Hear host Aaron Lohr's talk with Donna Ryan from Pennington Biomedical about the latest developments in obesity treatment. For more information, including helpful links and other episodes, visit our website at https://www.endocrine.org/podcast.
Sep 18, 2020•20 min
Host Aaron Lohr talks about hypoglycemia with Elizabeth Seaquist, MD, from the University of Minnesota, and Cecilia Low Wang, MD, from the University of Colorado Hospital. Drs. Seaquist and Low Wang are the faculty of the ENDO Online 2020 session titled “Severe Hypoglycemia: The Frequently Forgotten Threat.” Once you have listened to the episode, let us know what you think about it by taking a survey, the link to which you can find on our website, https://www.endocrine.org/podcast (click on the ...
Aug 12, 2020•25 min
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 poor and BIPOC communities, and more engagement by endocrinologists both in the pandemic and in the...
Jun 24, 2020•23 min
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 helpful links and other episodes, visit our website at https://www.endocrine.org/podcast.
Jun 17, 2020•21 min
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 our website at https://www.endocrine.org/podcast.
Jun 10, 2020•20 min
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 our website at https://www.endocrine.org/podcast.
Jun 03, 2020•18 min
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.
May 01, 2020•18 min
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 division, and their interactions with professional organizations like the Endocrine Society. For more in...
Apr 21, 2020•24 min
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.
Mar 20, 2020•10 min
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 (login required). This episode is supported by Pfizer through an unrestricted, educational grant. For mo...
Jan 28, 2020•27 min
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.
Dec 17, 2019•23 min
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 our website at https://www.endocrine.org/podcast.
Nov 26, 2019•17 min
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.
Nov 04, 2019•23 min
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.
Oct 17, 2019•39 min
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.
Sep 10, 2019•12 min
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.
Aug 20, 2019•20 min
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, including helpful links and other episodes, visit our website at https://www.endocrine.org/podcast.
Aug 05, 2019•35 min
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.
Jul 02, 2019•10 min
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 the feedback from editors. For more information, including helpful links and other episodes, visit ou...
Jun 14, 2019•19 min
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 at https://www.endocrine.org/podcast.
May 29, 2019•19 min
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 https://www.endocrine.org/podcast.
May 20, 2019•11 min
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.org/podcast.
May 09, 2019•11 min
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 from rejection and other challenges when building a career in clinical practice or scientific research....
Apr 29, 2019•20 min
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 other episodes, visit our website at https://www.endocrine.org/podcast.
Apr 08, 2019•13 min
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://www.endocrine.org/podcast.
Mar 27, 2019•9 min
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 episodes, visit our website at https://www.endocrine.org/podcast.
Mar 27, 2019•26 min
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.
Mar 18, 2019•18 min
We celebrate women in endocrinology by launching this podcast series, talking with authors of 12 influential, high-impact research papers representing the spectrum of basic through clinical research, geographical diversity and career stage, published in Endocrine Society journals since 2017. Here we speak with Stina Rikke Jensen, PhD, a researcher at Novozymes in Denmark. Her 2017 Endocrinology paper, on biological roles of insulin and its receptor in murine intestinal growth and function, is pa...
Mar 11, 2019•20 min
R. Michael Tuttle, from Memorial Sloan Kettering and Weill Medical College, talks with Caitlin and Aaron about the upcoming ENDO 2019 and especially how first-time attendees and trainees can navigate the sometimes overwhelming experience. Also, Caitlin tells us about the upcoming Women in Endocrinology Thematic Collection. The Society is seeking nominations for this collection, which will be published in March in time for the meeting. For more information, including helpful links and other episo...
Jan 30, 2019•18 min
We talk with James Findling from the Medical College of Wisconsin about the debate surrounding the symptoms that some see as indicative of adrenal fatigue and failure and others see as a false positive for a condition that, in fact, does not exist. For more information, including helpful links and other episodes, visit our website at https://www.endocrine.org/podcast.
Dec 21, 2018•17 min