Abstract categories for ECE 2027
Adrenal cortex (to include adrenal Cushing’s)
Adrenal medulla
Cardiovascular endocrinology and lipid metabolism
Diabetes (to include epidemiology, pathophysiology)
Diabetes complications
Beta cell and islet biology - Insulin signaling and action
Diabetes management (to include prevention, technology, transplantation)
Obesity and adipose tissue including regulation of appetite and feeding - basic
Obesity - clinical
Neuroendocrinology and pituitary - basic
Neuroendocrinology and pituitary - clinical
Female gonadal system - basic and clinical
Male gonadal system - basic and clinical
Transgender medicine
Developmental endocrinology
Endocrine disruptors
Environmental endocrinology (to exclude endocrine disruptors)
Thyroid biology and disease (non-cancer)
Thyroid cancer
Bone disorders including osteoporosis (not mineral disorders)
Vitamin D and mineral metabolism and disorders
Paediatric and adolescent endocrinology
Endocrine/neuroendocrine tumours and neoplasia (excluding thyroid, adrenal and pituitary) - basic and clinical
Hormone-dependent tumours
Steroid metabolism and action
Non-nuclear and nuclear receptor biology and action
Clinical case reports - pituitary/adrenal
Clinical case reports - others (not pituitary or adrenals)
Endocrine nursing
Artificial intelligence
Other
Definition: relating to the (patho)physiology of the adrenal gland, or focusing on cardiovascular risk factors and outcomes
Examples:
- adrenal insufficiency
- adrenal hyperfunction
- congenital adrenal hyperplasia
- adrenal hyperandrogenism
- adrenal medullar hyperfunction
- hypertension
- atherosclerosis
- coronary artery morbidity and mortality
Definition: relating to the (patho)physiology of calcium and bone homeostasis
Examples:
- hypoparathyroidism
- hyperparathyroidism
- disorders of the parathyroid glands
- bone and mineral disorders
- osteoporosis
- vitamin D metabolism
Definition: relating to the (patho)physiology of diabetes, obesity and metabolism
Examples:
- type 1 diabetes
- type 2 diabetes
- gestational diabetes
- maturity onset diabetes of the young (MODY)
- pre-diabetes
- malnutrition-related diabetes mellitus
- hypoglycaemic disorders
- disorders of pancreatic internal secretion
- nutrition disorders
- obesity
- adipose tissue
- lipid disorders
- atherogenic dyslipidemia
- malignant insulinoma
Definition: relating to the (patho)physiology of hormone-dependent cancers/tumours and distinct cancers that are driven by hormones
Examples:
- breast cancer
- prostate cancer
- pancreatic cancers/tumours
- neuroendocrine tumours
- parathyroid tumours
- testis and ovary tumours
- multiple endocrine neoplasia
- pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas
- other hormone-dependent cancers/tumours
- endocrine-resistant cancer
Definition: relating to endocrine issues affected by the environment (for example; pollutants), and with an impact on society (for example; disease epidemiology) and governance (for example; advocacy/policy)
Examples:
- endocrine disrupting chemicals
- disease epidemiology
- advocacy
- lobbying and policy
Definition: relating to the (patho)physiology of the pituitary gland as well as disorders of the neuroendocrine system
Examples:
- hyperfunction of the pituitary gland
- hypofunction (and other disorders) of the pituitary gland
- Cushing’s disease/syndrome
- growth hormone
- pulmonary neuroendocrine tumours
- extra-pulmonary small cell carcinomas (ESCC or EPSCC)
- gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumours (GEP-NET)
- Merkel cell carcinoma of skin
Definition: relating to the (patho)physiology of the reproductive system
Examples:
- infertility
- clinical evaluation of the menstrual cycle
- disorders of sexual development
- intersex disorders
- sex hormone disorders
- ovarian dysfunction
- testicular dysfunction
Definition: relating to the (patho)physiology of the thyroid
Examples:
- nontoxic goitre
- hyperthyroidism
- hypothyroidism
- thyroiditis
- thyroid hormone resistance
- drug-thyroid interactions
- evaluation and treatment of thyrotoxicosis
- non-thyroidal illness syndrome
- thyroid disease in pregnancy
- thyroid nodules
- disorders of iodine-deficiency