Meet RAPS Awardees

2020 RAPS Awardees

2020 Community Leadership Award Recipients

Kiran Gulati, MBA, Principal Medical Device Consultant, Kiran Gulati & Associates

Sylvie Verdon, MS, RAC, MPM, Senior Regulatory Consultant, Verdon Solutions, LLC

2020 Founder’s Award Recipients

Linda Bowen, FRAPS, MSc, RAC, Head of Regulatory Policy and Intelligence, Seattle Genetics

David Jefferys, MD, FRAPS, Senior Vice President, Eisai Medical Research Inc.

John Wilkinson, MBA, Chair of the Board of Trustees, Global Medical Devices Nomenclature

Robert Yocher, FRAPS, Retired

Medical Device Innovation Consortium (MDIC)

European Patients Forum (EPF)

The 2019 RAPS Awardees were honored during the Regulatory Convergence in Philadelphia, PA.

2019 Community Leadership Award Recipients

Dr. Daniela Drago, RAC, PhD, Senior Director, Regulatory Sciences, Biogen

Mr. João Duarte, Director, Chief of Staff and Regulatory Sciences, Global Regulatory Affairs, Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Dr. Robert Temple, MD, Deputy Center Director, Clinical Science, Office of New Drugs, CDER, FDA

Dr. Alison Cave, Principal Scientific Administrator, European Medicines Agency

Mr. Basil Mathioudakis, Managing Director, Basil Mathioudakis Consulting, Nutrition and Food legislation

National Organization for Rare Diseases (NORD)

The 2018 RAPS Awardees were honored during the Regulatory Convergence in Vancouver, BC.

Founder's Award

• John Lim, Executive Director, Centre of Regulatory Excellence, Duke-NUS Medical School, Senior Advisor, Ministry of Health, Singapore
• Justina Molzon, HD
• Mike Ward, Coordinator, Regulatory Systems Strengthening, Essential Medicines and Health Products, World Health Organization
• Barbara Schneeman, PhD, Professor Emerita University of California-Davis

Community Leadership Award

• Lena Cordie, President at Qualitas Professional Services, LLC
• Alan McEmber, RAC, Head, Regulatory Strategy Immunology, Neuroscience and Ophthalmology, VP Global Regulatory Affairs Shire

The 2017 RAPS Awardees were honored during the Regulatory Convergence at National Harbor at the DC Waterfront.

Founders’ Award

The 2017 Founders' Awardees honored during the Regulatory Convergence in the National Harbor at the DC Waterfront.

• Agnes Klein, MD, director, Centre for Evaluation of Radiopharmaceuticals and Biotherapeutics, Health Canada
• Murray Lumpkin, MD, deputy director integrated development (lead for global regulatory systems initiatives), Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
• Junshi Chen, MD, head, International Life Sciences Institute Focal Point, China
• Susan Alpert, MD, PhD, FRAPS, principal, SFA Consulting LLC

Community Leadership Award

The 2017 Community Leadership Awardees honored during the Regulatory Convergence in the National Harbor at the DC Waterfront.

• Kimberly Belsky, MS, senior director, regulatory policy and intelligence, Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals
• Jacqueline Monteiro, RAC, director, regulatory affairs, APAC- Dental Platform, KAVO Kerr
• Michelle Ragozzino, PhD, regulatory affairs manager, Cordis Corporation