Membership

AAOHN Award Recipients

2026

AAOHN Fellows

Angela Day, BSN, RN, COHN-S/CM, FAAOHN
Sungwon Park, RN, PhD, FAAOHN
Mazen El Ghaziri, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAOHN
Susan D. Jordan, BSN, RN, COHN, FAAOHN
Gladys Happer, MSN, RN, FNP-C, COHN-S, FAAOHN

Stewardship Award

Derek Timbs, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC, CEO, C.M.D. Health Partners

Business Recognition Award

Kansas City National Security Campus managed by Honeywell FM&T

Chapter Education Award: Best One-Day Activity and Community Service Award

North Carolina Association of Occupational Health Nurses

Chapter Education Award: Best Multi-Day Activity 

South Carolina Association of Occupational Health Nurses

Golden Pen Award

Workplace Health and Safety Journal Professional Practice Article: Tips for Occupational Health Nurses on How to Ace Your Scholarship or Grant Application.
Stephanie Weinsier, DNP, ANP-BC, COHN-S, FAAOHN and Jordan Garcia-Cameron, RN, BSN


2025

AAOHN Fellows

Betty Sanisidro, D.N.P, R.N., COHN-S, APHN-BC, FAAOHN
Evin Parker, MSN, APRN, FNP, NP-C, FAAOHN
Lara Spalding, MSN, APRN, FNP-C, COHN-S, FAAOHN
Marjorie Quiles-Borrero, MS, RN, FAAOHN
Susan Stewart, DNP, MBA, COHN-S/CM, COHC, FAAOHN
Yuan Zhang, PhD, RN, FAAOHN

Stewardship Award

Angela Christiano

Business Recognition Award

Pivot Onsite Innovations

Chapter Education Award: Best Short Activity

South Carolina Assocation of Occupational Health Nurses

Chapter Education Award: Best Multi-Day Activity and Community Service Award

North Carolina Association of Occupational Health Nurses

Golden Pen Award

Workplace Health and Safety Journal Professional Practice Article: Diesel Engine Exhaust Exposure in Relation to Lung Cancer in Long-Haul Truck Drivers: An Eight-Step Concept Analysis 
Cara Harris, PhD, RN

Workplace Health and Safety Journal Research Article: Circumstantial Factors Among, Kentucky Nurse Suicide Decedents, 2005 to 2019
Paul E. Norrod, DrPH, RN

Workplace Health and Safety Journal Research Article: Unlocking Prevalence Data: Describing the Job Stress and Well-being of U.S. Correctional Nurses
Elizabeth G. Keller, PhD, RN


2024

AAOHN Fellows

Carolyn R. Smith, PhD, RN, CNE, FAAOHN
Jean Eichenberger, MS, RN, COHN-S/CM, FAAOHN      
Lori D. Burke    MPH, COHN-S/CM, FAAOHN
Shanna S. Dunbar, BSN, RN, COHN-S, FAAOHN
Margaret Finucane, RN, COHN-S/CM, FAAOHN

UL Stewardship Award

Collen Hruska, RN, COHN-S

Business Recognition Award

CPS Energy

Chapter Education Award: Best Short Activity

Northeast Ohio Association of Occupational Health Nurses

Chapter Education Award: Best Multi-Day Activity

North Carolina Association of Occupational Health Nurses

Golden Pen Award

Workplace Health and Safety Journal Research Article: Healthcare Workers' Adherence and Attitudes Toward the Adherence to Covid-19 Precautionary Guidelines Post-Vaccination: A Cross-Sectional Pilot Study
Dania M. Abu-Alhaija, PhD, RN; Gordon Lee Gillespie, PhD, DNP, RN, FAAN

Workplace Health and Safety Journal Professional Practice Article: Peer Support Programs to Reduce Organizational Stress and Trauma For Public Safety Workers: A Scoping Review
Pamela Fallon; Lisa A. Jaegers; Yuan Zhang; Alicia G. Dugan; Martin Cherniack; Mazen El Ghaziri


2023

AAOHN Fellows

Cara Winstead, MPH, RN, COHN-S, FAAOHN
Jean M. Drevdahl-Orhard, PhD, COHN-S/CM, CIH, CSP, CCM, CHMM, FAAOHN
Deborah Ann Waymack, BSN, RN, COHN/CM, FAAOHN
William G. Thomack II, BSN, RN, COHN-S, FAAOHN

UL Stewardship Award

Rebecca J. Howard, RN

Chapter Education Award: Best Multi-Day Activity

North Carolina Association of Occupational Health Nurses

Business Recognition Awad

The University of Houston

Lillian G. Carter Humanitarian Award

Lavita Ewing, COHN-S


2022

AAOHN Fellows

Dawn M. Mopkins, PhD, MPH, RN, COHN-S, FAAOHN
Cathy Floyd, PhD, RN, MSN, DPA, COHN-S, CSMP, FAAOHN

Business Recognition Award 

Honeywell Aerospace

UL Stewardship Award

Ann C. Warneka, BSN,RN,CTM, COHN-S, COHC    

Best Multi-Day Education Award

Ohio Association of Occupational Health Nurses (OAOHN)     

Golden Pen Award

Victoria Vaugh Dickson, PhD, RN
Managing Diabetes in the Workplace

Sheri A. Rowland, PhD, APRN-BC, FNP
Health and Well-Being of Hispanic/Latino Meatpacking Workers in Nebraska: An Application of the Health Belief Model

Honorable Mention: Paula Levi, BSN, RN
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Intensive Care Unit Nurses: A Concept Analysis

Premier Partner Award

Premise Health


2021

AAOHN Fellows

Juanita L. Wilson, DNP, CRNP, MSN, MHA, COHN-S, FAAOHN
Lucille F. Carlson, MPH, MS, RN, COHN-S/CM, FAAOHN
Marie-Anne S. Rosemberg, PhD, MSN, RN, FAAN, FAAOHN
Peggy Ann Berry, PhD, RN, COHN-S, CLE, PLNC, FAAOHN
Phyllis B. McClean, MSN, RN, COHN, FAAOHN

UL Stewardship Award

Lissett Hernandez-Lopez, RN, BSN, COHN-S

Business Recognition Award

Honeywell Aerospace
Premise Health


2020

AAOHN Fellows

Ann M. Zaia, PhD, CNP, SM, MSN, MHA, CHE, COHN-S, FAAOHN
Dawn Stone, PhD, RN, ANP-BC, COHN-S, FAAOHN
Michele I. Willis, BSN, RN, COHN-S, FAAOHN
Sarah E. Hewitt, FNP-BC, COHN-S, FAAOHN
Soo-Jeong Lee, RN, MS, PhD, FAAOHN
Cheryl A. Strunk, RN, COHN/CM, FAAOHN

UL Stewardship Award

Cheryl A. Strunk, RN, COHN/CM, FAAOHN

Lillian G. Carter Humanitarian Award

Peggy Ann Berry, PhD, RN, COHN-S, CLE, PLNC

Business Recognition Award

Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia

Chapter of the Year Award

California El Camino Real Association of Occupational Health Nurses (CECRAOHN)

Chapter Communication Award

North Carolina Association of Occupational Health Nurses (NCAOHN)

Chapter Education Award

Best One-Day Activity: Indiana Association of Occupational Health Nurses (IAOHN)
Best Multi-Day Activity: North Carolina Association of Occupational Health Nurses (NCAOHN)
Best Short Activity: Northeast Ohio Assocation of Occupational Health Nurses (NOAOHN)

Golden Pen Award

Experienced Author: Valerie Mac, PhD, RN, NP-C
Elevated Core Temperature in Florida Fernery Workers: Results of a Pilot Study

Experienced Author: Linda A. McCauley, PhD, RN, FAAN, FAAOHN
Elevated Core Temperature in Florida Fernery Workers: Results of a Pilot Study

Novice Author: Jill M. Simons, BSN, MPH, RN, COHN-S
The Opioid Epidemic and the Role of the OHN