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Pritzker MSTP Student Wins 2007 Eugene Garfield Economic Impact of Medical and Health Research Award
Anupam Bapu Jena, PhD
October 9, 2007 - Anupam Bapu Jena, PhD, a third-year student in the Pritzker School of Medicine’s Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP), is the recent recipient of the 2007 Eugene Garfield Economic Impact of Medical and Health Research Award. With his research mentor Tomas J. Philipson, PhD, Dr. Jena and Dr. Philipson were recognized for their study on “Who Benefits from New Medical Technologies? Estimates of Consumer and Producer Surpluses for HIV/AIDS Drugs,” published in Forum for Health Economics and Policy. Dr. Jena's research has focused on the economic value of medical innovation, implications of cost-effectiveness policies for technological growth, and the economics of fertility.
The Eugene Garfield Economic Impact of Medical and Health Research Award serves to recognize those whose work illustrates the economic and health impacts derived from medical and health research. The award is granted through Research!America, the nation’s largest not-for-profit public education and advocacy alliance working to make research to improve health a higher national priority. Founded in 1989, Research!America is supported by more than 500 member organizations that represent the voices of more than 125 million Americans.
Both Dr. Jena and Dr. Philipson were honored in Washington, DC at a luncheon on October 9th. Prior award winners include Dr. David Meltzer, Professor of Medicine at the Pritzker School of Medicine, who won the inagural award in 2002.
