View past Henry K. Silver Memorial Award and Loretta C. Ford Distinguished Fellow Award winners.Â
Congratulations to Our 2026 Distinguished Professionals
Loretta C. Ford Distinguished NP Award
Jennifer T. Sonney, PhD, APRN, PPCNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN
Henry K. Silver Advocate Award
Sean O’Leary, MD, MPH
NAPNAP DAISY Nurse Leader Award
Rebecca Carson, DNP, APRN, CPNP-PC/AC
Early Advanced Practice Career Award
Lovey Reynolds, PhD, APRN, FNP-BC, CPN, CNE
Child Health Access and Advocacy Award
Ellen M. McCabe, PhD, RN, PPCNP-BC, NCSN, FNASN
President’s Award
 Jennifer T. Sonney, PhD, APRN, PPCNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN
President’s Award
Jeffrey C. Bowen
Staff Achievement and Recognition Award
Michele Stickel
Staff Achievement and Recognition Award
Ady Germanguz
Outstanding Small Chapter Award
Alabama
Outstanding Large Chapter Award
Illinois
Outstanding SIG Award
Immunization SIG
Lisa Milonovich Acute Care PNP SIG Scholar Award
Jessica Lynne Spruit, DNP, RN, CPNP-AC, CPHON, BMTCN, FAANP
Child Maltreatment and Neglect SIG NAPNAP Conference Award
Rachel Dudley, MSN, CPNP-PC
Developmental, Behavioral and Mental Health SIG Linda Frye Outstanding Contribution Award
Ruchoma Domosh, MSN, RN, CPNP-PC, PMH-BC, CPN, AE-C
NAPNAP Foundation 2026 Conference Travel Scholarships
Taylor Dirks, DNP, CPNP-PC
Mackenzie Gillway, BA, BSN, RN, CPN
Maribeth Hall, RN, BSN
Maria Mauer, RN, BSN, Pediatric DNP-PC/AC Student
Annie Resetar, MSN, APRN-CNP, PNP-PC
NAPNAP Foundation 2025 Research Grants
Jade Burns, PhD, RN, CPNP-PC; Amy Manion, PhD, APRN, CPNP-PC
NAPNAP Foundation 2025 DNP-PhD Student Scholarships
Kathleen Maloney, AC-PNP
NAPNAP Foundation and PNCB PNP Opportunity & Engagement Scholarship
Elena Raney
JPHC Ellen Rudy Clore Excellence in Scholarly Writing Award
Kate Sustersic Gawlik, DNP, Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk, PhD, & Alai Tan, PhD
Burnout and Mental Health in Working Parents: Risk Factors and Practice Implications
Margaret M. Fitzpatrick, BSN, Avery M. Anderson, PhD, Christopher Browning, PhD, & Jodi L. Ford, PhD
Relationship Between Family and Friend Support and Psychological Distress in Adolescents
JPHC Leah Harrison Excellence in Clinical Writing Award
Michelle M. Kelly, PhD, CRNP, CNE, FAANP, FAAN, Tasha Martin-Peters, MSN, RN, & Jessica Strohm Farber, DNP, CRNP
Secondary Data Analysis: Using existing data to answer new questions
JPHC Nelms-Berg Department Editor Service Award
Jo Ann Serota, DNP, APRN-PC, FAANP
2026 Adolescent Healthcare SIG Poster Award
Christina Sweeney, MSN, CRNP, CPNP-PC
Standardizing Universal Chlamydia Screening for Adolescents in Pediatric Primary Care
2026 Research Poster Award
Jessica Bahorski, PhD, APRN, PPCNP-BC, WHNP-BC
Infant Feeding Practices of LGBTQ+ Families
2026 Evidence-Based Practice, Quality Improvement Posters (EBP) Award
Michelle D. Slymon, DNP, RN, CPNP-PC, CLC
Evaluating Clinical Practice Change for Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal: Psychometric Testing of the Eat Sleep Console Nurse Questionnaire
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