Award Winners

The ISPOR Research Presentation Podium and Poster Awards were established in 1998 to recognize the scientific merit of podium and poster presentations at ISPOR’s conferences.

ISPOR Judges evaluated podium and poster presentations within the top 5% of accepted abstracts, which were based on abstract peer reviewed scores, and were eligible for a presentation award.

Evaluations of scientific merit were based upon the following criteria:

QUALITY OF RESEARCH STUDY

  • Research design is appropriate and transparent
  • Data sources are appropriate and transparent
  • Data analyses are appropriate and transparent
  • Results are included and are transparent and comprehensible
  • Uncertainty of results is addressed appropriately
  • Conclusions are consistent with the results

QUALITY OF PRESENTATION

  • Objectives/research questions are clearly stated, and objectives are addressed
  • Factual information is kept separate from interpretations or implications / unbiased presentations
  • Implications, as presented, are easy to understand
  • Clarity of presentation

The Recipients Are…


Best General Poster Research Presentations 

EE213: Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Oral Semaglutide As a Third-Line Treatment for Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Presenting Author: Jonathan Wu, MS, Novo Nordisk Taiwan, Taipei City, Taiwan

 

EE455: Exploratory Assessment of the Societal Impact of Changing Informal Care Hours in the Netherlands
Presenting Author: Jos Luttjeboer, BSc, MSc, Health-Ecore, Groningen, Netherlands

 

PT5: Pulmonary Nodule (PN)-Related and Lung Cancer-Related Workup Costs Within the Two-Year Period After Diagnosis of a PN in the United States
Presenting Author: Kimberly Le, MBA, MS, PharmD, Director of HEOR, Biodesix, Spring Hill, FL, USA

 

Best Student Poster Research Presentations 

EE195: Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of CYP2C19 Genotype-Guided Antiplatelet Therapy for Patients With Acute Coronary Syndrome Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in the Netherlands
Presenting Author: Kamila Shiba, B.Pharm, PharmacoTherapy, Epidemiology & Economics, Groningen Research Institute of Pharmacy, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands

 

PT38: Efficacy and Safety of Nalbuphine Compared With Analgesics for Moderate to Severe Postoperative Pain: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis
Presenting Author: Rong-Sheng Chen, PharmD, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan

 

PT42: Comparative Effectiveness of Second-Line Antidiabetic Medications on the Risk of Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events: A Real-World Study in China
Presenting Author: Nan Peng, MSc, China Pharmaceutical University, Beijing, China

 

Best New Investigator Poster Research Presentations 

EE57: Assessing Public Health and Economic Benefits of Nirsevimab or RSVpreF for Preventing RSV-Related Outcomes in Japanese Infants
Presenting Author: Mehdi Ghemmouri, PharmD, Sanofi, Lyon, France

 

EE746: Utilization and Patient Characteristics of Robotic-Assisted Colorectal Surgery in Germany: A Claims Data Analysis
Presenting Author: Joana Pestana, PharmD, Intuitive Surgical Deutschland GmbH, Freiburg, Germany

 

EPH34: Burden of Hospitalized Viral Respiratory Infections in France: Insights From the 2022-2023 Season
Presenting Author: Nicolas Capit, PhD, AstraZeneca, Courbevoie, France

 

Best General Podium Research Presentations 

P4: Simulating Sponsor-HTA Conversations: A Multi-Agent GenAI Framework for Reimbursement Processes
Presenting Author: Barinder Singh, RPh, Pharmacoevidence Pvt. Ltd., Mohali, India

 

P28: Survival Time-Adjusted Indirect Comparisons: A New Methodology for Comparing Between Phases of Treatment in Early Cancer
Presenting Author: Robert Hettle, MMATH, Health Technology Assessment and Modelling Science, AstraZeneca, Cambridge, United Kingdom

 

P54: Thus SPOKE the Technology Appraisals (TAs): Querying NICE Technology Assessments Using Generative AI and Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG)
Presenting Author: Cale Harrison, MSc, Pfizer UK, Walton Oaks, United Kingdom

 

Best Student Podium Research Presentations 

P18: Mixed-Method Exploration of Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) Variations to Measure Health, Social Care, and Carer-Related Quality of Life (QoL)
Presenting Author: Jonathan L. Nazari, PharmD, Pharmacy Systems, Outcomes, and Policy, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA

 

P51: Catalogue of Actions to Address Policy Barriers of Drug Repurposing
Presenting Author: Dalma Hosszú, MA, Syreon Research Institute, Institute of Psychology, University of Pécs, Budapest, Hungary


Best New Investigator Podium Research Presentations 

P6: Potential Modifiers of Cost-Effectiveness Thresholds: Public Perspectives on Prioritization in Healthcare Spending
Presenting Author: Tom Belleman, MSc, Erasmus School of Health Policy and Management, Amsterdam, Netherlands

 

P25: Optimizing the Use of Excess Hazard Models in Survival Analysis: Considering Disease Severity and Follow-up Maturity
Presenting Author: Jessica E. Forsyth, PhD, Sheffield Centre for Health and Related Research (SCHARR), University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom

 

P44: Early Economic Modeling to Estimate Cost-Effectiveness and Value-Based Price of a Gene Therapy for Urofacial Syndrome
Presenting Author: Sean P. Gavan, PhD, Manchester Centre for Health Economics, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

 

Presentation Award Judge Acknowledgment  

ISPOR would like to thank the ISPOR Europe 2025 judges who have volunteered their time and expertise in judging the podium and poster presentations.

Shivani Aggarwal, PhD, MS, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Surabhi Aggarwal, MS, Gautam Buddh Nagar, India

Marisa Alamillo, MSc, Madrid, Spain

Patricia Aluko, MSc, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Carlos Alves, PhD, Coimbra, Portugal

Gisele Araujo, MSc, São Paulo, Brazil

Aurore Bergamasco, PharmD, MSc, Paris, France

Fernando Bonilla, MSc, MD, Guatemala

Richard Brook, MBA, MS, Newfoundland, NJ, United States

Stacey Chang-Douglass, PhD, London, United Kingdom

Ritesh Dubey, PharmD, Mohali, India

Buki Fabusiwa, BS, MBA, MPH, PharmD, Aurora, IL, United States

Ginenus Fekadu, PhD, Nekemte, Ethiopia

Federico Felizzi, BSc, MS, PhD, Zurich, Switzerland

Paulos Gebrehiwet, PhD, Daly City, CA, United States

Necdet Gunsoy, MPH, PhD, Amersham, United Kingdom

Nandini Hadker, Masters in Econ, Waltham, MA, United States

Ariel Hammerman, BSc, MSc, RPh, PhD, Petach Tikva, Israel

Shrividya Iyer, PhD, New York, NY, United States

Syed Umer Jan, PhD, Quetta, Pakistan

Boshen Jiao, MPH, PhD, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Korinna Karampampa, MSc, PhD, Stockholm, Sweden

Irem Karaömerlioglu, PhD, Ankara, Turkey

Amjad Khan, PhD, Islamabad, Pakistan

Sarah Knight, BSc (Hons), MSc, London, United Kingdom

Guvenc Kockaya, MSc, PhD, MD, Samsun, Turkey

Hye-Young Kwon, PhD, Daejeon, Korea, Republic of

Xue Li, BEc, MPhil, PhD, Hong Kong

Lamine Mahi, PhD, MD, Malakoff, France

Eric Manalastas, MSc, PhD, Sheffield, United Kingdom

Grant McCarthy, MSc, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Robert McQueen, BA, MA, PhD, Aurora, CO, United States

Lesley-Ann Miller-Wilson, MS, PhD, MBA, Montgomery, TX, United States

Noor Syahireen Mohammed, MSc, RPh, Alor Setar, Malaysia

Stella Mokiou, BSc, MSc, PhD, Redhill, United Kingdom

Saima Mushtaq, PhD, Xi’an, China

Oleksandra Oleshchuk, PhD, MD, Ternopil, Ukraine

Ashwin Kumar Rai, MS, Overland Park, KS, United States

Amit Raval, PhD, Piscataway, NJ, United States

Lorna Richards, PhD, Lake Ridge, VA, United States

Andras Ruppert, MA, MPH, Munich, Germany

Kwame Safo, BA, MBA, MPhil, Kumasi, Ghana

Jesvin Samuel, MSc, PhD, London, United Kingdom

Oznur Seyhun, BSc, MFE, MSc, Istanbul, Turkey

Sukriti Sharma, MSc Hons, Mohali, India

Nuno Silverio, MBA, RPh, PharmD, Lisboa, Portugal

Panos Stafylas, MSc, PhD, MD, Thessaloniki, Greece

Deepika Thakur, MPharm, Courtice, ON, Canada

Caitlin Thomas, BSc, MSc, London, United Kingdom

Tina Wang, PhD, London, United Kingdom

Tracy Yee, MPH, PhD, Fairfax, VA, United States

Nicole Yurgin, PhD, Basel, Switzerland