ISPOR Patient Representative Travel Grants were established to support eligible patient representatives (patients, their caregivers, or representatives from patient organizations) in attending the Society's annual conferences.
Eligibility:
The candidate for the Patient Travel Grant must:
- Represent a nonprofit, voluntary health agency [501(c)3 in the US] with a mission to:
- Combat a particular disease, disability, or group of diseases/disabilities or
- Improve and protect the health of a particular group of people
- Engage in programs, such as, research, education, advocacy, and service to individuals and communities
- NOT be employed by health technology producers (biopharmaceutical, medical device, or diagnostic companies)
- NOT have received an ISPOR Conference Grant during the past 3 years
Nature of Grant:
The recipient of the ISPOR Travel Grant receives complimentary registration to the conference and a fixed-amount travel reimbursement, per the ISPOR Travel Reimbursement Policy.
Selection Timeline:
ISPOR Patient Representatives Travel Grant Awardees
ISPOR Europe 2023 - November 13-15, 2023
- Omar A. Escontrias, National Health Council, United States
- Birgitta Termander, Rare Diseases Sweden, Sweden
- Stavros Terzakis, Union of Heart Patients of Navy Officers, Coast Guard and
Friends, Hellenic Navy, Greece
- Ana-Ecaterina Amariutei, European Patient Advocacy Institute, Germany
- Richard Ballerand, European Institute for Innovation
and Technology, United Kingdom
- Jennifer Camaradou, Health ClusterNET, Netherlands
- Marjorie Morrison, Lymphoma Coalition, Canada
ISPOR 2023 - May 7-10, 2023
- Lisa Machado, Canadian CML Network, Canada
- Sneha Dave, Generation Patient, United States
- Jason Harris, National Psoriasis Foundation, United States
- Ashley Valentine, Sick Cells, United States
- Kevin Wake, Uriel E. Owens Sickle Cell Disease Association of the Midwest, United States
- Anna Hyde, Arthritis Foundation, United States
Virtual ISPOR Europe 2022 - 6-9 November, 2022
- Valentina Strammiello, European Patients Forum, Belgium
- Stefan Živković, National Organisation for Rare Diseases of Serbia, Serbia
- Ananda Plate, Myeloma Patients Europe, Germany
- Tina Mesarič, University of Maribor, Slovenia
- Merce Cases, European Patient Advocacy Institute, Germany
- Sara Pérez Martínez, Freelance Patient Advocate, Spain
- Laura Gumbert, SMA Europe, Bayreuth, Germany
- Sara Loud, Accelerated Cure Project, Inc., United States
- Veronica del Gragnano Stasiak Bednarczuk de Oliveira, Unidos pela Vida-Brazilian
Institute of Cystic Fibrosis Care, Brazil
- Anne-Pierre Pickaert, Care 4 Access, France
- Angie Botto-van Bemden, Musculoskeletal Research International Patient Advocate, United States
- Karla Ruiz de Castilla, Esperantra, Peru
Virtual ISPOR 2022 - May 15-18, 2022
- Sita Ratna Devi Duddi, Patient Academy for Innovation and Research, India
- Ellos Lodzeni, International Alliance of Patients' Organizations (IAPO), Malawi
- Charlotte Martin, Leukemia Care, United Kingdom
- Derick Mitchell, The Irish Platform for Patient Organisations, Science and Industry (IPPOSI), Ireland
- Silene ten Seldam, Myeloma Patients Europe (MPE), Belgium
ISPOR 2019 - MAY 18-22, 2019
- Paul Melmeyer, National Organization for Rare Disorders, USA
- Tonya Moore, WomenHeart: The National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease, USA
- Jane Perlmutter, Gemini Group, USA
- Marc Yale, International Pemphigus and Pemphigoid Foundation, USA
- Allison Moore, Hereditary Neuropathy Foundation, USA
Patient Representatives from nonprofit or volunteer organizations can email us for more information about Patient Representative Travel Grants.