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John Crowley

2013 Research!America
Advocacy Awards Dinner
March 13, 2013
Washington, DC

Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium

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.

Honorary Chairs

Click here to see our honorary chairs for the 2013 Advocacy Awards.

Keynote Remarks

Click here to read the keynote remarks by Research!America's chair, The Honorable John Edward Porter.

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2013 Advocacy Award Winners and Benefactors

Edwin C. Whitehead Award for Medical Research Advocacy

Co-Benefactors: Whitehead Charitable Foundation and Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
Pictured: Edwin C. Whitehead

2013 Recipients:

Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA)Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC), at left, and Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA), are both strong supporters of federal and private-sector medical research. Both have introduced legislation that aids the research enterprise during their combined 14 years in the Senate. Both are members of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee.

Isadore Rosenfeld Award for Impact on Public Opinion

Benefactor: Rosenfeld Heart Foundation
Pictured: Isadore Rosenfeld, MD

2013 Recipient:

Diane RehmBroadcaster and author Diane Rehm will be presented with the Isadore Rosenfeld Award for Impact on Public Opinion. She is the host of "The Diane Rehm Show," which is heard on National Public Radio stations throughout the country. Rehm is an honorary director of the National Spasmodic Dysphonia Association. For the past several years, she-along with her husband, John-has served as co-chair of the Parkinson's Action Network's Morris K. Udall Awards Dinner.

Raymond and Beverly Sackler Award for Sustained National Leadership

Benefactors: Raymond R. Sackler, MD, and Beverly Sackler 

2013 Recipient:

Mark Rosenberg, MDGlobal health researcher Mark L. Rosenberg, MD, will be presented with the Raymond and Beverly Sackler Award for Sustained National Leadership. He is currently president and CEO of The Task Force for Global Health, which performs programmatic work in health system strengthening, immunization and vaccines, and neglected tropical diseases. Prior to joining The Task Force, Rosenberg spent 20 years at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

 

Paul G. Rogers Distinguished Organization Advocacy Award

Benefactor: Hogan Lovells US LLP

2013 Recipient: 

California Institute for Regenerative Medicine

The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine will be presented with the Paul G. Rogers Distinguished Organization Advocacy Award. CIRM was established after California voters approved the California Stem Cell Research and Cures Initiative, which set aside $3 billion for stem cell research at institutions throughout the state. Jonathan Thomas, PhD, JD, chairman of CIRM's Independent Citizens' Oversight Committee, will accept the award on behalf of the organization.

 

Gordon and Llura Gund Leadership Award

Benefactors: Gordon and Llura Gund Foundation

2013 Recipient:

John CrowleyBiotech entrepreneur John Crowley will be presented with the Gordon and Llura Gund Leadership Award. He is currently chairman and CEO of Amicus Therapeutics, a biotechnology company that focuses on developing drugs to treat human genetic diseases. The diagnosis of his two youngest children, Megan and Patrick, with Pompe disease inspired Crowley to join the biotech sector. He previously held positions with Bristol-Myers Squibb and Orexigen Therapeutics.

Geoffrey Beene Builders of Science Award

Benefactor: The Geoffrey Beene Foundation

2013 Recipient:

John Mendelsohn, MD

Cancer researcher John Mendelsohn, MD, will be presented with the Geoffrey Beene Builders of Science Award. During his tenure as president of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center from 1996 to 2011, he oversaw dramatic increases in both size and stature of the institute. Earlier this year, MD Anderson was named the country's top hospital for cancer care by U.S. News & World Report. He currently serves as the director of the Khalifa Institute for Personalized Cancer Therapy at MD Anderson.

 

G. Thompson Hutton and Mara Hutton

G. Thompson Hutton
and Mara Hutton

2013 Advocacy Award Sponsors

Tribute Reception Host

Johnson & Johnson

Grand Reception Host

Elsevier

 

Presenting Partner

UnitedHealth Group
  

 

Program Partner

AbbVie


American Medical Association  

GlaxoSmithKline 

Lilly

Pfizer  

Staglin Family Vineyard  

 

Patron

Brigham and Women's Hospital  

Johns Hopkins University  

 

Contributor

Amgen  

CQ Roll Call  

Duke Medicine  


Sponsor

Alzheimer's Association  

Battelle  

CDC Foundation / Georgia Research Alliance

Genentech  

University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center  

Northeast Ohio Medical University  

The Hill

University of California, Los Angeles / University of California, San Francisco

Mary Woolley

 

Friend

AcademyHealth

American Cancer Society

American Heart Association

Baylor College of Medicine Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

Brigham & Women's Hospital

Faegre BD Consulting

Mary J.C. Hendrix, PhD

The Johns Hopkins University

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

March of Dimes Foundation

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

UPMC

Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center / Children's Tumor Foundation

Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis

 

Award Benefactors

The Geoffrey Beene Foundation
Gordon and Llura Gund Foundation
Hogan Lovells US LLP
Rosenfeld Heart Foundation
Dr. Raymond R. and Beverly Sackler
Whitehead Charitable Foundation
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research