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2025 WE awards recipients

Dear Women in Endocrinology community,

We are pleased to announce the recipients of our prestigious Women in Endocrinology awards!

Dr. Laurie Cohen has been selected as the winner of the Women in Endocrinology Mentoring Award.

Dr. Marie-Louis Wronski has been selected as the Janet W. McArthur Award Excellence in Clinical Research Young Investigator Award recipient.

Dr. Yiran Zhou has been selected as the Neena Schwartz Award Excellence in Basic Science Research Young Investigator Award recipient.

In addition, the following individuals will receive a 2025 Young Investigator Award:

Ridwanullah A. Abubakar

Jada D. Brown

Dr. Shreeya Chugh

Dr. Katherine M. Halloran

Dr. Encarnación Torres Jiménez

Dr. Tyler Marie Milewski

Dr. Angel Morvant

Dr. Alexandra M. Yaw

Congratulations to all our 2025 awardees! We look forward to seeing you at ENDO in San Francisco.

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Welcome President Faryal Mirza, MD

Dr. Faryal Mirza has been a member of the Endocrine Society since 2002 and WE since 2003. She is Professor of Medicine and Clinical Director of the Division of Endocrinology and metabolism at UConn health. She has been an active participant in WE for many years, and she has served in several leadership positions over the years. These include member and then chair of the program committee, member of the development committee, and, most recently, as a member of the nominating committee for several years. She is now serving as President of WE.

Thank you to past President Dr Ellen Seely!

Dr. Ellen Seely has been a member of the Endocrine Society since 1989 and WE since 2001. Her research focuses on cardiometabolic sequela of adverse pregnancy outcomes particularly gestational diabetes and preeclampsia. In the Endocrine Society, Dr. Seely has served as co-chair of the Research Affairs Committee. In WE, she has served as chair of the awards and member of the communications subcommittees. She has represented WE at the Endocrine Society National Meeting since 2013 by participating in the Mentoring for Career Success Panel (2013-2021) and Leadership Workshop (2023). She received the WE Mentor Award in 2017. She is now serving as President of WE.

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