2026 Award Winners

2026 APGNN Award Recipients

APGNN would like to recognize all of our amazing 2026 award recipients. To learn more about our awards and scholarships, visit the following pages:

• Excellence in Education Award
• Excellence in Mentoring Award
• Sue Peck Excellence in Nursing Practice
• NASPGHAN Foundation/APGNN Susan Moyer Nursing Research Grant
• Poster of Distinction Award
• New Member Conference Scholarships

2026 Award Winners

• Poster of Distinction Award
  Caitlin Dolan, MS, BSN, FNP-BC
  Boston Children's Hospital
  Center for Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Department of Gastroenterology and Nutrition

  Abstract: "Pediatric IBD Care: Benefits of a Multidisciplinary Medical/Surgical Clinic Model."

  
• NASPGHAN Foundation-Funded Susan Moyer Research Grant
  Julie Shotwell, RN, MS, CPNP
  Bonnie Essner, PhD
  Lurie Children's Hospital
  Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
  Neurointestinal and Motility Program

  Project: "VOICE-CAP: Values-driven Outcomes through Inclusive Co-dEsign – Chronic Abdominal Pain"