Nominations are now closed for the 2026 ARCS Awards!  Register for Awards Dinner to find out who wins! 
2025 winners below 

The MedTech and Pharmaceutical (MTP) Sector Awards celebrates individuals each year who have made significant contributions to the sector. Nominees can come from any occupation within the sector including Regulatory Affairs, Clinical Research, Pharmacovigilance, Medical Affairs/Operations/Information, GMP, Quality, Health Economics etc, and nominees must be an ARCS Australia Professional member. Members are recognised for their contributions to the profession's advancement, dedicated service, mentorship, strong leadership, or as rising leaders.  If you are not a member, join now!

MTP Sector Awards Eligibility:
Anyone from the public, including ARCS members, colleagues, or peers, can nominate an individual or group for the awards. Self-nominations are also accepted.

Award Summaries:
Review the summary of each award category below to determine which award best suits your nominee.

ARCS Excellence Award:
This award recognises exemplary professionals in the Medtech and Pharmaceutical sector and is the highest honour presented by ARCS. Recipients have shaped the sector through leadership, education, mentoring, and advancing patient care.

Community Leadership Award:
This award celebrates ARCS members who have built strong networks and supported professionals within their communities through outreach, partnerships, and thought leadership.

Rising Star Award:
Recognising promising individuals who demonstrate initiative, passion for the sector, and potential for future leadership.

Patient-Centred Health Award:
This award acknowledges individuals, groups, or organisations that have significantly advanced patient-centred policies, product development, or decision-making.

Distinguished Service Award:
This award recognises individuals who have made an outstanding voluntary contribution to ARCS through sustained service across training, events, interest areas, and community initiatives. Recipients have played a critical role in strengthening the ARCS community and advancing professional development within the sector.

Interest Area Webinar of the Year Award:
This award recognises the ARCS interest area webinar with the highest attendance in the past year, celebrating the efforts of conveners to deliver engaging, relevant content to the ARCS community.

Committee Review:
The ARCS Awards Committee will review all nominations and evaluate them based on the award criteria.

Nominations for the ARCS MTP sector awards are now closed.  Nominations closed 1-May-2026. 

Registrations: Registrations for the ARCS conference and awards dinner where recipients will be announced, are open.

Awards ceremony: 11th Jun 2026 - Dockside, Darling Harbour, NSW

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Award Sponsors

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Announcement of 2025 Winners:

The ARCS Excellence Award Awarded to: Radhika Butala For: Her long-standing and deeply committed involvement as an ARCS member and Fellow. Radhika's leadership, advocacy, and tireless contributions across conferences, summits, webinars, and sector-wide initiatives have helped shape best practices in clinical research and exemplify what it means to lead with purpose and generosity.
The ARCS Community Leadership Award Awarded to: Tina Soulis For: Her remarkable ability to build and nurture networks across government, academia, and industry. Through mentorship, advocacy, and leadership—including founding Alithia Life Sciences—Tina has empowered the next generation and fostered deep, enduring collaborations that continue to strengthen our sector.
The ARCS Rising Star Award Awarded to: Maryam Rabiei For: Organising and delivering six successful ARCS Career Roadshow events in Victoria over the past 12 months.
The ARCS Patient Centred Health Award Awarded to: Lisa Eckstein, for CT:IQ For: Her unwavering commitment to embedding the patient voice into every stage of clinical research, shaping national tools, policies, and practices to make Australian trials more respectful, inclusive, and responsive to the needs of patients.
The ARCS Cognitio Article of the Year Award Awarded to: Anna Marhaba For the article: The Future of Drug Safety – Using Artificial Intelligence to Transform Pharmacovigilance
The ARCS Interest Area Webinar of the Year Award Awarded to: Shanthi Vijayakumar, Priscila Cardoso and Mary Nteris For: Their webinar on how to conduct and assess a systematic literature search for literature-based submissions in line with TGA expectations.