2019 AOTA Award Recipients

AOTA Award of Merit

Mary Warren, PhD, OTR/L, SCLV, FAOTA

OTA Award of Excellence

No award this year

Eleanor Clarke Slagle Lectureship Award

Craig A. Velozo, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA

AOTA Roster of Fellows

Roxanna M. Bendixen, PhD, OTR/L

Ted Brown, PhD, MSc, MPA, BScOT(Hons), GCHPE, OT(C), OTR, MRCOT, FOTARA

Denise Finch, OTD, OTR/L, CHT

Ruth Ford, EdD, MSBS, OTR

Dottie Handley-More, MS, OTR/L

Sandy Hanebrink, OTR/L, CLP

Moses N. Ikiugu, PhD, OTR/L

Heather Javaherian-Dysinger, OTD, OTR/L

Lisa Jaegers, PhD, OTR/L

Brenda Kennell, BS, MA, OTR/L

Patricia Laverdure, OTD, OTR/L, BCP

Jeannine Nonaillada, PhD, OTR/L, BCG

Deborah B. Pitts, PhD, OTR/L, BCMH, CPRP

Rebecca L. Simon, MS, OTR/L

Orli Weisser-Pike, OTD, OTR/L, CLVT, SCLV, CAPS

Wayne L. Winistorfer, MPA, OTR

Kristin Winston, PhD, OTR/L

AOTA Roster of Honor

Amy J. Mahle, MHA, COTA

Recognition of Achievement Award

Alma R. Abdel-Moty, DrOT, OTR/L

Dawn M. Nilsen, EdD, OTR/L, FAOTA

Amy Wagenfeld, PhD, OTR/L, SCEM, FAOTA

Terry Brittell OTA/OT Partnership Award

Amber L. Ward, MS, OTR/L, BCPR, ATP/SMS, FAOTA

Amy J. Mahle, MHA, COTA

Gary Kielhofner Emerging Leader

Lauren R. Wengerd, MS, OTR/L

Outstanding Mentor Award

Craig A. Velozo, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA

Lindy Boggs Award

No award this year

Health Advocate Award

No award this year

Award for Excellence in the Advancement of OT

No award this year

Emerging and Innovative Practice Award

Jana Cason, DHSc, OTR/L, FAOTA

Amanda K. Giles, OTD, OTR/L

Stacy Sue Rosello, MA, OTR/L

Outstanding Student Advocate Award

Sue Ram, OTS

Distinguished Fieldwork Educator Award

No award this year

Distinguished Educator Award

Elizabeth W. Peterson, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA

International Service Award

Lynn Gitlow, PhD, OTR/L, ATP, FAOTA

Interprofessional Collaboration Award

No award this year

AOTA/AOTF Presidents’ Commendation

No award this year

Cordelia Myers AJOT Best Article Award

Susan Stark, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA

Emily Somerville, OTD, OTR/L

Jane Conte, MEd

Marian Keglovits, MSCI/OTD

Yi-Ling Hu, MSOT

Christopher Carpenter, MD, MSc

Holly H. Hollingsworth, PhD

Yan Yan, MD, PhD

Jeanette Bair Writer’s Award

Sarah E. Fabrizi, PhD, OTR/L

Michelle Ponsolle-Mays, MS, OTR/L

Special Interest Section Quarterly Excellence in Writing Award

Amanda Acord-Vira, EdD, OTR/L, CBIS

Diana R. Davis, PhD, OTR/L

Steven Wheeler, PhD, OTR/L, CBIS

Alissa Cannoy, MOT, OTR/L, CBIS, AIB-VR/CON