
This article is the fifth in a series highlighting the accomplishments of Research!America’s 2017 Advocacy Award honorees who will be saluted at a dinner in Washington, D.C., on March 15. More details can be found here . Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN) will be receiving Research!America’s Edwin C. Whitehead Award for Medical Research Advocacy , which honors exemplary leaders, particularly those in public office, who have shown a long-standing commitment to advancing health research as a national priority. Alexander has shown a strong commitment to improving the lives of Americans and, as chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, he championed the passage...