Endocrine Society member Joseph T. Bass, MD, PhD, has been elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences (AAAS).
Bass is the Charles F. Kettering Professor of Medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, Ill.
As a world leader in circadian biology and endocrinology, his creativity and insights as an endocrinologist were instrumental in his discovery that a mutation in a core circadian clock gene lead to abnormal glucose metabolism, hyperphagia, and alterations in the control of feeding time in mice. This pioneering work provided the molecular underpinning for current thinking about how shift work leads to obesity and diabetes and set the stage for studies on how meal timing affects health.
Bass earned both his MD and PhD at the Medical College of Pennsylvania and completed fellowships in endocrinology as well as Molecular Biology. Since joining the faculty at Northwestern at the start of 2000, Bass has become one of the world’s leaders in circadian biology and endocrinology.
In 2023, he received the Endocrine Society’s 2023 Roy O. Greep Outstanding Research Laureate Award.
Bass, MD, PhD, a member of the Endocrine Society, has been elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences (AAAS).
It identifies his leadership in circadian biology and endocrinology, highlighting a pivotal discovery linking a core circadian clock gene mutation to abnormal glucose metabolism, hyperphagia, and altered feeding-time control in mice.
Kettering Professorship of Medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago.
His training includes MD and PhD degrees from the Medical College of Pennsylvania, with subsequent endocrinology and molecular biology fellowships.
He joined Northwestern's faculty at the start of 2000 and has since been described as a global leader in his fields.
The narrative emphasizes that this work laid groundwork for contemporary inquiry into timing-related metabolic health effects.
Greep Outstanding Research Laureate Award from the Endocrine Society, suggesting a pattern of sustained scholarly impact.
It also does not present new data beyond the election and career highlights.