2019 IFNA Award Recipients

Nominations for 15 IFNA members and two organizations were submitted for the 2019 IFNA Awards. Seven IFNA members and one Distinguished Partner in Family Health Care were chosen by the IFNA Awards Committee to receive an award.

Congratulations to each of the 2019 IFNA Award recipients who were recognized at the Opening Ceremonies of the 14th International Family Nursing Conference in Washington, DC, USA on August 13, 2019.

2019 IFNA Award Recipients: Left to right – Dr. Kim Mooney-Doyle (USA), Dr. John Rolland and Dr. Froma Walsh (Chicago Center for Family Health, USA), Ana Canga Armayor (Spain), Dr. Marcia Van Riper (USA), Dr. Kiyoko Kamibeppu (Japan), Dr. Catherine (Kit) Chesla (USA), Dr. Nura Esandi Larramendi (Spain). Missing from photo: Dr. Wendy Looman (USA).

2019 Excellence in Family Nursing Award

Catherine (Kit) Chesla, PhD, RN (USA); nominated by Roberta Rehm (USA)

2019 IFNA Award Nomination.Chesla

2019 Excellence in Family Nursing Award

Kiyoko Kamibeppu (Japan); nominated by Akiko Araki (Japan)

2019 IFNA Award Nomination.Kamibeppu

2019 Excellence in Family Nursing Award

Marcia Van Riper (USA); nominated by Janet Deatrick (USA)

2019 IFNA Award Nomination.Van Riper

2019 Innovative Contribution to Family Nursing Award

Ana Canga Armayor (Spain); nominated by Nuria Esandi Larramendi (Spain)

2019 IFNA Award Nomination.Canga Armayor

2019 Innovative Contribution to Family Nursing Award

Wendy Looman (USA); nominated by Anne Chevalier McKechnie (USA)

2019 IFNA Award Nomination.Looman

2019 Distinguished Partner in Family Health Care Award

Chicago Center for Family Health (Co-founders and co-directors: John Rolland, MD and Froma Walsh, PhD) (USA); nominated by Janice M. Bell (Canada)

2019 IFNA Award Nomination.Chicago Center for Family Health