2026 EPHMRA MR Excellence Awards
Fantastic to announce the 2026 Winners.
1. MR Award: Innovative Approach
Submission: When patients can’t speak: Reinventing the patient voice through AI
Winners: Joanna McDonald, Global Strategic Insights Oncology, GSK and Imogen Corbett. Global Strategic Insights Director, GSK and Elise Roche, Managing Partner, Day One and Larissa Dempsey, Account Director, Day One.
2. Future Leaders Case Study
Submission: From insight to impact: translating Primary Market Research findings into strategic decision-making
Winner: Hollie Hamilton, Senior Research Manager, Beyond Blue
3. MR Award: Making a Business Impact
Submission: Turning the tide: Unlocking growth in a complex and evolving landscape
Winners: Jake Ashton Principal, STRAT7 Incite and Emily Glass-Paterson, Senior Business Intelligence manager, Jazz Pharmaceuticals
Award: Future Leaders Case Study, Sponsored by Beyond Blue
We are delighted to sponsor this award for the fourth year running, celebrating our rising stars in healthcare insights, supporting fresh talent, and recognising those who bring excellence, specialist knowledge, and forward-thinking to the industry. Investing in tomorrow’s leaders means an exciting future for us all, and we are very proud to be part of it.
Jenny Fletcher - Marketing Director
Award: Innovative Approach, Sponsored by APLUSA
At APLUSA, we are proud to sponsor and support the Innovative Approach Award in 2026 once again. Recent events have challenged our healthcare market research community to embrace innovation like never before, and artificial intelligence has been instrumental in driving this transformation. This award offers a unique opportunity to spotlight groundbreaking approaches and their impact on healthcare business decisions. We eagerly look forward to seeing this year’s contributions
Christine Maï - Deputy General Manager
Award: Making a Business Impact, Sponsored by Adelphi
Adelphi are proud to be involved with, and contributing to EPHMRA and its great work, by continuously sponsoring the MR Excellence awards since 2017. We chose to support the ‘Making a Business Impact Award‘ from the start, because after all that should be the ultimate purpose in all we do, and in bringing better healthcare to our communities and success to our Research and Innovation based industry. We look forward to receiving, judging and selecting the winning contributions.
Stuart Cooper - Chairman