The Eugene Garfield Economic Impact of Medical and Health Research Award annually recognizes outstanding research that illustrates how medical or health research impacts the economy.
2008 Award
Established in 2002, the award annually recognizes outstanding research demonstrating how medical and health research impacts the economy.
The award carries an honorarium of $5,000 and was presented to Amitabh Chandra, PhD and Douglas O. Staiger, PhD, for their paper, "Productivity Spillovers in Health Care: Evidence from the Treatement of Heart Attacks" on October 14, 2008, in the Knight Conference Center at the Newseum in Washington, DC.
Our keynote speaker this year was New York Times Economic Scene columnist and The Times Magazine staff writer, David Leonhardt.
A podcast of the award luncheon is now available.
As part of the 2008 award presentation, Research!America hosted a moderated discussion between representatives of the two presidential candidates.
According to former U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, MD, ScD, Garfield Award winners 
"clearly and unequivocally illustrate that research for health is worth the cost."
Previous Award Winners:
- 2008 - Amitabh Chandra, PhD and Douglas O. Staiger, PhD
- 2007 - Tomas J. Philipson, PhD and Anupam B. Jena, PhD
- 2006 - Amy Finkelstein, PhD, MPhil
- 2004 - Sherry A.M. Glied, PhD
- 2003 - David Cutler, PhD
- 2002 - David Meltzer, MD, PhD