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SAVE THE DATE!

2009 Research!America Advocacy Awards
20th Anniversary Celebration
March 24, 2009, Washington, DC.

2009 Advocacy Awards Gala Sponsors

Herbert Pardes, MD

Gala Co-Chair: Herbert Pardes, MD, president and CEO
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital 

Gala Co-Chair: Randolph Siegel, publisher 
Media Sponsor
PARADE magazine

Our 2009 Advocacy Awards Honorary Chairs

Award Benefactors

 

Edwin C. Whitehead Award for Medical Research Advocacy
Benefactor: Whitehead Charitable Foundation 

 

Isadore Rosenfeld Award for Impact on Public Opinion
Benefactor: Rosenfeld Heart Foundation

2009 Recipient:

Bob WoodruffBob Woodruff
ABC News Anchor Woodruff will be honored for his commitment to cognitive rehabilitation research. Woodruff suffered a traumatic brain injury by a roadside bomb while reporting on U.S. and Iraqi security forces. After his injury, Woodruff co-wrote a memoir, In an Instant, with his wife, Lee. They established the Woodruff Family Fund for Traumatic Brain Injury for injured members of the military.

Raymond and Beverly Sackler Award for Sustained National Leadership
Benefactors: Raymond R. Sackler, MD, and Beverly Sackler

2009 Recipient:

C. Everett Koop, MD, ScDC. Everett Koop, MD, ScD
Koop is a long-time advocate for health on national and international fronts and has in the past appeared in Research!America public service announcements. He is the Elizabeth DeCamp McInerny Professor of Surgery at Dartmouth Medical School. After his two terms as U.S. Surgeon General, Koop's continued commitment to public health is sustained through his writing. He is also known for his work as a pediatric surgeon.

 

Paul G. Rogers Distinguished Organization Advocacy Award
Benefactor: Hogan & Hartson LLP

2009 Recipient:

Sharon TerryGenetic Alliance
Sharon Terry
is president and CEO of the Genetic Alliance, a network that improves health through an environment of openness. On behalf of the alliance, Terry will accept the award. Terry was a driving force behind the 2008 Genetic Information Nondisclosure Act.

 

Gordon and Llura Gund Leadership Award
Benefactors: Gordon and Llura Gund
2009 Recipients:Virginia and James Stowers

James E. Stowers Jr. and Virginia G. Stowers
Both cancer survivors, the Stowers dedicated their personal fortune to creating the Stowers Institute for Medical Research, which opened in 2000 in Kansas City, MO. A premier biomedical research facility, its goal is creating cures or improved treatments for cancer and other gene-linked diseases.

 

Builders of Science Award
Anonymous Benefactor
2009 Recipient:

David Baltimore, PhDDavid Baltimore, PhD
This award recognizes leaders in medical and health research who either worked to establish a research facility or substantially revitalized an existing institution. Baltimore has done both: founding the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and serving as president of the California Institute of Technology.

 

Patron Sponsors

Brigham & Women's Hospital/Partners Healthcare System
Mount Sinai Medical Center
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

Sponsor

Alzheimer's Association

Friend

Mary J.C. Hendrix, PhD

The annual Research!America Advocacy Awards program was established in 1996 by the board of directors to honor outstanding advocates for medical, health and scientific research. Recognized individuals and organizations are those whose leadership efforts have been notably effective in advancing our nation's commitment to research.

Read opening remarks from our board Chair The Honorable John Edward Porter at the 2008 Advocacy Awards.

For more information, contact Ralph Grunewald, 703-739-2577, ext. 11.

Contact us information about advocacy awards prior to 2003.