2015 Award Winners

Educational Achievement Award
Louise Schuman, MA, CTR

Outstanding New Member Award
Angela Rodriguez, CTR

Elekta Award for Journal of Registry Management: Best Paper of the Year 2015

“Availability of TNM Staging Data Elements in the Medical Record and Training Needs Assessment: Results from the 2014 Seer Training”
Authors: Anne-Michelle Noone, MS; Nicola Schussler, BS; Serban Negoita, MD, DrPh, CTR; Margaret (Peggy) Adamo, BS, CTR; Kathleen Cronin, PhD, MPH; Jean Cyr; Donna Gress, CTR, RHIT; Carmela Groves, RN, MS; Carol Kosary, DMgt; Benmei Liu, PhD; Leon Sun, PhD, CTR; Kevin Ward, PhD, CTR; Lynne Penberthy, MD, MPH; Margaret (Peggy) Adamo, BS, CTR

Elekta Award for Journal of Registry Management: Best Paper of the Year 2015: Honorable Mention 

“Current Status of Brain Tumor Surveillance in Canada and Why it Matters"
Authors: Faith Davis, PhD; Chenthila Nagamuthu, MPH; Jordan Ross, MPH(c); Joseph Megyesi, MD, PhD

Danielle Chufar Memorial Annual Conference Scholarship

Rachel Maynard, BHS, CTR

Poster Session Winners

First Place: The Impact of Preoperative Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Detecting Additional Disease in Breast Cancer Patients by Ann Thompson, PhD, CTR
Second Place: Primary Payer: Issues with Collection and Assessment of Data Quality by Recinda Sherman, MPH, PhD, CTR
Third Place: The Tumor Registrar Profile in Puerto Rico by Gladys Ojeda, BS, CTR