2026 Award Winners

APGNN would like to recognize all of our amazing 2026 award recipients. To learn more, visit our pages about the 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, and New Member Conference Scholarships.

2026 Poster of Distinction Award Winner: Caitlin Dolan, MS, BSN, FNP-BC, from Boston Children's Hospital Center for Inflammatory Bowel Disease and the Department of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, for her abstract entitled "Pediatric IBD Care: Benefits of a Multidisciplinary Medical/Surgical Clinic Model."

2026 NASPGHAN Foundation-funded Susan Moyer Research Grant are Julie Shotwell, RN, MS, CPNP, and Bonnie Essner, PhD, from the Lurie Children's Hospital Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Neurointestinal and Motility Program. Their project, "VOICE-CAP: Values-driven Outcomes through Inclusive Co-dEsign – Chronic Abdominal Pain,"