For the veteran patient leaders, who after years of advocacy achievements, stand as role models for the entire online health community.

For the advocates bridging the gaps between industry stakeholders and healthcare consumers, impacting the healthcare landscape at large.

Celebrates the online communities or forums that create an inviting space for newcomers; these leaders have mastered managing, moderating, and engaging their communities all for the purpose of supporting others.

Celebrates the patients and caregivers who push the limits and pave a new path for others on how to educate, raise awareness, and bring innovation to advocacy.

Recognizes the patients and caregivers leveraging social platforms to share their story and foster community through the use of many or multiple social media channels.

Recognizes the individuals taking a creative approach to raising awareness, transforming their advocacy into clothing, cards, jewelry shops, comic creation and more.

Celebrates the advocates who are just starting their advocacy journey, but continue to show the utmost potential (1-3 years' experience).

Recognizes a team or group that takes their activism to new heights because of the assistance from one another.

The winner of this category stays up-to-date on the latest research, treatments, and clinical trials, with a gift for transforming complex information into layman terms for the greater community to act on.

For the caregivers who tirelessly raise awareness to better the lives of loved ones, providing an up-close-and-personal perspective that is invaluable.