Endocrine Abstracts

The Clinical Endocrinology Trust (CET) Award is given for clinical research that addresses aspects of endocrinology at the forefront of clinical practice. This year’s recipient is Professor Philippe Chanson who will receive his prize and give his lecture as part of the European Congress of Endocrinology (ECE), beginning on the 19 May 2018. The award is sponsored by the Clinical Endocrinology Trust and further information can be found at https://www.ese-hormones.org/grants-and-awards/awards/.

Philippe Chanson is Professor of Endocrinology at University Paris-Sud and Head of the Department of Endocrinology and Reproductive Diseases at Bicêtre’s Hospital (Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris), where he coordinates a National Center for Rare Pituitary Diseases. He also leads the Bicêtre HCP for Endo-ERN. He is a member of several scientific societies including Endocrine Society, European Society of Endocrinology, European Neuroendocrine Association (ENEA), Pituitary Society, Growth Research Society and French Society of Endocrinology. He participates actively to numerous Consensus Groups organized by these Societies. He is the General Secretary of the « French Pituitary Club » and past Treasurer of ENEA. His main interest is in Neuroendocrinology: pituitary adenomas including acromegaly, Cushing’s disease; and Reproduction (gonadotropic function and disorders) which are his main clinical research themes. He conducts his basic research in INSERM U 1185 on effects of GH on kidney and on pituitary tumorigenesis. He has served the Boards of Clin Endocrinol, J Clin Endocrinol Metab, Endocrine, J Endocr Soc and is now in the Editorial Board of Pituitary. He is the author or co-author of more than 260 original peer-reviewed contributions and many invited reviews or book chapters.