Salience Learning Wins a Prestigious Brandon Hall Group Award for Third Consecutive Year

New York, NY – August 25, 2025 – Salience Learning, a learning and development firm focused on the life science industry, is pleased to announce that it has won a coveted 2025 Brandon Hall Group^TM HCM Excellence Award, earning a Silver award in the Best Custom Content category.  This is Salience Learning’s third Brandon Hall Group award in as many years.  It is jointly shared with Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS), a leading global pharmaceutical company.

The Brandon Hall Group™ HCM Excellence Awards® recognize best practices for initiatives in Learning and Development, Talent Management, Leadership Development, Talent Acquisition, Human Resources, Sales Performance, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, and the Future of Work.  A full list of winners is available here: https://excellenceawards.brandonhall.com/winners/.

This latest award was for a blended learning program, Business Acumen Excellence for Medical Professionals.  The program’s learner audience includes field-based medical science liaisons (MSLs), MSL managers, medical leaders, and home office medical team members.  It was designed to help tackle the primary learning gap that BMS had identified among medical team members: business acumen and knowledge of the business of healthcare.

The program created a scalable, blended solution that respected busy medical professionals’ time.  It included spaced learning with digital modules, virtual workshops, and sustainable coaching guides to help learners see more clearly how the business side of healthcare works and how healthcare systems, health policies, regulations, and other factors impact patient access and outcomes. 

Most importantly, medical professionals who complete the program can more confidently navigate complex healthcare ecosystems, make decisions that drive long-term profitability, and develop strategies that directly improve patient access and outcomes.  Overall, it has enabled medical teams to become true strategic partners who “lead with science and connect to the business.”

Krista Gerhard, Partner and Co-Founder at Salience Learning, said, “I offer a huge congratulations to our partners at Bristol Myers Squibb who made this collaboration so extraordinary…and to every medical professional who completed this learning journey.  They’re not just advancing careers; they’re advancing healthcare itself.”

About Salience Learning

Salience Learning (www.saliencelearning.com) is a learning and development (L&D) firm that empowers change across the life science industry through learning. Its team of adult education experts and experienced biopharma professionals apply science-based educational approaches to help solve the industry’s most complex business challenges. The firm offers a series of role-specific academies that develop critical capabilities for industry professionals. It also develops custom learning solutions and provides strategic consulting services in L&D. Salience Learning is a subsidiary of Blue Matter Consulting and serves clients globally.

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For more information, contact:

Craig Dunkley

cdunkley@saliencelearning.com

(919) 539-0658