Award for Excellence in SCI Care or Service
This award acknowledges and honors a current member of the ANPT Spinal Cord Injury SIG who demonstrates valued contributions to SCI rehabilitation, in either direct patient care, SCI-clinician mentorship, or SCI-team leadership. Nominations may be submitted by SIG members, non-SIG members, workplace colleagues and advisory staff, or self-nomination.
Nominations are now closed.
- 2026 - Douglas Eck, PT, DPT, NCS, MHI
- 2025 - Katie Blackburn, PT, DPT, NCS, MSHQS
- 2024 - Brittany Tarin, PTA
- 2023 - Megan Murphey, PT, DPT, NCS, ATP
- 2022 - Michelle Lanouette, PT, MPT, NCS
- 2021 - Lawrence Harding, PT
- 2020 - Kristen Cezat, PT, DPT, NCS, ATP/SMS
- 2019 - Elizabeth "Liz" Warren, PT, DPT, NCS
- 2018 - Carrie Callahan, PT, ATP
SCI SIG Service Award
- 2026 - Wendy Koesters, PT, ATP/SMS
- 2025 - Uzair Hammad, PT, DPT, NCS, ATP
- 2024 - Meghan Rozwod, PT, DPT, NCS
- 2023 - Cathy Larson, PhD, PT
- 2022 - Rachel Tappan, PT, DPT
SCI SIG Research Award
- 2026 - Chad Swank, PT, PhD, NCS
- 2025 - Candace "Candy" Tefertiller, PT, DPT, PhD, NCS
- 2024 - Emily Fox, PT, DPT, MHS, PhD
- 2023 - Edelle Field-Fote, PT, PhD, FAPTA
- 2022 - Andrew Smith, PT, DPT, PhD
CSM 2026 Awards
- Poster Award WinnerJessica Lee Dunn, Kate Cavka, Hannah Snyder, Tommy W Sutor, Michela J Mir, Amy Redding, Clayton N Wauneka, Gordon S. Mitchell, Emily Jane Fox. Enhanced Respiratory Motor Plasticity Following Acute Intermittent Hypercapnic Hypoxia in Spinal Cord Injury.
- Platform Award WinnerWesley Allen Thornton, Andrew Craig Smith, Candace Rae Tefertiller, Jennifer Elaine Stevens-Lapsley, Mark McLaughlin Manago, Jordan Connor. Midsagittal Tissue Bridges and Walking Recovery in Individuals with Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury.