PMC Award for Leadership in Personalized Medicine

The PMC Award for Leadership in Personalized Medicine recognizes an individual whose contributions in science, business, and/or policy have helped advance the frontiers of personalized medicine.  Past award winners have contributed to the development of the scientific tools, clinical infrastructure, public policies and economic models that support investment in and adoption of personalized medicine.

Eighth Annual Award - Call for Nominations

The Eighth Annual Award will be presented at the Harvard Personalized Medicine Conference on November 28, 2012.  The recipient will present his or her vision of the future of personalized medicine to an audience of 500 conference attendees. The conference, which serves as the Personalized Medicine Coalition's annual meeting, will take place at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts, November 28-29, 2012.

To nominate a leader in personalized medicine for this award, please send a letter of nomination explaining how the nominee has advanced personalized medicine along with a copy of his/her bio to Gwen Gordon. Nominations are due April 30, 2012.

Past Award Winners

• 1st Annual Award – 2005 - Janet Woodcock, M.D., Deputy Commissioner of Operations and Chief Operating Officer, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
• 2nd Annual Award – 2006 - Elizabeth G. Nabel, M.D., Director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
• 3rd Annual Award – 2007 – Ralph Snyderman, M.D., Chancellor Emeritus, Duke University, and Founder and Chairman of Proventys, Inc.
• 4th Annual Award – 2008 - Michael O. Leavitt, Secretary of Health and Human Services
• 5th Annual Award – 2009 – Brook Byers, Managing Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB)
• 6th Annual Award – 2010 – William S. Dalton, Ph.D., M.D., President, CEO, and Center Director, Moffitt Cancer Center
• 7th Annual Award - 2011 - Leroy Hood, M.D., Ph.D., President, Institute for Systems Biology