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The USAIC Distinguished Service Award transcends recognition; it celebrates transformative leadership and innovation that reshapes the BioPharma and Healthcare landscape and inspires hope for patients worldwide. This prestigious award is meticulously crafted by the master artisans of Moser, a world-renowned crystal maker known for its unparalleled craftsmanship and dedication to excellence. Over the past 18 years, only four exceptional individuals have been conferred with this honor, highlighting its exclusivity and the extraordinary contributions of its recipients.

Distinguished Service Award 2024

Andrew Plump, MD, PhD, President of Research & Development, Takeda

USAIC’s Distinguished Service Award presented to Dr. Andrew Plump for his vision and longstanding deep commitment to catalyzing industry-academic partnerships, interdisciplinary translational biomedical research & development, and innovation-based solutions for a healthier world.

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Distinguished Service Award 2013

William W. Chin, MD, Executive Dean for Research, Harvard Medical School

USAIC’s Distinguished Service Award presented to Dr. William Chin, Executive Dean for Research, Harvard Medical School for his vision and longstanding deep commitment to catalyzing industry-academic partnerships, interdisciplinary translational biomedical research & development, and innovation-based solutions for a healthier world.

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Lifetime Achievement Award 2011

Maharaj Kishan Bhan, MBBS, MD, DSc, Secretary, Department of Biotechnology

USAIC’s Lifetime Achievement Award presented to Dr. Maharaj Kishan Bhan, Secretary, Department of Biotechnology, India for his longstanding and deep commitment to promote biomedical research & development, fostering innovation, for promoting public-private-Academic partnerships, institution building and for helping take the United States and India BioPharma relationship to the next level.

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Distinguished Service Award 2009

Dr. Barry R. Bloom, Dean, Harvard School of Public Health

USAIC’s Distinguished Service Award presented to Dr. Barry R. Bloom, Dean of Harvard School of Public Health for his longstanding and deep commitment to helping to improve public health & biomedical science in India, for his scientific contributions to immunology, leprosy and tuberculosis, and for his passion for educating the next generation of Indian scientists and scholars. Award was presented by Dr. Martin Mackay, President Global R&D, Pfizer and Karun Rishi, President, USAIC in the presence of over 300 industry, investment and academic leaders.