Published May 24, 2017

Honorees Recognized for Excellence in HEOR at ISPOR’s 22nd Annual International Meeting Boston, MA—May 24, 2017—The International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) recognized honorees of the ISPOR Awards Program at its 22nd Annual International Meeting in Boston, MA, USA this week. The ISPOR Awards Program is designed to foster and recognize excellence and outstanding technical achievement in health economics and outcomes research (HEOR). Awards were presented at the 22nd Annual International Meeting to the following individuals: Avedis Donabedian Award Paul Kind (University of Leeds, Leeds, UK) received the 2017 ISPOR Avedis Donabedian Outcomes Research Lifetime Achievement Award. The Avedis Donabedian Award is international in scope and stature and recognizes an individual's outstanding, life-long achievement in the area of improving health outcomes. Marilyn Dix Smith Leadership Award Daniel Mullins, PhD (University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, Baltimore, MD, USA) received the 2017 ISPOR Marilyn Dix Smith Leadership Award for his extraordinary leadership and contribution to the Society. Excellence in Application of Pharmacoeconomics and Health Outcomes Research Award Jeff Richardson, PhD (Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia) received the 2017 ISPOR Excellence in Application of Pharmacoeconomics and Health Outcomes Research Award. He was recognized for his outstanding practical application of health economics and outcomes research in health care decision making for the paper, Measuring the Sensitivity and Construct Validity of 6 Utility Instruments in 7 Disease Areas (Med Decis Making 2016;36:147–159). Bernie J. O’Brien New Investigator Award James D. Chambers, PhD, MSc (Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA) received the 2017 ISPOR Bernie J. O’Brien New Investigator Award. He was honored for demonstrating exceptional promise as an investigator based on his emerging body of technical and scholarly work in the field of health economics and outcomes research. Value in Health Paper of the Year Award Sabine E. Grimm, MSc (Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands) received the 2017 Value in Health Paper of the Year Award. She was honored for her outstanding research paper, When Future Change Matters: Modeling Future Price and Diffusion in Health Technology Assessments of Medical Devices, that was published in the September/October 2016 issue of Value in Health. Two other 2017 ISPOR Awards Program honorees will receive their awards at the upcoming ISPOR 20th Annual European Congress scheduled for 4-8 November 2017 in Glasgow, Scotland. Additional information on the ISPOR 22nd Annual International Meeting can be found here. Released presentations from the conference can be found here. Interested parties can follow news at ISPOR’s press site and on social media using the conference hashtag #ISPORBoston.

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  ABOUT ISPOR The International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) is a nonprofit, international, educational and scientific organization that promotes health economics and outcomes research excellence to improve decision making for health globally. Web: www.ispor.org | LinkedIn: http://bit.ly/ISPOR-LIn | Twitter: http://bit.ly/ISPOR-T (@ISPORorg) | YouTube: http://bit.ly/ISPOR-YT | Facebook: http://bit.ly/ISPOR-FB 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 health care leaders make evidence-based decisions. The journal’s 2015 impact factor score is 3.824. Value in Health is ranked 3rd out of 74 journals in health policy and services (social sciences), 8th out of 87 journals in health care sciences and services, and 10th out of 344 journals in economics (social sciences). Value in Health publishes 10 issues a year and circulates to more than 10,000 readers around the world. Web: www.ispor.org/valueinhealth | Twitter: http://bit.ly/ISPORjournals-T (@ISPORjournals) ABOUT VALUE IN HEALTH REGIONAL ISSUES Value in Health Regional Issues (ISSN 2212-1099) is a peer-reviewed, MEDLINE®-indexed journal of the International Society of Pharmcoeconomics and Outcomes Research. Value in Health Regional Issues is an online journal that publishes articles that focus 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. Web: www.ispor.org/publications/VIHRI/index.asp | Twitter: http://bit.ly/ISPORjournals-T (@ISPORjournals)