Past Award Recipients - Friends of the National Library of Medicine

Distinguished Medical Science Award

Awarded to contemporary scientific and biomedical leaders who have made life changing, breakthrough discoveries and developed innovations to significantly contribute to health care, scientific progress, and public health.

Svetlana Mojsov, PhD `25

Lotte Bjerre Knudsen, DMSc `25

Joel Habener, MA, MD `25

Katalin Karikó, PhD ‘24

Prof. Özlem Türeci, MD ‘24

Prof. Ugur Sahin, MD ‘24

Jennifer Doudna, PhD ’23

Robert Langer, ScD ’19

Robert Lefkowitz, MD ’18

Mahlon DeLong, MD ’15

Chad. A Mirkin, PhD ’14

Raymond Schinazi, PhD, DSc ’13

Alfred Sommer, MD, MHS ’12

Purnell Choppin, MD, ’11

Patrick Soon-Shiong, MD ’10

Robert C. Gallo, MD’10

John T. Schiller, PhD ’09

Douglas R. Lowy, MD ’09

Joseph Perella, MD ’09

Vincent T. DeVita, Jr., MD ’09

Adel Mahmoud, MD, PhD ’08

Dennis J. Slamon MD, PhD ’07

Bernard Fisher, MD ’07

Paul G. Rogers Award for Public Service

Given to distinguished research and healthcare leaders for their contributions to public service, health communications, and the advancement of biomedical sciences.

Erin K. O’Shea, PhD `25

ICMJE ’24

Carla D. Hayden, MA, PhD ’23

George Noon, MD ’18

John P. Holdren, PhD ’16

The Honorable Kevin Yoder ’15

The Honorable Barbara Mikulski ’14

The Honorable Chris Van Hollen ’13

The Honorable John Edward Porter ’12

Eugene Braunwald, MD ’10

Mary Woolley ’09

Senator Tom Harkin ’08

Randy Owen ’08

Bernadine Healy, MD ’07

Senator Ted Kennedy ’07

Kevin Klose ’06

C. Everett Koop, MD ’05

Senator Mark O. Hatfield ’98

Vince Cohn ’97

Michael J. Ackerman, PhD ’96

The Honorable Chris Van Hollen (right, U.S. Congressman from Maryland’s 8th District), received the 2013 Paul G. Roger Award for Public Service from FNLM Vice President Joseph Perpich, M.D., J.D.

Donald A.B. Lindberg Distinguished Health Communications Award

Given to a member of the print or electronic press or media who has demonstrated consistent and sustained distinction in reporting and communicating biomedical and health information to the public.

Recipient

H. Holden Thorp, PhD `25

Eric Topol, MD ’24

Anthony S. Fauci, MD ’23

Vinton G. Cerf, PhD ’19

Robert E. Kahn, PhD ’19

Carol Levine ’18

Freda Lewis-Hall, MD, DFAPA ’16

Donald A.B. Lindberg ’15

Amy Robach ’14

Sanjay Gupta, MD ’13

Michael Roizen, MD ’11

Mehmet Oz, MD ’11

Medical Librarian of the Year Award

The Medical Librarian of the Year Award was renamed for 2026 with revised selection criteria to recognize an outstanding active or retired health sciences library professional who has made a significant local, national, or international contribution to academic or hospital librarianship, or to reward the evolving ways health sciences librarians provide innovative programs or services to promote and advance the medical library profession.

Katherine Chew, MLS ’24

Heather K Moberly, MLS, AHIP ’23

Steven Wilson, MLS, AHIP ’23

Rachel Fenske, MLS ’19

Julie Gaines, MLIS, AHIP ’18

Shari Clifton, MLS ’16

Claudia DeShay, PhD ’15

Patricia Bradley, MLS ’14

Richard L. Wallace, MA, MSLS ’13

Anna Schnitzer, AMLS ’12

Ann Duesing, MLS ’11

Rita B. Smith, MLIS, AHIP ’10

Ellen H. Howard, MLS ’08

Ada M. Seltzer, MS, MA ’07

Janet E. Minnerath ’00

Kathleen M. McCloskey ’99

Clinton M. (Marty) Tompson, Jr. ’98

Donna P. Johnson ’97

Cheryl F. Smith ’96

Phyllis Gillikin ’95

Lorraine Ettl ’94

Mary Jo Dwyer ’93

Richard Wallace, M.S.L.S., Ed.D., Professor and Assistant Director of Quillen College of Medicine Library of East Tennessee State University, received the Michael E. DeBakey Library Services Outreach Award from FNLM President Barbara Redman, PhD. (left), and FNLM Board committee chair Lucretia McClure, M.A.

Nursing Informatics Award

Recognizes nurses whose leadership and innovation in integrating technology, data, and informatics have significantly advanced patient care, nursing practice, and the future of healthcare.