Lawrenceville, NJ, USA—October 20, 2025—ISPOR—The Professional Society for Health Economics and Outcomes Research announced today the recipients of its 2025 Health Economics and Outcomes Research (HEOR) Scientific and Leadership Awards. ISPOR Scientific Awards are designed to foster and recognize excellence and outstanding achievement in HEOR and its Leadership Awards recognize excellence and outstanding leadership in the field.
The 2025 HEOR Award honorees include:
ISPOR Impact Award
Established in 2025, this new award recognizes examples of HEOR delivering outstanding impact in healthcare. The first honorees for this prominent new award are recognized for their work on efforts to advance Hepatitis C elimination in the United States through a multiyear effort of collaboration with key stakeholders including the White House, National Institute of Health, National Bureau of Economic Research, and US Congress, among others. These efforts culminated in modelling work that was directly used by the US Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to develop the official budgetary score of the Cure Hepatitis C Act of 2025, bipartisan legislation introduced by Senators Bill Cassidy and Chris Van Hollen in June 2025. The CBO’s score was integral to Congressional consideration of the bill. In addition, the honorees led coordination efforts between the FDA and NIH through the Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics program, resulting in the FDA approval in June 2024 of the first point-of-care diagnostic test for hepatitis C RNA in the United States. The modelling work that was developed to support this effort demonstrated cost savings and reduction in complications. The honorees collaborated as a team on this project, therefore, the award is being given jointly. The honorees are:
Rachael Fleurence, PhD; Head of Evidence and AI Solutions, Value Analytics Labs; Boston, MA, USA
Jag Chhatwal, PhD, MS; Director, Institute for Technology Assessment, Massachusetts General Hospital and Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School; Boston, MA, USA
Avedis Donabedian Outcomes Research Lifetime Achievement Award
This award recognizes an individual's outstanding, life-long achievement in the area of improving health outcomes. The honoree is:
Adrian Towse, MA (Hons), MPhil; Emeritus Director and Visiting Senior Research Fellow of the Office of Health Economics; London, UK
Marilyn Dix Smith Leadership Award
This award recognizes one individual each year that has provided extraordinary leadership to the Society. The honoree is:
Bernie O’Brien New Investigator Award
This award honors the long-standing commitment of Bernie J. O’Brien, PhD to training and mentoring new scientists in the fields of outcomes research and health economics. The honoree is:
- Bertalan Nemeth, PhD, MSc; Principal Health Economist; Syreon Research Institute; Budapest, Hungary
ISPOR LMIC Health Economics and Outcomes Research Excellence Award
This award recognizes individuals with demonstrated outstanding research achievements in health economics and outcomes research in LMICs. The honoree is:
ISPOR Award for Excellence in Health Economics and Outcomes Research Methodology
This award recognizes outstanding research in the field of health economics and outcomes research methodology. The honoree is:
Boshen Jiao, PhD; Assistant Professor, University of Southern California, USA for the article, “Evaluating Policies of Expanding Versus Restricting First-Line Treatment Choices: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Framework.”
ISPOR Award for Excellence in Health Economics and Outcomes Research Application
This award recognizes outstanding practical application of health economics and outcomes research in healthcare decision making. The honoree is:
Anirban Basu, PhD, MS; Stergachis Family Endowed Director & Professor of Health Economics, The CHOICE Institute University of Washington; Seattle, Washington, USA for the article, “Gene Therapy Versus Common Care for Eligible Individuals With Sickle Cell Disease in the United States.”
Value in Health Paper of the Year Award
This award promotes quality research, originality, and utility in healthcare decisions for articles published in Value in Health. The honoree is:
Yawen Jiang, PhD; School of Public Health (Shenzhen); Sun Yat-sen University; Shenzhen, Guangdong, China for the article, “Patient Welfare Implications of Indication-Specific Value-Based Pricing of Multi-Indication Drugs” [Value Health. 2024; 27(3):273-277]
Value in Health Regional Issues Excellent Article Award
This award recognizes quality research, originality, and utility in healthcare decisions for articles published in Value in Health Regional Issues. The honoree is:
Drishti Baid, BSocSci; Sol Price School of Public Policy; University of Southern California; Los Angeles, CA, USA for the article, “Societal Preferences for Subsidizing Treatments Targeting Patients With Advanced Illness: A Discrete Choice Experiment.” [Value in Health Reg Issues. 2024;43:101003]
ISPOR Outstanding Regional Chapters
ISPOR Korea Chapter – Large Chapter Category
ISPOR South Africa Chapter – Medium Chapter Category
ISPOR Central America and the Caribbean Chapter – Small Chapter Category
ISPOR Outstanding Student Chapters
Best Chapter Collaboration – Universidad John F. Kennedy, Argentina
Outstanding LMIC Student Chapter – National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), India
Outstanding Student Chapter – University of Maryland, Baltimore
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Value in Health (ISSN 1098-3015) is an international, indexed journal that publishes original research and health policy articles that advance the field of health economics and outcomes research to help healthcare leaders make evidence-based decisions. The journal’s current impact factor score is 6.0 and its 5-year impact factor score is 5.7. Value in Health is ranked 5th of 124 journals in Health Policy and Services, 12th of 185 journals in Health Care Sciences & Services, and 37th of 617 journals in Economics. Value in Health is a monthly publication that circulates to more than 55,000 readers around the world.
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ABOUT VALUE IN HEALTH REGIONAL ISSUESValue in Health Regional Issues(ISSN 2212-1099) is ISPOR's journal for regional advancements in health economics and outcomes research (HEOR). Value in Health Regional Issues is a peer-reviewed, MEDLINE indexed journal that publishes applied research using HEOR methods to examine health systems, policies, and patient populations in all geographic regions. The journal's current impact factor score is 1.5 and its 5-year impact factor score is 1.7. Value in Health Regional Issues is a bimonthly publication that circulates to more than 55,000 readers around the world.
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