Advocacy

Endocrine Insider - February 5, 2010

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New UMR Report Touts Benefits of Investing in Biomedical Research; Encourages Sustainable Funding
In an effort to undertake a fresh approach to advocacy for increased federal funding and galvanized by the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) $10 billion award through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)...

 
In Flat Discretionary Budget, President Provides 3 Percent Increase for NIH
The President unveiled his fiscal year (FY) 2011 budget on February 1, and as outlined in his State of the Union address, domestic discretionary spending was held to FY 2010 levels While many programs were cut under the President’s budget...

 
Application Deadline Approaching for New Physician Travel Award
The Harold Vigersky Practicing Physician Travel Award, established by President Robert Vigersky and named after his father, was developed for clinical practitioners in private practice to help offset the cost associated...

 
Society Member Receives Grant from PCC; Next Application Deadline Approaching
The Partnership for Clean Competition (PCC) is an innovative research collaborative that aims to ensure integrity in sport through the funding of high-quality, high-impact novel research...

 
Past-President Maria New Works with Olympic Committee on Gender Identification in Athletes
Maria I. New, MD, past-president of The Endocrine Society, recently served as co-director of “The 2nd World Conference: Hormonal and Genetic Basis of Sexual Differentiation Disorders,”which brought together many of the world’s top experts in endocrinology...

 
Texas Signatories Needed: Petition for Injectable Corticosteroids on EMS Vehicles
Texas-based members are encouraged to consider signing a petition calling for emergency response vehicles to be required to carry injectable corticosteroids and protocols for administering them to patients...