Early Researcher Lectures
To help Early Career Clinicians and Early Career Scientists to have their work recognised across the wider endocrine community through a conference presentation and Society publications.
Successful applicants will:
- present a 20 minute basic science or clinical lecture at the next SfE BES conference
- be awarded an honorarium of £750
- submit an article of up to 800 words for inclusion in the Society’s quarterly magazine The Endocrinologist
Dr Kreepa Kooblall (Science Lecture), University of Oxford, “Investigating the retinoic acid pathway as a potential therapeutic target for skeletal dysplasia syndromes"
Dr Edouard Mills (Clinical Lecture), Imperial College London, “Can a KISS Treat Low Sexual Desire in Men?”
Dr Karla Jade Suchacki (Science Lecture), “The diverse and distinct roles of adipose tissue on metabolic heath”
Dr Catherine Lovegrove (Clinical Lecture), “Central adiposity raises serum calcium concentrations and increases risk of kidney stone disease”
Dr Elisa De Franco (Science Lecture), “Using gene discovery to identify new key regulators of beta cell development and function”
Dr Alessandro Prete (Clinical Lecture), “Cardiometabolic burden of mild autonomous cortisol secretion”
Watch the SfE BES 2020 Online Early Researcher Lectures (previously Early Career Prize)
Sign in to the My Videos section of the Members' Area and select the Tuesday sessions to see:
- Targeting epigenetic mechanisms as a novel treatment for MEN1-associated tumours
Kate Lines (University of Oxford)
- Tracking of imprinted gene hypervariability and diet-induced deregulation in pancreatic beta cells
Steve Millership (Imperial College London)
Deadline
The application deadline is the same date as the abstract submission deadline.
28th October 2024
Eligibility
You must be a paid Early Career member of the Society and have submitted an abstract to the forthcoming SfE BES conference. Previous winners are not eligible.
- Early Career Scientist: PhD students and up to 10 years post-PhD with no clinical training
- Early Career Clinical Academic: Up to CCT/CESR/12 years from attainment of MBBS (whichever is earliest)
- Early Career Clinician in Practice: Up to CCT/CESR/12 years from attainment of MBBS (whichever is earliest)
- Early Career Nurse: Nurses with up to 3 years’ experience of endocrine nursing
- Early Career Associated Professional: An inclusive category for anyone with an interest in endocrinology who does not fit into the other four categories (e.g. clinical biochemists, pharmaceutical professionals, lab technicians, veterinarians, dietitians, Physician Associates, Nursing Associates).
- Open to professionals who have been working in an allied field for less than 10 years.
How to apply
When submitting your abstract for the next SfE BES Conference please select the box to be considered for the Early Researcher Lecture. You will then be contacted to complete the application form which will include the following documents:
- A short CV
- A statement from the presenting authors's supervisor describing their contribution to the study and a comment on lecture presentation capacity.
Please note that if you are selected as the Early Research Lecture winner, you will NOT be given an oral communication or poster presentation as well, and will therefore not be eligible for any abstract prizes on offer.
Successful applicants will
- Present a 20-minute lecture (plus 5 minutes for questions) at the Society for Endocrinology BES conference and submit an article of up to 800 words for inclusion in the Society's quarterly magazine, The Endocrinologist.
- Applications will be judged by the Society's Awards and Prizes Committee using the standard criteria of originality, scientific quality and clinical relevance/impact. We aim to notify all applicants of our decision within 6 weeks of the deadline at the latest.
- Candidates may not be Officers, Officers-elect or members of the Awards and Prizes Committee at the time of application or at the time of delivery of the lecture. Council members, as Trustees, are not able to receive the personal honorarium associated with the medal if they are in post at the time the lecture is given.
- Clinical Endocrinology Journal Foundation and British Thyroid Association Pitt-Rivers Award winners are not eligible to be awarded a Society Medal in the same year.
- Candidates cannot be awarded more than one of the Society awards per year.
- Medallists should not be invited within 5 years of receiving another medal unless there are exceptional circumstances.
- Check the membership requirements for each award.
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