CPEN Founders Distinguished Service Award

In honor of all the founders of the CPEN organization, this award was CPEN’s highest form of recognition. It was given to a CPEN member for their outstanding contribution to the practice and profession of patient education. This award acknowledged accomplishments and tangible contributions that promoted excellence in patient education as an integral part of patient care.

Past Winners

2024: Carolyn Vachani, Oncolink
2023: Megan Doyle Battaglia, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
2022: Marci V. Cleary, American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
2021: Faith Addis, RN, Roswell Park Cancer Comprehensive Cancer Center
2020: Louise Cunningham Rambo, MPH, National Cancer Institute
2019: Donna Branson, Huntsman Cancer Institute
2018: Janet Papadakos, MEd, PhD
2017: Janine Kokal, MS, RN, OCN
2016: Chasity Burrows-Walters, PHD, RN
2015: Sheryl M. Ness, RN, MA
2014: Nancy Goldstein, MPH
2013: Tamara Harth, MLIS
2012: Nita Pyle, MSN, RN
2011: Lynda Tuñon, MSN, RN, OCN
2010: Pat Agre, RN, EdD
2009: Audrey Jusko Friedman
2008: Jean Just, MSN, RN-BC, The Ohio State University Medical Center
2005: Diane Cole, MPH, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center
2002: Annette Mercurio, MPH, CHES, City of Hope National Medical  Center
2001: Barbara Schroeder, RN, MS, Mayo Clinic Cancer Center
2000: Louise Villejo, MPH, CHES, University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
1999: Kathryn Conrad, RN, MSN, MA, AOCN, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute