Research!America Chair Emeritus
The Honorable Paul G. Rogers, former U.S. Congressman from Florida (1955-79), served as chair of the House Subcommittee on Health and the Environment from 1971-79 before joining Hogan & Hartson. Rogers sponsored or played a major role in enacting major health and environmental legislation such as the National Cancer Act of 1971 and 1977, the Medical Device Amendments of 1976, the Health Maintenance Organization Act, the Health Manpower Training Act, the Research on Aging Act, the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970, the Emergency Medical Service Act, the Medicare-Medicaid Anti-Fraud and Abuse Amendments of 1977, the Clean Air Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act and the Radiation Control for Health & Safety Act. In addition, Rogers' subcommittee exercised oversight of the National Institutes of Health, the Food and Drug Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency.
At Hogan & Hartson, Rogers represents a cross-section of health and environmental clients, including corporations, associations and individuals. Rogers is a member of the Institute of Medicine. He lectures widely on health issues and health policy, and serves on many national committees. He has received a number of awards including National Academy of Science Public Welfare Medal (1982), National Health Lawyers Association Health Policy Award (1991), Albert Lasker Award for Public Service (1993), 1994 American Pharmaceutical Association Hugo H. Schaefer Award, 1994 AlliedSignal Achievement Award in Aging, 1994 Distinguished Leadership Award from the University of Florida Health Sciences Center, the 1995 National Osteoporosis Foundation Leadership Award, the National Cancer Institute "Year 2000" Award and Research!America's 2005 Edwin C. Whitehead Award for Medical Research Advocacy. In June 2001, the main plaza at the National Institutes of Health was named in his honor, by an act of Congress.
In 2006, Research!America received a $1.2 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation providing founding support for the Paul G. Rogers Society for Global Health Research, established to increase awareness of-and make the case for greater U.S. investment in-research to fight diseases that disproportionately affect the world's poorest nations.