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), 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:

Broadcaster 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:

Global 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: 

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:

Biotech 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:

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