2010Research!America
Advocacy Awards Dinner
March16, 2010
Washington, DC
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. Download a fact sheet about Research!America's14th AnnualAdvocacy Awards (PDF).
A special musical performance by Chairman Obey and NIH Director Francis S. Collins, MD, PhD, was a highlight of the evening, in the spirit of the "Rock Stars of Science." Coverage of the event in The Hill newspaper includes a number of photos from the event. View more photos from the 14th Annual Advocacy Awards.
We Thank Our Corporate Host
We Thank Our Grand Reception Sponsor
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Co-Chair The Honorable Billy Tauzin Corporate Sponsor PhRMA |
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Co-Chair Harry Johns Alzheimer's Association |
Our 2010 Advocacy Awards Honorary Chairs
2010 Advocacy Award Winners and Benefactors
Edwin C. Whitehead Award for Medical Research AdvocacyBenefactor: Whitehead Charitable Foundation
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Isadore Rosenfeld Award for Impact on Public OpinionBenefactor: Rosenfeld Heart Foundation
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Raymond and Beverly Sackler Award for Sustained National LeadershipBenefactors: Raymond R. Sackler, MD, and Beverly Sackler2010 Recipient:
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Paul G. Rogers Distinguished Organization Advocacy AwardBenefactor: Hogan & Hartson LLP2010 Recipient:
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Gordon and Llura Gund Leadership AwardBenefactors: Gordon and Llura Gund Foundation2010 Recipient:
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Builders of Science AwardAnonymous Benefactor2010 Recipient:
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Download a fact sheet about the 2010 Advocacy Awards Dinner.(PDF)
14th Annual Advocacy Award Sponsors
Corporate Host
Grand Reception Sponsor
Principal Partner
Program Partners
Patron
Contributors
Sponsors
Mark Slezak
Friends
American Academy of Physician Assistants
American Cancer Society
American Heart Association
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
B&D Consulting
Baylor College of Medicine Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Children's Memorial Hospital
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Foundation for the National Institutes of Health
Mary J.C. Hendrix, PhD
The J. David Gladstone Institutes
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International
jVen Capital, LLC
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California
March of Dimes
Mead Johnson Nutrition
Mount Sinai Medical Center/School of Medicine
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy
Northwestern University
Stanford University School of Medicine
Susan G. Komen for the Cure
University of California, Davis School of Medicine
Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine