Endocrine Abstracts

The prestigious Geoffrey Harris Prize is awarded to an established researcher in the field of neuroendocrinology and is the first of its kind in Europe. This years recipient is Professor Christos S. Mantzoros, who will receive his prize and deliver his lecture as part of the ECE 2018 Opening Ceremony on Saturday 19 May 2018. Further information on the prize can be found at https://www.ese-hormones.org/grants-and-awards/awards/.

Christos S. Mantzoros, MD, DSc, PhD h.c. mult. is Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Boston University School of Medicine. He currently also serves as the Chief of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism at the Boston VA Healthcare System and the Director of the Human Nutrition Unit of the Division of Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Dr. Mantzoros is also the director for the VA Boston Healthcare System fellowship program with Boston University Medical Center (BUMC). He has served as a board member, an advisor, or head of the scientific advisory boards of non-profit foundations as well as government and private entities. He also serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Metabolism and is on the editorial board of several scientific journals worldwide. His research has resulted in more than 600 publications in Medline, more than 150 publications under the collaborative Look Ahead Research Group, more than 200 chapters and reviews and has received more than 49,000 citations and an H index of 114 with an i10 index of 421 (Google Scholar).