11 Awards & Recognitions Presented at AOTA INSPIRE Monday, April 26 7:00 pm 2021 AOTA & AOTF AOTA Awards & Recognitions Wendy C. Hildenbrand, PhD, MPH, OTR/L, FAOTA President, AOTA Jaclyn Schwartz, PhD, OTR/L, Chairperson Volunteer Leadership Development Committee AOTA Award of Merit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Eleanor Clarke Slagle Lectureship Award. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Lindy Boggs Award. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 AOTA Roster of Fellows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Terry Brittell OTA/OT Partnership Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Recognition of Achievement Award. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Outstanding Mentor Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Health Advocate Award. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Emerging & Innovative Practice Award. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Distinguished Fieldwork Educator Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Cordelia Myers AJOT Best Article Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Jeanette Bair Writer’s Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Special Interest Section Quarterly Excellence in Writing Award. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 2021 AOTA Retired Educators Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 2021 AOTA Service Commendations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 AOTF Awards & Recognitions Mary Jane Mulcahey, Chair, AOTF Ellen S. Cohn, Chair, AOTF Awards and Recognition Committee AOTF Leadership Service Commendation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 AOTF Meritorious Service Award. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 AOTF Fred Sammons Volunteer Recognition Award. . . . . . . . . . 9 AOTF A. Jean Ayres Award. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 AOTF Virginia Scardina Award of Excellence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 AOTF Early Career Research Excellence Award. . . . . . . . . . . 10 AOTF Mid-Career Research Excellence Award. . . . . . . . . . . . 10 AOTF Academy of Research. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Description of Awards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21