NANN Abstract Awards
Each year, NANN recognizes the best abstracts in each award category submitted in the Annual Conference Call for Abstracts. The following awardees have been recognized for their passion and support for neonatal care and the profession of neonatal nursing.
2025 Poster Award Recipients:
- A Standardized Approach to Neonatal Care: Reducing ELBW Mortality and IVH Rates with a Small Baby Team
- Poster Presenter: Alyssa Fernandez, MSN, RNC-NIC, C-ELBW
- Author: Elizabeth Workman, BSN, RNC-ELBW
- Author: Molly Scott, MSN, NE-BC, RNC-NIC
- Connected Learning: A Multi-site, Multi-modal Approach to Neonatal Certification
- Poster Presenter: Courtney Volavka, MSN, RNC-NIC
- Teamwork and Tech: Transforming Unplanned Extubation Rates in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
- Poster Presenter: Denise Pena, RN MSN
- Poster Presenter: Cynthia Rasmussen, BSN, RNC – NIC
- Author: Krista LoRe, MSN, RNC-NIC, ACCNS-N
- Author: Emily Bridgen, BSN RN
- Author: Allison P. Walsh, BSN, RNC-NIC
- Using Statewide QI Collaboration to Improve Neuroprotective Care and Outcomes for Preterm Infants and Their Families
- Poster Presenter: Mindy Morris, DNP
- Poster Presenter: Courtney Breault, MS, RN, CPHQ
- Author: Elizabeth E. Rogers, MD
- Author: Xin Cui, PhD
- Author: Jessica Liu, PhD
- Author: Canvasser Jennifer, MSW, MA
- Author: Necole McRae
- Author: Roberta Pineda, PhD OTR/L, CNT
- Author: Jochen Profit, MD, MDH
Past Recipients
2024 Recipients
Amanda Williams, MSN APRN CNS ACCNS-N
Accelerating Time to First Kangaroo Care in the NICU: A Multidisciplinary Approach
Vicki Bradfield; Leslie McKeon
Tiny Babies, Positional Head Deformity / Developmental Positioning, and Neonatal Nursing Practice
Allison DeFriece; Lauren T.Narbey, CNM; Jill Demirci, PhD RN IBCLC; Melissa L. Glasser, PhD
“Starting off on the right foot”: experiences with antenatal milk expression among first-time birthing parents with overweight/obesity
2022 Recipients
Best Paper Abstract Award Winner:
Amy D’Agata, PhD RN
Molding Influences of Prematurity: Interviews with Adults Born Preterm
Best Poster Abstract Award Winner:
Amanda Williams, MSN RN CNS ACCNS-N RNC-NIC C-ELBW C-NNIC NPD-BC
Addressing Implicit Bias and Health Disparities in a Level IV NICU
2021 Recipients
Best Paper Abstract Award Winner:
Valarie Artigas, DNP APRN NNP-BC
Recognizing Metabolic Bone Disease of Prematurity: It’s about bodybuilding!
Best Poster Abstract Award Winner:
Ashlee Vance, PhD
Parent Experience of Changes to Visitor Guidelines during COVID-19
2020
Best Paper Abstract Award Winner:
Beth Diehl, DNP NNP-BC CCRN LNCC
Neonatal Nursing: Aspects of Clinical Practice Liability
Best Poster Abstract Award Winner:
Ashley Weber, PhD RN
Family-centered Care Practices in the US: Prevalence, Gaps, and How We Move Forward
2019
Best Paper Abstract Award Winner:
Dorothy Vittner, PhD RN CHPE
Skin-to-skin contact activates salivary oxytocin release and influences infant neurobehavioral functioning
Best Poster Abstract Award Winner:
Leslie Parker, NNP-BC PhD
Effect of Aspiration and Evaluation of Gastric Residuals on Intestinal Inflammation, Gastrointestinal Bleeding, and Gastrointestinal Peptide Levels in Extremely Preterm Infants
Best Research Abstract Award Winner:
Christine Wetzel, DNP RNC-NIC IBCLC
Maternal, Infant and Nutritional Factors Influencing the Developing Microbiome of the Premature Infant in the NICU Setting
Best Clinical Abstract Award Winner:
Ashley Weber, PhD RN
Organizational Resources for Family-Centered Care may Influence Clinicians’ Attitudes towards Family Engagement
Best EBP/QI Abstract Award Winner:
Genesee Hornung, MSN RN CNS CPNP-PC
Boosting the Bundle: Implementing Practice Changes in a NICU to Reduce CLABSI
