We are committed to supporting and promoting health care innovation in all forms – from promising technologies that improve outcomes to promising programs and initiatives that promote better health. With our annual Innovators in Health Awards, we recognize pioneers whose efforts reflect NEHI’s spirit of innovation and collaboration and whose work advances NEHI’s mission to improve the quality of health care for patients and their families.
The Revolution in Obesity Treatment: A Report from the Front Lines
This year's IIH event featured a panel discussion titled"The Revolution in Obesity Treatment: A Report from the Front Lines,"moderated by NEHI'sTom Hubbard.Leaders from payor, provider, and patient advocate organizations shared insights into innovative strategies driving positive change.
Lee Goldman, MD Endowed Professor of Medicine and Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics University of California, San Francisco
Renee Salas, MD, MS, MPH
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Yerby Fellow, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
David Blumenthal, MD, MPP
President, The Commonwealth Fund
Mark McClellan, MD, PhD
Director, Robert J. Margolis Center for Health Policy at Duke University
Christopher Molaro, MBA
CEO, NeuroFlow
Inaugural NEHI Member Innovation Award
Andrew Dreyfus
Chief Executive Officer, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
Henri A. Termeer Memorial Award
2022/2021
Kathrin Jansen, PhD
Senior Vice President, Head of Vaccine Research and Development, Pfizer
Toyin Ajayi, MD, MPhil
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Cityblock Health
Uǧur Şahin, MD, PhD
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, BioNTech
Iyah Romm
Co-Founder and Board Member, Cityblock Health
Özlem Türeci, MD
Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer BioNTech
Robert Coughlin
Managing Director, Life Sciences, JLL
Jewel Mullen, MD, MPH, MPA
Associate Dean, Health Equity, University of Texas at Austin, Dell Medical School
Bay Gross
Co-Founder and Chief Technical Officer, Cityblock Health
2020
2019
Rebekah Gee, MD, MPH, FACOG
Chief Executive Officer of Health Care Services, LSU Health
Joan Reede, MD, MPH
Dean for Diversity and Community Partnership, Harvard Medical School
John Maraganore, PhD
Chief Executive Officer, Alnylam
Sonia Vallabh, PhD and Eric Minikel, PhD
Associated Scientists, Prions@Broad, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
Myechia Minter-Jordan, MD, MBA
President and Chief Executive Officer, DentaQuest Partnership for Oral Health Advancement and Catalyst Institute
Red Sox Foundation
Accepted by Bekah Salwasser, Executive Director
2018
2017
Scott Gottlieb, MD
Commissioner of Food and Drugs, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Charlie Baker
Governor of Massachusetts
Senator Orrin Hatch
United States Senator for Utah
Patrick Conway, MD, MSc
Former Deputy Administrator for Innovation and Quality, The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; Incoming President and CEO, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina
Colleen LaBelle, MSN, RN-BC, CARN
Director, State Office Based Addiction Treatment (OBAT); Director, Boston Medical Center’s OBAT
Former Congressman Henry Waxman
Chairman, Waxman Strategies; Former United States Representative for California
Jessie Gaeta, MD
Chief Medical Officer, Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program
2016
2015
Edward J Benz Jr, MD
Former President and CEO, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Henri Termeer
Former Genzyme CEO and leader in life-sciences
Diane Rehm
Host, The Diane Rehm Show
Karen DeSalvo, MD, MPH, MSc
Acting Assistant Secretary, HHS, and health IT leader
Janet Woodcock, MD
Director, the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, the Food and Drug Administration
Partners In Health
Accepted by Gary Gottlieb, MD, President and CEO
2014
2013
Dr. Margaret Hamburg
Commissioner, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Susan Dentzer
Senior Health Policy Advisor, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Rebecca Onie
Co-Founder and CEO, Health Leads
Harvey V. Fineberg, MD, PhD
President, Institute of Medicine
James Park
Co-Founder and CEO, Fitbit
The Honorable Deval L. Patrick
Governor of Massachusetts
2012
2011
Robert J. Beall, PhD
President and Chief Executive Officer, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Donald M. Berwick, MD
Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
The Honorable Regina Benjamin, MD
U.S. Surgeon General
Dean Kamen
Founder, DEKA Research and Development Corporation
Christine Cassel, MD
President and CEO, American Board of Internal Medicine and ABIM Foundation
Joseph and Kathy O'Donnell
The Joey Fund
Eric Olson, PhD
Vice President, Vertex Pharmaceuticals
The Honroable Thomas M. Menino
Mayor of Boston
2010
2009
Carolyn Clancy, MD
Director, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Christina Economos, PhD
Associate Professor, Tufts University; Principal Investigator, Shape Up Somerville
Patricia Gabow, MD
CEO, Denver Health
Atul Gawande, MD
Research Director, Brigham and Women’s Hospital; Staff Writer,The New Yorker
Jennie Chin Hansen
CEO, American Geriatrics Society
Jamie Heywood
Co-Founder & Chairman, PatientsLikeMe; d’Arbeloff Founding Director, ALS Therapy Development Institute
Jack Wennberg, MD
Peggy Y. Thomson Professor (Chair) in the Evaluative Clinical Sciences, Founder & Director Emeritus, The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice
Eric S. Lander, PhD
President and Director, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT
Barry Zuckerman, MD
Chief of Pediatrics, Boston Medical Center; Founder, Project HEALTH, Medical-Legal Partnership for Children, Reach Out and Read
2008
Jack Connors
Founding Partner and Chairman, Hill Holiday; Chairman, Partners HealthCare
Richard C. Lord
President and CEO, Associated Industries of Massachusetts
The Honorable Sal DiMasi
Massachusetts House Speaker
John McDonough
Executive Director, Health Care for All
Andrew Dreyfus
President, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation
The Honorable Richard T. Moore
Massachusetts State Senator
Paul Guzzi
President and CEO, Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce
The Honorable Mitt Romney
Governor of Massachusetts
Reverend Hurmon Hamilton
President, Greater Boston Interfaith Organization
The Honorable Robert Travaglini
Massachusetts Senate President
The Honorable Edward M. Kennedy
United States Senator
Nancy Turnbull
President, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation
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