RAPS honors 9 regulatory professionals and one organization with 2025 awards
RAPS has recognized nine distinguished professionals and one organization with awards for their work to support the regulatory profession and advance public health. Recipients will be honored at RAPS Convergence 2025, which will take place on 7-9 October in Pittsburgh, PA.
The 2025 RAPS Award winners are:
The Founder's Award
- Gert Bos, PhD, FRAPS, Executive Director & Partner, Qserve
- Peter Barton Hutt, Senior Counsel, Covington & Burling LLP
- Alberto Grignolo, PhD, Editor-in-Chief, DIA Global Forum
- Susan Stewart, JD, LLM, RAC, FRAPS Chief Regulatory Officer, Rezolute Bio, Inc. and Candel Therapeutics, and Advisor, The Termeer Foundation
The Community Leadership Award
The Community Leadership Award recognizes RAPS members who have served as RAPS ambassadors and have spent time building networks and supporting regulatory professionals in their communities. This year’s Community Leadership Award recipients are:
- Silu (Lulu) Zhang, MSc, RCC-MDR, RCC-IVDR Director of Global Regulatory Affairs – Medical Devices/IVD at Changchun GeneScience Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
- Qianqian Zhu, MBA, LLM, RAC Director of RAQA for China, Hong Kong, and Macau at Intuitive Surgical, Inc.
The Rising Star Award
The Rising Star Award recognizes promising individuals early in their careers who demonstrate initiative and exhibit a passion for strengthening their regulatory communities. This year’s Rising Star Award recipients are:
- Attrayee Chakraborty, MS, MSc. Quality Systems Engineer at Analog Devices (ADI)
- Akanksha Kulshreshtha, PhD, MS, RAC-Devices Manager, Regulatory Affairs, FUJIFILM Sonosite, Inc
The Patient-Centered Health Award
The Article of the Year Award
“These outstanding awardees exemplify excellence by setting the highest standards, giving back to the professional community," said RAPS Executive Director Bill McMoil. “Their efforts remind all of us that we are here to improve patient outcomes with safe and effective healthcare products.”