Edwin C. Whitehead Award for Medical Research Advocacy

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

2012 Recipient:

Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski will be recognized for her longstanding leadership and support for medical research, public health and prevention, regulatory science, the physical sciences and her support for research as a force for economic competitiveness.

Isadore Rosenfeld Award for Impact on Public Opinion

Benefactor: Rosenfeld Heart Foundation
Pictured: Isadore Rosenfeld, MD

2012 Recipient:

Sanjay Gupta, MD, the Emmy-Award winning chief medical correspondent for CNN, will be honored for bringing to light the importance of medical and health research and adding clarity and context to health-related issues through his reporting on health and medical news.

Raymond and Beverly Sackler Award for Sustained National Leadership

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

2012 Recipient:

Margaret Foti, PhD, MD (h.c.), CEO of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), will be honored for carving out a leadership role for AACR in the science policy arena and for her effective advocacy for federal research funding in her notable tenure as the CEO of AACR.

Paul G. Rogers Distinguished Organization Advocacy Award

Benefactor: Hogan Lovells US LLP

2012 Recipient: 

The Food Allergy Initiative (FAI) will be honored for its pioneering role in advancing food allergy research, including successful advocacy campaigns that have led to a significant increase in federal research funding and to federal and local legislation that creates safer environments for people with food allergies.

Gordon and Llura Gund Leadership Award

Benefactors: Gordon and Llura Gund Foundation

2012 Recipient:

Scott Johnson, president and founder of the Myelin Repair Foundation, will be honored for his leadership in founding MRF, for implementing a new model at MRF to more rapidly deliver treatments to patients with chronic diseases, and for raising the visibility of research for neurological diseases.

Geoffrey Beene Builders of Science Award

Benefactor: The Geoffrey Beene Foundation

2012 Recipient:

Donald Lindberg, MD, director of the National Library of Medicine (NLM) and former director of the White House High Performance Computing and Communications (HPCC) Program, will be honored for pioneering the application of computer technology to medicine which has revolutionized healthcare.

G. Thompson Hutton
and Mara Hutton