| Djurdijica Coss | Mary P. Gallagher | Ayesha Cheema |
| Jessica Hammond | Faryl Mriza | Jennifer Condon |
| Niketa Patel | Marie Misso | Jodi L. Downs |
| Ulin Yanik | Joyce Repa | Dawn L. Duval |
| Maria Diakonova | Yuxiang Sun | Allison E. Falender |
| Cecelia Wang | Elizabeth Wuorinen | Colette Galet |
| Jennifer Richer | Olga Baker | P. Mangala Gowri |
| Jennifer Gutzman | Annie Beausejour | Yona Greenman |
| Laura Andrews | Tracy Xiao Cui | Susan Gregory |
| Valeria Densmore | Constantine Dimitrakakis | Aylin Hanyaloglu |
| Djuana Harvell | Dina Eisner Green | Kylie Hewitt |
| Amy Stoddard | Julianne Marie Hall | Renea A. Jarred |
| Dongyuan Liu | Britta Jacobsen | Michelle D. Johnson |
| Deborah Lazzarino | Varsha Likhite | Tammy L. Loucks |
| Sonia Louise Davison | Madhusmita Misra | Jennifer Manalo |
| Rosa Sirianni | Lauren Miles | Sally Mellor |
| Kristy Shipman Torrens | Jane Ruman | Amy Navratil |
| Elie Needle | Erin L. Milliken | |
| Denise Teves | G. Piwien–Pilipuk | |
| Jenny Visser | JS. Schneider | |
| Nichole Westphal | J. R. Schultz | |
| Javier Heather Ferris | TM Shattuck | |
| HJ Shi | ||
| Lisa Siebenson | ||
| E. F.C. van Rossum | ||
| J. J. Watters | ||
| J. K. Wickenheisser |
| 2001 | 2000 | 1999 |
|---|---|---|
| Marie-Claude Battista | Melissa Allen | Sapna M. Chacko |
| Lenore K. Beitel | Suzanne M. Appleyard | Shelly A. Christman |
| Laurie M. Boivin | Wiebke Arlt | Kimberly L. Dodge |
| Karen T. Coschigano | Anne Cappola | Zulma Janeth Duenas Gomez |
| Kimberley Cummings | Nancy Pui-yee Chung | Elizabeth Gass Handel |
| Dacheng Ding | Catherine L. Coulter | Shaonin Ji |
| Sharla Flohr | Buffy S. Ellsworth | Norga I. Kronfeld-Schor |
| Elberg Gerard | Sabrina Gill | Esther M. Maier |
| Shane T. Hentges | Beth Kinney | Sutapa Mukherjee |
| Amrita Kamat | Bridgette L. Kirkpatrick | Mylene Potier |
| Karen M. Kroeger | Margaret A. Loven | Anne Prigent-Tessier |
| Valerie S. Latimer | Nusrat Malik | Eileen Resnick |
| Anna A. Lerant | Elisabeth D. Martinez | Eileen T. Samy |
| Vciky Lin | Karen K. Millar | Stephanie Seminara |
| Laura A. maile | Rashmi Nemade | May Simaan |
| Kshama R. Mehta | Alejandra Ochoa | Yuxiang Sun |
| Jasminka Milas | Roxana Popovici | Melissa Thomas |
| Helai Mohammad | Myulene Potier | Whitney Woodmansee |
| Lihong Peng | Margaret Reitmeyer | Wexia Zhou |
| Antoinette Sakaris | Jennifer Richer | |
| Maelanie L. Shim | Suzanne Rosenberg | |
| Malinda Stull | Lisa Salvador | |
| Tracey L. Telles | Gemma Sesmilo | |
| Kirsty Warnes | ||
| Ping Wei | ||
| Majorie M. Zakaria | ||
| Liying Zhang |
| 1998 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Diana L. Carlone | Catherine Michelle Lasko | Karine Spiegel |
| Wei Chen | Helene B. Lavoie | Christine R. West |
| Catherine L. Coulter | Dolores Mruk | Kristen L. Williams |
| Tammy L. Daniels | Shelley B. Nelson | Kerstin Zanger |
| Anna Delbaere | Niketa A. Patel | |
| Donna DiPaolo | Christine Campion Quirk | |
| Sudha Khurana | Monica Richert |
Endocrine Society Trainee Day Awards
WE is pleased to co-sponsor Endocrine Society Trainee Day which provides a unique opportunity for graduate students and postdoctoral and clinical fellows to discuss the breadth of endocrinology with their peers and leaders in the field and to learn about strategies for building successful careers in endocrinology. Members of WE who have been selected by the Endocrine Society to attend Trainee Day are eligible for designated support from WE and complimentary registration for the WE Dinner.2011
Lauren Fishbein, University of Pennsylvania
Katja Kiseljak-Vassiliades, University of Colorado
2010
Sarah To, Prince Henry’s Institute, Australia
Yewei Xing, Medical College of Georgia
2009
Houda Benlhabib, UT Southwestern
Allison Graziadei, Brown University
Stacey Jamieson, Prince Henry’s Institute
2008
Marlies Kevenaar, Erasmus Medical Center, NL
Alejandra Ratti, Arkansas State University
Lucila Sackmann-Sala, Ohio University ^ Top of page
Australasian Branch of Women in Endocrinology
The purpose of the AWE awards is to provide financial support to younger women who are trainee members of either the Australian or New Zealand Societies of Endocrinology presenting an abstract at the annual ENDO conference. The program was launched in 2000 following the formation of AWE at the International Society of Endocrinology Congress held in Sydney, Australia and has been supported primarily through sponsorship from Diagnostic Systems Laboratories. Awardees are recognized at the WE dinner and at a reception held in conjunction with the annual scientific meeting of the Endocrine Society of Australia.
New Investigator Travel Awards
2011
NovoNordisk New Investigator Travel Award: Jun Yang & Shirin Hussain
2010
NovoNordisk New Investigator Travel Award: Sarah To & Liza Phillips
2009
Beckman Coulter Travel Award: Kesha Rana and Stacey Jamieson
NovoNordisk New Investigator Travel Award: Vita Birzneice and Kavitha Iyer
2008
AWE-DSL New Investigator Travel Award: Johanna Barclay and Ulla Simanainen
NovoNordisk New Investigator Travel Award: Kathryn Backholer
Merit Awards 2008
Vita Birzniece
Caroline Jung
Anna Barron
Amanda Rickard
Lisa-Marie Atkin
Where are they now? A look at the careers of past young investigator awardees…
(Ordered by year of award)
Jonna Frasor, Ph.D., was a new faculty member in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics at
Tina Thethi, MD, MPH, was a first year faculty at Tulane University when she received the Janet 
McArthur Award for Excellence in clinical research in 2007. She is in her 3rd year as an Assistant Professor at the same institution and currently is studying diabetes mellitus, obesity and their complications, especially chronic kidney disease. In 2008, she has received a Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health (BIRCWH) award at Tulane. She thinks that having being the recipient of the Janet W. McArthur award made her application stronger when she applied for the BIRCWH scholarship. These opportunities have allowed her to establish collaborations with those with expertise in various areas of medicine.
Cecilia C. Low Wang, MD, was in her first junior faculty year when she received the Women in Endocrinology abstract award in 2004. She is now a junior faculty at the University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, gearing up to submit an application for independent grant funding, and preparing her tenure promotion portfolio. Her current research focuses on translational work examining the role of vitamin D in metabolism and vascular function. She also staffs general endocrine and intensive diabetes clinics at the Denver VA Medical Center, and attend on ward medicine service at the VA and the endocrinology consult service at the VA and at the University of Colorado Hospital. Dr. Wang commented that “I received the WE award when I most needed it, since the funding made it possible for me to attend The Endocrine Society annual meeting that year, stay up to date on the latest science, and network with colleagues from other institutions. The WE award was especially important to me because it was from a respected non-profit organization and not associated with a pharmaceutical company.”
Madhu Misra, M.D.,
Anne R Cappola, MD, ScM– Dr. Cappola received the WE travel award when she was a third-year Endocrine fellow at
“I believe that through my activities with WE, I was able to expand my network which has been important for my international standing in the field of Endocrinology – this lead to an invitation to join the Publications Committee of the Endocrine Society.” – Currently a Visiting Scientist at the Department of Pediatrics at University of Washington, Seattle, Cathie Coulter, Ph.D. was the recipient of WE Investigator Awards in 1995 as a postdoctoral fellow at Lawson Research Institute, University of Western Ontario, Canada, and in 1998 as a junior faculty at Baker Medical Research Institute, Australia. Dr. Coulter is continuing her research on the factors which regulate the development of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, as well developing new technologies to assess the effectiveness of therapies used in the treatment of perinatal brain injury. Dr. Coulter has continued the tradition of supporting trainees by establishing the Australasian Branch of Women in Endocrinology and raising money to support a similar awards program for the past 8 years.