HEOR Awards Program Designed to Foster and Recognize Excellence and Outstanding Achievement in the Field

New Orleans, LA, USA—May 20, 2019—ISPOR—the professional society for health economics and outcomes research (HEOR)—honored global leaders in the field at its Annual Awards Banquet last night. The event was held at the Society’s ISPOR 2019 annual conference on May 19, 2019 in New Orleans, LA, USA.

The ISPOR HEOR Awards Program grants scientific and service awards that are designed to foster and recognize excellence and outstanding achievement in the field of HEOR. The Society also bestows lifetime achievement and leadership awards to those who advance the field and who selflessly serve the Society.

Awards bestowed at the event included:

Avedis Donabedian Outcomes Research Lifetime Achievement Award

Marc L. Berger, MD was presented the 2019 Avedis Donabedian Outcomes Research Lifetime Achievement Award for his outstanding, life-long achievement in improving health outcomes. Dr Berger is a semiretired, part-time consultant, New York, NY, USA. Until July 2017, he was vice president, real-world data and analytics at Pfizer, Inc and has held a number of senior-level positions in industry. This award was established in honor of the late Avedis Donabedian, MD, MPH who has been called the “father of outcomes research.”

Marilyn Dix Smith Leadership Award

Josephine Mauskopf, PhD was presented the 2019 Marilyn Dix Smith Leadership Award for her consistent, broad, and meaningful direction to the Society in a leadership role. Dr Mauskopf is vice president of health economics at RTI Health Solutions, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA. She has more than 30 years of experience both as a consultant and within the pharmaceutical industry designing and implementing health economic research strategies for prevention and treatment of infectious diseases, psychiatric illness, and neurologic diseases. This award is named to honor the Society’s Founding Executive Director, Marilyn Dix Smith, RPh, PhD, whose leadership and vision developed ISPOR into the leading global Society in the field.

Bernie J. O’Brien New Investigator Award

Zirui Song, MD, PhD was presented the 2019 Bernie J. O’Brien New Investigator Award for his exceptional promise as a new investigator based on his body of technical and scholarly work in the field. Dr Song is an assistant professor of healthcare policy and medicine at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital. He is a physician and health economist whose work focuses on strategies to improve the value of healthcare spending. This award was established in 2004 to honor the long-standing commitment of Bernie J. O’Brien, PhD to training and mentoring new scientists in the field of health economics and outcomes research.

Honorees also included:

• Value in Health Paper of the Year Award
  Mónica Hérnandez, MSc, PhD; University of Sheffield, Sheffield, England, UK.
• Value in Health Regional Issues Excellent Article Award (Latin America)
  José Miguel Uribe-Restrepo, MD, MPH; Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia
• Value in Health Regional Issues Excellent Article Award (Central and Eastern Europe, Western Asia, and Africa)
  Alexandra Beletsi, PharmD, PhD; Servier Hellas Pharmaceuticals EPE, Athens, Greece
• Award for Excellence in Health Economics and Outcomes Research Methodology
  A. James O’Malley, MS, PhD; Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH, USA
• Award for Excellence in Health Economics and Outcomes Research Application
  William V. Padula, PhD, MS; University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

ISPOR Service Awards were also presented to recognize members who have significantly contributed to the vision and mission of the Society, in addition to Student Network Awards to acknowledge Student Network chapters and presidents.

Additional information on ISPOR’s scientific, leadership, and service awards program can be found here. ISPOR 2019 is the leading global HEOR conference and draws 4000 healthcare thought leaders and stakeholders, including researchers and academicians, assessors and regulators, payers and policy makers, the life sciences industry, healthcare providers, and patient engagement organizations. Additional information on the conference can be found at: Conference Information | Program | Registration | Short Course Program | Sponsors | Exhibitors | Press

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ISPOR, the professional society for health economics and outcomes research (HEOR), is an international, multistakeholder, nonprofit dedicated to advancing HEOR excellence to improve decision making for health globally. The Society is the leading source for scientific conferences, peer-reviewed and MEDLINE^®-indexed publications, good practices guidance, education, collaboration, and tools/resources in the field.

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ABOUT VALUE IN HEALTH

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 2017 impact factor score is 5.494. Value in Health is ranked 3rd among 94 journals in healthcare sciences and services, 3rd among 79 journals in health policy and services, and 6th among 353 journals in economics. Value in Health is a monthly publication that circulates to more than 10,000 readers around the world.

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ABOUT VALUE IN HEALTH REGIONAL ISSUES

Value in Health Regional Issue (ISSN 2212-1099) is ISPOR’s online, MEDLINE^®-indexed journal that publishes articles on health-related topics that impact the health policies and populations in the following regions: 1) Asia; 2) Central and Eastern Europe, Western Asia, and Africa; and 3) Latin America.