Advocacy in Action

Endocrine Society Advocates for You; Join Our Campaign to Protect Endocrine Research

The Endocrine Society has a robust advocacy program to support our members’ policy interests. Since last June:

• Over 2,300 Endocrine Society members participated in advocacy activities. 
• We organized 106 research organizations to advocate for NIH funding and to halt current NIH restructuring plans.
• We coordinated 92 congressional office visits for Endocrine Society members in addition to regular Endocrine Society staff visits with congressional and federal agency staff. 
• We sent 70 letters to Congress and federal agencies to influence legislation, regulations, global policy makers, and NIH strategic plans. 
• We conducted 14 online advocacy campaigns. 
• We submitted 4 amici briefs. 
• We introduced 3 resolutions passed by the AMA House of Delegates.
• We organized 2 Endocrine Society Hill Days and participated in 4 coalition Hill Days. 
• We provided 2 testimonies to congressional appropriations committees. 
• We provided 2 statements to the United Nations Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution. 
• We updated our 1 “Obesity Playbook,” an educational resource guide for congressional offices on obesity prevention, research, and treatment. 

• The U.N. Global Treaty on Plastics Pollution 
• Reauthorization of the Special Diabetes Program through September 30 
• Extension of telehealth waivers through September 30 
• Restoration of the Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes Study 
• Development of IVF legislation 
• Introduction of the Treat & Reduce Obesity Act