Andrew Dauber Honored with Early Career Investigator Award

Andrew Dauber, M.D., MMSc, honored with Richard E. Weitzman Outstanding Early Career Investigator Award Andrew Dauber, M.D., MMSc, division chief of Endocrinology at Children’s National Hospital, will receive the 2020 Richard E. Weitzman Outstanding Early Career Investigator Award from The Endocrine Society. Given annually, the award was established in 1982 and honors the memory of the late Richard E. Weitzman, who had a brief but outstanding career studying neurohypophyseal hormone and cardiovascular-endocrine physiology – two seminal areas of modern endocrinology. Dr. Dauber was selected as a recipient for the prestigious award for his contributions to understanding the regulation of growth and puberty, and his success at applying innovative genetic technologies to studying pediatric endocrinology.

Looking for atherosclerosis’ root cause A multi-institutional team led by research faculty at Children’s National, has discovered that extracellular vesicles derived from kids’ fat can play a pivotal role in ratcheting up risk for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease well before any worrisome symptoms become visible. Two Children’s National spin-outs join JLABS Adipomics is one of two companies selected by Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JLABS to join JPOD . Co-founded by Robert Freishtat, M.D., M.P.H., and Evan P. Nadler, M.D., Adipomics will address the global epidemic of obesity-related diseases, including Type 2 diabetes.

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