Awards & Scholarships

2010 Recognition Award Winners

Living Legend Award
Recognizes an individual who exemplifies the proud history of diabetes education and serves as extraordinary role model.
2010 Awardee: Francine Kaufman, MD
 
Allene Van Son Distinguished Service Award
Recognizes outstanding contributions and services to the Association. 
2010 Awardee: Amparo Gonzalez, RN, BSN, CDE, FAADE
 
Diabetes Educator of the Year Award -Sponsored by LifeScan, Inc.
Honors a diabetes educator who has made a special contribution to the field through dedication, innovation and sensitivity in patient care.
2010 Awardee: Elaine Massaro, MS, RN, CDE
 
Outstanding Chapter of the Year Award -Sponsored by BD Consumer Products.
Recognizes an AADE Chapter that has taken leadership roles in diabetes education and have supported the national organization’s goals.
2010 Awardee: Michigan Organization of Diabetes Educators
 
Innovation in Practice Award - Sponsored by Bayer Corporation
The award supports the development or future implementation of an innovative practice, tool or approach for use in diabetes self-management education/training (DSME/T). This award is intended to advance the practice of DSME/T by supporting ways to improve DSME/T, better meet patient needs, and/or resolve critical, complex problems and barriers that are faced by diabetes educators and their patients. Recipient will receive a grant for development of the project. 
2010 Awardees: Katherine Moran, RN, MSN, CDE, and Rosann Burson, RN, MSA, MSN, CDE, CNP, ACNS-BC
 
Advocacy Award - Sponsored by Novo Nordisk Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
The award will recognize an AADE Member, volunteer, or other person that has made significant contributions to AADE Advocacy/legislative efforts. 
2010 Awardee: Jennifer Janetski, RD, CDE
 
Rising Star Award  - Sponsored by Roche Diagnostics
Award will recognize a  diabetes educator who has less than three years of diabetes education experience and has demonstrated leadership and commitment in their practice.
2010 Awardee: Andrea Knatz, RD, LD, CDE

Scholarships

Applications for the AADE Education and Research Foundation Scholarships and AADE Recognition Awards are available from November until their respective deadlines: March 1, 2010 for Awards and April 1, 2010 for Scholarships. Recipients/winners are announced in May.

The deadline to submit an application for an Annual Meeting Scholarship was April 1, 2010. Applications are no longer being accepted. Recipients will be announced in May.
 
Annual Meeting Scholarships – Provide recipients with complementary registration for the Annual Meeting.
 
AADE - Sage Publications Travel Scholarships – Scholarship grants provide funds for travel/accommodations to the Annual Meeting or other educational events.
 
AADE – Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Travel Scholarships - Scholarship grants provide funds for travel/accommodations to the Annual Meeting.
 
AADE Foundation/Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) Plant Based Diet Scholarship
The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) has teamed up with the AADE Foundation to provide funds for a unique scholarship. PCRM offers public and professional education materials, most at no or very low cost, on the use of a low-fat, plant-based nutrition approach for diabetes self-management. This scholarship is designed to recognize an educator who demonstrates knowledge of plant-based (vegan) nutrition, and its beneficial role in treating type 2 diabetes, and who has shared this information with people with diabetes under his/her care, resulting in nutritional behavior change and improvements in clinical markers.