Past Nurse Researcher of the Year Award Recipients

The AONL Foundation Nurse Researcher Award recognizes an individual who has made a significant contribution to nursing and health systems research. Past recipients of this award include:

2025 Eileen Lake, PhD, RN, FAAN

2024 Lesly Kelly, PhD, RN, FAAN

2023 Patricia A. Patrician, PhD, RN, FAAN

2022 Nora Warshawsky, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN

2021 not awarded

2020 Mary Anthony, PhD, RN

2019 Maria Shirey, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FACHE

2018 Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN

2017 Bernadette Maxurek Melnyk, PhD, RN, CPNP/PMHNP, FAAN

2016 Mary D. Naylor, PhD, RN, FAAN

2015 Heather K. Spence Laschinger, PhD, RN, FAAN, FCAHS

2014 Marlene Kramer, PhD, RN, FAAN

2013 Beatrice Kalisch, PhD, RN, FAAN

2012 John Welton, PhD, RN, FAAN

2011 not awarded

2010 Patricia Quigley, PhD, APRN, FAAN, FAANP

2009 Donna Sullivan Havens, PhD, RN, FAAN

2008 Marita Titler, PhD, RN, FAAN

2007 Patricia Benner, PhD, RN, FAAN, FRCN

2006 Mary Wakefield, PhD, RN, FAAN

2005 Mary Blegen, PhD, RN, FAAN

2004 Linda Aiken, PhD, RN, FAAN, FRCN

2003 Colleen Goode, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN

2002 Peter Buerhaus, PhD, RN, FAAN