Research!America 9th Annual Advocacy Awards Gala
March 15, 2005
Master of
Ceremonies
Sam
Donaldson
ABC News and Research!America Board Member
Host
Benefactor
PARADE magazine
Represented
by
Lee Kravitz, Editor-in-Chief
Thank You to Our 2005 Gala Sponsors
2005 Advocacy Award Honorary Chairs
2005 Award Recipients
Edwin
C. Whitehead Award for Medical Research Advocacy
The Honorable Paul G. Rogers
Award
benefactor: Whitehead Charitable Foundation
Isadore
Rosenfeld Award for Impact on Public Opinion
Marlo Thomas
National Outreach Director
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Award
benefactor: Rosenfeld Heart Foundation
Raymond and Beverly
Sackler Award for Sustained Leadership at the National Level
Judah Folkman, MD
Surgeon-in-Chief, Emeritus; Director, Vascular Biology
Program; and Andrus Professor of Pediatric Surgery and Professor of Cell Biology,
Department of Surgery
Harvard Medical School.
Award
benefactors: Raymond and Beverly Sackler
Exceptional
Contributions as a Volunteer Advocate for Medical or Other
Health-Related Research
Ambassador Nancy G.
Brinker
Founder
Susan G. Komen for the Cure
Organization that
has Distinguished Itself by Its Advocacy
The Juvenile Diabetes
Research Foundation International
Mary Tyler Moore, Founder, International Chairman
Peter Van Etten, President
For more information, contact Cindy McConnell, 703-739-2577, ext 35.
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.
For years prior to 2003, contact Janet Fedak.