The Social Well being Awards honor and acknowledge the efforts of sufferers and caregivers inside their communities and on the trade degree.
Our Well being Leaders continuously amaze us by means of their distinctive advocacy efforts. Supporting fellow sufferers and caregivers with the instruments they must be the perfect model of themselves is price celebrating!
Our judges had a difficult activity narrowing down all of those large nominees. To find out the finalists, on-line well being group members volunteered their time to slender down nominations to simply 60 finalists. From there, our trade judges offered weighted scores to finally uncover the Social Well being Awards winners.
Through the COVID-19 pandemic, James was pressured to defend and self-isolate since his immunosuppressive medicines make him extremely susceptible to the virus. James determined to take this time to search out methods to assist different folks in comparable conditions and lift consciousness of younger folks dwelling with power and arthritic situations.
James has labored alongside the charity Versus Arthritis on a variety of initiatives; has appeared in documentaries for the BBC, The Guardian, and Nationwide Voices; and is a contributor for AxialSpondyloarthritis.web.
Congratulations once more to our Rookie of the 12 months, James!
Kristine and Theresa (RARE.) every confronted difficult well being journeys. Kristine suffers from the uncommon situation Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS), and Theresa’s son Owen was born with the uncommon illness Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome. Feeling confused and alone, they every turned to retailers that might assist them course of their feelings and join with others.
In August 2019, Kristine and Theresa related by means of Instagram and, over the course of some months, realized that they had been higher collectively and determined to affix forces. The mission of RARE. is to make the invisible seen. Every product is designed to create conversations and consciousness surrounding uncommon illnesses, power diseases, and the individuals who battle them day-after-day. Additionally, 15 % of each buy made at RARE. is donated to a nonprofit of your selecting.
Congratulations once more to our Artistic Contributor, RARE.
Parvathy’s journey with affected person advocacy started after each of her kids had been born with Lynch Syndrome, and subsequently, constitutional mismatch restore deficiency (CMMRD), a uncommon illness that has had devastating results on their household. As a part of this journey, Parvathy has mastered navigating care at numerous specialty medical facilities whereas advocating for complicated pediatric palliative and hospice care to fulfill the wants of her kids. Parvathy is dedicated to serving to others and giving again by collaborating on native, nationwide, and worldwide boards and trade and group teams whereas serving on a number of working teams specializing in DEI-focused affected person advocacy and extremely/nano uncommon illnesses.
The Krishnan Household Basis was established to assist different households dealing with comparable struggles: “Parenting a baby with a uncommon illness is like planning a mission to outer house with zero funding or assist. We as a household have made it our life’s aim to collect no matter assets we will to assist each household on this mission.”
Congratulations once more to our Caregiving Champion, Parvathy!
Tina Aswani-Omprakash is a multi-award-winning Crohn’s illness and ostomy advocate. She maintains a weblog and advocacy platform referred to as Personal Your Crohn’s and co-founded the South Asian IBD Alliance to type a affected person/clinician-led nonprofit group to attenuate stigma and disparities whereas enhancing schooling and consciousness within the rising South Asian IBD inhabitants.
She additionally runs a Fb assist group referred to as IBDesis (South Asian IBD) Group. Tina graduated with a grasp’s diploma in public well being from Mount Sinai’s Icahn Faculty of Medication in June 2023. She goals to assist design extra patient-friendly medical analysis and to make sure the popularity of disparities and unmet wants in communities of coloration.
Congratulations once more to our Revolutionary Researcher, Tina!
Passionate. Distinctive. Loyal. Resilient, Sharon has devoted her life to influencing the world as a kidney illness, dialysis, and transplant survivor. Sharron actively shares her story to convey hope and therapeutic to anybody dealing with troublesome circumstances in life. To develop the scope of her attain, Sharron based Kindness for Kidneys Worldwide, a nonprofit group dedicated to educating, encouraging, and empowering kidney warriors and their households. Kindness for Kidneys has gained nationwide consideration for month-to-month assist teams, kidney education schemes, and annual vacation drives.
Sharron has been a visitor speaker for a number of nationwide and worldwide academic and business-related conferences, and she or he additionally serves on the board of a number of Advisory Councils and boards, and panel discussions. Sharron’s exhausting work and devotion to serving the group have granted her quite a few awards, together with the Presidential Volunteer Service Award in 2020 and 2022, and Who’s Who In American Training.
Congratulations once more to our Group Cultivator, Sharron!
As everyone knows, the advantages of being a affected person advocate are immense. PodcastDX, a weekly interview based mostly podcast co-hosted by Lita Tomas, Jean Marie McNamara and Ron Rispoli, goals to amplify these advantages by offering a platform the place folks with completely different diagnoses can discover assist, steering, and inspiration. They characteristic interviews with affected person advocates, healthcare professionals, and individuals who have overcome their very own well being challenges, making a group that uplifts, educates, and empowers.
Of their sixth yr, they’ve produced greater than 275 exhibits and have an ever-growing listener base in dozens of nations! Whereas well being professionals stay the central supply of data for many People, PodcastDX is working to proceed to develop and supply alternatives for “peer-to-peer healthcare” as a major complement.
Congratulations once more to the Greatest Staff, PodcastDX!
By her weblog; Instagram, Fb, Twitter, and Pinterest accounts; YouTube channel, and freelance writing, Cynthia encourages others to simply accept and use the accessibility instruments wanted to make their lives much less painful and assist them perform nicely regardless of their power situations.
Cynthia, thanks for all you do to advocate for the group, and congratulations!
Because the Government Director of Migraine Meanderings and the President of Hope in Ache, Inc., Shoshana is captivated with making a distinction within the lives of individuals combating the bodily and emotional results of migraine and different power ache situations. Shoshana has lived with migraine illness since early childhood and different situations.
After stopping full-time work in 2014, she began exploring easy methods to use her nonprofit and public talking expertise to assist with migraine advocacy and affected person centricity. Certainly one of her best joys is exploring methods to influence the lives of individuals with migraine and different power ache situations, together with creatively serving to bridge the hole between sufferers, pharma, and healthcare suppliers by means of occasions, polls, surveys, collaborations, and offering present, evidence-based assets.
Congratulations, and thanks for all you do, Shoshana!
In 2018, Gerry went to the emergency room as a result of she was having problem respiratory, was so drained she might barely keep awake, had no urge for food, might barely stand as a result of her legs had been so swollen…and she or he was scared. She was recognized with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (IPAH) and was informed that the severity of her IPAH was not simply reasonable – medical doctors discovered that she was severely sick and wanted speedy therapy or she would die. From that second on, Gerry’s life modified endlessly.
Since her analysis, Gerry has felt the draw to share her story so others can discover hope and inspiration. Pulmonary hypertension and folks with power sickness battle battles every day, some in full silence. Gerry needs to be sure that everybody’s story is heard.
Congratulations once more to our Advocacy Trailblazer, Gerry!
David Lyons, co-founder of the MS Health Problem, and his spouse Kendra have devoted their life to serving to folks with a number of sclerosis (MS) perceive and be educated on the significance of health. He fiercely advocates for the advantages of train, diet, and mindset in profitable the battle in opposition to MS.
David has obtained many accolades through the years, together with profitable the Nationwide MS Society Milestone Award. He’s additionally the faith-based creator of David’s Goliath, a e book on his journey to a bodybuilding stage with MS. As well as, David is a author for On a regular basis Well being and the proprietor of the OPTIMALBODY health model.
In 2013 David obtained the Well being Advocate of the 12 months Award with Lou Ferrigno. And in 2015, at nearly 57 years previous, he was the one individual with MS to obtain the Well being Advocate Lifetime Achievement Award from Arnold Schwarzenegger, amongst many different spectacular recognitions.
David is taken into account the face of MS and health worldwide, and his health e book On a regular basis Well being and Health With A number of Sclerosis was a No. 1 new launch on Amazon. Plus, his MS Health Coaching Specialist certification partnered with the Nationwide Federation of Skilled Trainers (NFPT) to coach trainers all over the world on easy methods to work with folks with MS.
Congratulations once more to the winner of our Lifetime Achievement Award, David!
Congratulations to all Social Well being Awards nominees, finalists, and winners!
A nomination means you’ve impacted somebody’s life, and that’s the most important win. With the assistance from all of you, we’re nearer to altering the affected person journey than ever earlier than. Thanks for sharing your story, utilizing your voice, and uplifting your group members. Cheers to the affected person’s voice!
Thanks for sharing your story, supporting others, and constructing group. We’re so grateful to be part of your journey.
And now, the second you’ve been ready for…
Rookie of the 12 months
James was recognized with rheumatoid arthritis in 2016. Three years later, he additionally obtained an ankylosing spondylitis (AS) analysis. His first AS flare-up led to him shedding his job, and he needed to return to the UK. It was an extended 8-month highway to restoration earlier than he might lastly stroll once more.Through the COVID-19 pandemic, James was pressured to defend and self-isolate since his immunosuppressive medicines make him extremely susceptible to the virus. James determined to take this time to search out methods to assist different folks in comparable conditions and lift consciousness of younger folks dwelling with power and arthritic situations.
James has labored alongside the charity Versus Arthritis on a variety of initiatives; has appeared in documentaries for the BBC, The Guardian, and Nationwide Voices; and is a contributor for AxialSpondyloarthritis.web.
Congratulations once more to our Rookie of the 12 months, James!
Artistic Contributor
Kristine and Theresa (RARE.) every confronted difficult well being journeys. Kristine suffers from the uncommon situation Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS), and Theresa’s son Owen was born with the uncommon illness Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome. Feeling confused and alone, they every turned to retailers that might assist them course of their feelings and join with others.
In August 2019, Kristine and Theresa related by means of Instagram and, over the course of some months, realized that they had been higher collectively and determined to affix forces. The mission of RARE. is to make the invisible seen. Every product is designed to create conversations and consciousness surrounding uncommon illnesses, power diseases, and the individuals who battle them day-after-day. Additionally, 15 % of each buy made at RARE. is donated to a nonprofit of your selecting.
Congratulations once more to our Artistic Contributor, RARE.
Caregiving Champion
Parvathy’s journey with affected person advocacy started after each of her kids had been born with Lynch Syndrome, and subsequently, constitutional mismatch restore deficiency (CMMRD), a uncommon illness that has had devastating results on their household. As a part of this journey, Parvathy has mastered navigating care at numerous specialty medical facilities whereas advocating for complicated pediatric palliative and hospice care to fulfill the wants of her kids. Parvathy is dedicated to serving to others and giving again by collaborating on native, nationwide, and worldwide boards and trade and group teams whereas serving on a number of working teams specializing in DEI-focused affected person advocacy and extremely/nano uncommon illnesses.
The Krishnan Household Basis was established to assist different households dealing with comparable struggles: “Parenting a baby with a uncommon illness is like planning a mission to outer house with zero funding or assist. We as a household have made it our life’s aim to collect no matter assets we will to assist each household on this mission.”
Congratulations once more to our Caregiving Champion, Parvathy!
Revolutionary Researcher
Tina Aswani-Omprakash is a multi-award-winning Crohn’s illness and ostomy advocate. She maintains a weblog and advocacy platform referred to as Personal Your Crohn’s and co-founded the South Asian IBD Alliance to type a affected person/clinician-led nonprofit group to attenuate stigma and disparities whereas enhancing schooling and consciousness within the rising South Asian IBD inhabitants.
She additionally runs a Fb assist group referred to as IBDesis (South Asian IBD) Group. Tina graduated with a grasp’s diploma in public well being from Mount Sinai’s Icahn Faculty of Medication in June 2023. She goals to assist design extra patient-friendly medical analysis and to make sure the popularity of disparities and unmet wants in communities of coloration.
Congratulations once more to our Revolutionary Researcher, Tina!
Group Cultivator
Passionate. Distinctive. Loyal. Resilient, Sharon has devoted her life to influencing the world as a kidney illness, dialysis, and transplant survivor. Sharron actively shares her story to convey hope and therapeutic to anybody dealing with troublesome circumstances in life. To develop the scope of her attain, Sharron based Kindness for Kidneys Worldwide, a nonprofit group dedicated to educating, encouraging, and empowering kidney warriors and their households. Kindness for Kidneys has gained nationwide consideration for month-to-month assist teams, kidney education schemes, and annual vacation drives.
Sharron has been a visitor speaker for a number of nationwide and worldwide academic and business-related conferences, and she or he additionally serves on the board of a number of Advisory Councils and boards, and panel discussions. Sharron’s exhausting work and devotion to serving the group have granted her quite a few awards, together with the Presidential Volunteer Service Award in 2020 and 2022, and Who’s Who In American Training.
Congratulations once more to our Group Cultivator, Sharron!
Greatest Staff
As everyone knows, the advantages of being a affected person advocate are immense. PodcastDX, a weekly interview based mostly podcast co-hosted by Lita Tomas, Jean Marie McNamara and Ron Rispoli, goals to amplify these advantages by offering a platform the place folks with completely different diagnoses can discover assist, steering, and inspiration. They characteristic interviews with affected person advocates, healthcare professionals, and individuals who have overcome their very own well being challenges, making a group that uplifts, educates, and empowers.
Of their sixth yr, they’ve produced greater than 275 exhibits and have an ever-growing listener base in dozens of nations! Whereas well being professionals stay the central supply of data for many People, PodcastDX is working to proceed to develop and supply alternatives for “peer-to-peer healthcare” as a major complement.
Congratulations once more to the Greatest Staff, PodcastDX!
Social Media Grasp
Winner: Cynthia Covert, The Disabled Diva
Greater than 20 years in the past, Cynthia was recognized with fibromyalgia, psoriatic arthritis, psoriasis, and endometriosis inside a 3-year time span. Together with ache and signs she had by no means heard of earlier than, new and extreme allergic reactions to meals and drugs added a brand new degree of problem to her already difficult life. Cynthia says, “Earlier than turning into disabled, I ignorantly believed the world was accessible. I used to be incorrect!” She is now fiercely conscious that accessibility is available in many types.By her weblog; Instagram, Fb, Twitter, and Pinterest accounts; YouTube channel, and freelance writing, Cynthia encourages others to simply accept and use the accessibility instruments wanted to make their lives much less painful and assist them perform nicely regardless of their power situations.
Cynthia, thanks for all you do to advocate for the group, and congratulations!
Healthcare Collaborator
Because the Government Director of Migraine Meanderings and the President of Hope in Ache, Inc., Shoshana is captivated with making a distinction within the lives of individuals combating the bodily and emotional results of migraine and different power ache situations. Shoshana has lived with migraine illness since early childhood and different situations.
After stopping full-time work in 2014, she began exploring easy methods to use her nonprofit and public talking expertise to assist with migraine advocacy and affected person centricity. Certainly one of her best joys is exploring methods to influence the lives of individuals with migraine and different power ache situations, together with creatively serving to bridge the hole between sufferers, pharma, and healthcare suppliers by means of occasions, polls, surveys, collaborations, and offering present, evidence-based assets.
Congratulations, and thanks for all you do, Shoshana!
Advocacy Trailblazer
In 2018, Gerry went to the emergency room as a result of she was having problem respiratory, was so drained she might barely keep awake, had no urge for food, might barely stand as a result of her legs had been so swollen…and she or he was scared. She was recognized with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (IPAH) and was informed that the severity of her IPAH was not simply reasonable – medical doctors discovered that she was severely sick and wanted speedy therapy or she would die. From that second on, Gerry’s life modified endlessly.
Since her analysis, Gerry has felt the draw to share her story so others can discover hope and inspiration. Pulmonary hypertension and folks with power sickness battle battles every day, some in full silence. Gerry needs to be sure that everybody’s story is heard.
Congratulations once more to our Advocacy Trailblazer, Gerry!
Lifetime Achievement
David Lyons, co-founder of the MS Health Problem, and his spouse Kendra have devoted their life to serving to folks with a number of sclerosis (MS) perceive and be educated on the significance of health. He fiercely advocates for the advantages of train, diet, and mindset in profitable the battle in opposition to MS.
David has obtained many accolades through the years, together with profitable the Nationwide MS Society Milestone Award. He’s additionally the faith-based creator of David’s Goliath, a e book on his journey to a bodybuilding stage with MS. As well as, David is a author for On a regular basis Well being and the proprietor of the OPTIMALBODY health model.
In 2013 David obtained the Well being Advocate of the 12 months Award with Lou Ferrigno. And in 2015, at nearly 57 years previous, he was the one individual with MS to obtain the Well being Advocate Lifetime Achievement Award from Arnold Schwarzenegger, amongst many different spectacular recognitions.
David is taken into account the face of MS and health worldwide, and his health e book On a regular basis Well being and Health With A number of Sclerosis was a No. 1 new launch on Amazon. Plus, his MS Health Coaching Specialist certification partnered with the Nationwide Federation of Skilled Trainers (NFPT) to coach trainers all over the world on easy methods to work with folks with MS.
Congratulations once more to the winner of our Lifetime Achievement Award, David!
The Celebration Continues…
Our winners are invited to an in-person celebration throughout Digital Pharma East together with the 2023 Fierce Pharma Advertising Awards. We sit up for celebrating with you in Philadelphia on September 13, 2023!Congratulations to all Social Well being Awards nominees, finalists, and winners!
A nomination means you’ve impacted somebody’s life, and that’s the most important win. With the assistance from all of you, we’re nearer to altering the affected person journey than ever earlier than. Thanks for sharing your story, utilizing your voice, and uplifting your group members. Cheers to the affected person’s voice!
Thanks for sharing your story, supporting others, and constructing group. We’re so grateful to be part of your journey.
