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2024 PDA Honor Awards

Honorary Membership*

PDA's most prestigious award, conferring lifetime membership benefits to the recipient. The award is given in recognition of very long service, of a very significant nature, to PDA.

Stephan K. Roenninger, Dr.-Ing.

Amgen

Frederick Carleton Award*

This award is designated for a past Board member whose services on the Board are determined by his/her peers as worthy of high recognition. It is presented as a tribute to lifetime contributor Fred Carleton.

Masahiro Akimoto
Masahiro Akimoto

Masahiro is the Director of Quality Assurance Department at Heartseed Inc., conducting its research and development to realize cardiac regenerative therapy with an approach of practical use of iPS cell. 

Gordon Personeus Award*

This Award is intended to honor a PDA member for his or her long-term activities and/or volunteer contributions that are of noteworthy or special importance and have positively impacted PDA in several areas over time. It is presented in memory of the late Gordon Personeus, past PDA President and long-time volunteer.

Marcia C Baroni
Marcia C Baroni

Marcia has over 25 years of experience in pharmaceutical manufacturing quality, and is currently the VP of Quality, Enterprise GxP Compliance & Systems for Emergent BioSolutions.

Michael Korczynski Award*

This Award is presented to recognize contributions to PDA’s international activities. It is named for Michael S. Korczynski in recognition of the contributions he made toward the development of PDA’s international activities.

Richard Denk
Richard Denk

Richard Denk currently works at SKAN AG, headquartered in Allschwil/Switzerland as a Senior Consultant Aseptic Processing & Containment.

James P. Agalloco Award

This award is presented annually to the PDA TRI faculty member who exemplifies outstanding performance in education. The selection is based on student and faculty evaluations. It is named for James P. Agalloco in honor of his work in developing the PDA education program.

Tiffany Baker

ValSource, Inc.

Martin VanTrieste Pharmaceutical Science Award*

This award recognizes a volunteer’s outstanding contributions that have advanced the pharmaceutical sciences. It is presented in honor of past Board Member and long-time contributor Martin VanTrieste.

Eva M. Urban
Eva M. Urban

Eva M. Urban is Senior Director Risk Management at Bristol Myers Squib and leads the Risk Management team in Corporate Quality. In this role she is responsible for the Quality Risk Management and GXP Business Continuity Planning program enterprise wide.

Edward Smith PDA Packaging Science Award*

This award was created to recognize outstanding contributions to Pharmaceutical Packaging Science. It is presented in honor of Edward Smith and his long-term contributions to pharmaceutical packaging science.

Tony Perry
Tony Perry

Tony has over 30 years in the pharmaceutical and pharmaceutical packaging industry, and currently works as a Customer Support Director at SCHOTT Pharma USA, Inc. He excels in customer training and support, and has co- authored numerous PDA technical reports.

Distinguished Service Award*

Four to six awards are typically given in recognition of volunteers' special acts, contributions, or service over the last year that have contributed to the success and strength of PDA. Examples of the types of activities that are recognized include service as members and leaders of PDA Program Planning committees, Task Forces, Interest Groups, and Chapters.

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Beth Kirschenheiter

Bristol Myers Squibb

Philippe Lauwers
Philippe Lauwers

Philippe has over 15 years experience in the medical device and pharmaceutical packaging sector. He is currently the Director of Technology Development at Terumo Pharmaceutical Solutions in Belgium

Alessandro Morandotti
Alessandro Morandotti

Alessandro has a background in Electronic Engineering with a Master's in Biomedical applications and Devices at the University of Padua. He has been working in the primary packaging field for more than 20 years, focusing on pharmaceutical glass products, combination products, and drug delivery devices. 

Kenneth Paddock

Baxter Healthcare Corporation

Zhihao (Peter) Qui, PhD
Zhihao (Peter) Qui, PhD

Dr. Qiu is the External Advocacy Lead APAC at Roche Genentech. Previously, he was a Division Director in the Division of Biotechnology Manufacturing, Office of Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Assessment, CDER, US FDA. At CDER, he oversaw the scientific review and quality evaluation of the manufacturing controls and facilities for Biologics license applications.

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Takanobu Sugawara, PhD

Kumamoto University

Frederick Simon Award

This award is presented annually for the best paper published in the PDA Journal.  It is named in honor of the late Frederick D. Simon, a previous PDA Director of Scientific Affairs.

This year's award-winning article is "Parametric Release of Moist Heat Sterilized Products: History and Current State."
Hans-Joachim Anders

Novartis

Aline Bauer

Ogilvy

Masha Mohammadi

Novartis

David Roesti

Novartis

PDA Letter Article of the Year Award

This reward recognizes an article written by a PDA member during the preceding year that proved popular with PDA’s audience. In addition, the Managing Editor and the Editorial Committee agrees that the article represents quality work deserving of special recognition.

This year's award-winning article is "How to Establish Effective CCS with TR-90"
Antonio Burazer
Antonio Burazer

Antonio Burazer joined Takeda in 2010 where he has overseen visual inspection and secondary packaging processes at a multi-product manufacturing facility in Vienna, Austria.

PDA Asia Pacific Appreciation Award

This award is given in recognition of special volunteer acts contributing to the success and strength of PDA in the Asia Pacific region.

SeungHwan Oh

Johnson and Johnson

PDA Europe Appreciation Award

This award is given in recognition of special volunteer acts contributing to the success and strength of PDA in Europe.

Simone Biel
Simone Biel

Simone is a Senior Regulatory Consultant at Merck Life Science KGaA Darmstadt Germany specializing in Single-Use Technology and filtration in biopharmaceutical manufacturing.

PDA Chapter of the Year Award

This award recognizes the outstanding PDA chapter of the year.

Outstanding Early Career Professional Award

This award is given in recognition of special volunteer acts contributing to the success and strength of PDA by an Early Career Professional

Carl Bermingham
Carl Bermingham

Carl is a Bioprocessing Training Manager at the National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training (NIBRT) in Dublin, Ireland. He works directly in biopharmaceutical manufacturing, and studied in areas such as Genetics and Cell Biology, Bioprocess Engineering, and Biopharma Validation.

Virginia Boldt
Virginia Boldt

Virginia is an Associate Director, Supply Chain Lead at Fusion Pharmaceuticals. Previously, she worked in management consulting at Accenture and has experience with cold chain distribution and shopfloor improvement projects, and has supported initiatives to drive innovations in the Life Sciences industry. 
Dr. Adam Thomas
Dr. Adam Thomas

Adam Thomas is biochemist and molecular biologist with R&D experience in Recombinant and Gene Product Development.

Service Appreciation Award

This award is given in recognition of activities performed on behalf of PDA and is awarded at the end of service of specific volunteer leadership positions, including:

  • The Board of Directors
  • Advisory Board Chairs (intended to be given after stepping down as immediate past chair but can be given earlier when service is cut short)
  • Interest Group Leaders
  • Chapter Presidents
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Henry Brush

Sobi

Austin Caudle
Austin Caudle

Austin Caudle is Vice President of Business Development & Strategy for Project Farma. Austin’s career spans various roles at Fortune 500 companies, including Kelly Science & Clinical, IQVIA, and Thermo Fisher, as well as leadership positions at NSF Health Sciences and Charles River.
Mirko Gabriele
Mirko Gabriele

Mirko has over 20 years of experience in the Pharma industry predominantly in Technology Transfer and Operations and he is currently consulting in this space. He has held several key roles in Technology Transfer from Project Leader to Program Manager, moving from technical feasibility assessment to complex multi-sites multi-dosages project management to overall technology transfer company portfolio management (100+ active programs).

Anna Gilbert
Anna Gilbert

Anna has over twenty years of experience in Quality Assurance (QA) and Quality Control (QC) in Biotechnology, with the last ten years focused on cell and gene therapy. Anna has provided compliance and program oversight in the protein world, ranging from cell banking to bulk product, filled product, and testing. 

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Jane Halpern, PhD

International AIDS Vaccine Initiative

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Jin-Hyun Jeong

Seoul National University

Stephan Krause, PhD
Stephan Krause, PhD

Stephan O. Krause, PhD, is the Executive Director, Analytical Science and Technology, Cell Therapy Global Quality, at Bristol Myers Squibb. He is an accomplished advocate for advancing industry best practices.

Stephanie N. Lee
Stephanie N. Lee

Stephanie Lee is a Strategic Planning and Operations Manager in External Supply Manufacturing at Amgen. In her role, she leads tech transfers, new product introductions, launches, and key initiatives focusing on rare diseases.

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Lee Leichter

P/L Biomedical

Greg Mills
Greg Mills

Greg Mills is a very active member of PDA and SOCALPDA for over a decade, serving as volunteer, Member-at-Large, Treasurer, President-Elect, Chapter President and currently Past President. Mr. Mills is currently the President of AXRTECH, Inc. for nearly two decades. 

Morten Munk

FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies

Leo S. Posner, Ph.D.
Leo S. Posner, Ph.D.

Leo currently serves as the Quality Head for Johnson & Johnson's Small Molecule Stability Hub. In this role, he oversees the quality function across multiple sites, ensuring operations meet global regulatory expectations while maintaining consistency and compliance. His leadership supports the stability and quality of small molecule pharmaceutical and consumer products. 

Siegfried Schmitt
Siegfried Schmitt

Dr Siegfried Schmitt, VP Technical, at PAREXEL Consulting, joined PAREXEL Consulting in 2007. He provides consulting services to the healthcare industry on all aspects of regulatory compliance, particularly the design and implementation of Quality Management Systems. 

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Luis Wenzel

Abbvie

PDA President’s Award

This Award recognizes a PDA staff member, typically excluding Senior Staff members, whose exemplary performance has contributed to PDA’s success during the previous year.

Alison Caballero

PDA

Stefanie Nebelin

PDA