SCAN Awards

SCAN Excellence in Practice Award

Established in 1996, this award recognizes the outstanding practice of SCAN members in one of the four SCAN practice areas: cardiovascular dietetics, wellness/health promotion, the prevention and treatment of disordered eating or sports dietetics. Members may receive the award for efforts as individuals, as part of a group, or as part of an organization. Areas of practice may include: clinical practice, public health practice, consulting/corporate health practice, program development, research, publication, education or volunteer practice.

2013 SCAN Excellence in Practice Award

Satya Jonnalagadda, Phd, Rd

SCAN is proud to present the Excellence in Practice Award, which is one of highest honors, to Satya Jonnalagadda. This award recognizes Satya for outstanding and professional accomplishments that advance her practice area of Cardiovascular Health, and which are achieved with high visibility and broad impact. Satya is a Principal Scientist at the General Mills Bell Institute of Health and Nutrition, Minneapolis, MN. Her current responsibilities include providing scientific and research support to the business in key health platform areas, and implementing whole grain health and nutrition research. Satya received her PhD in Human Nutrition and Foods from Virginia Tech, an MBA from Augsburg College, two postdoctoral fellowships at Brandies University and Pennsylvania State University, and a dietetic internship from Georgia State University. Prior to joining General Mills, Satya was an Associate Professor at Georgia State University in the Department of Nutrition, a clinical dietitian and a Senior Manager in Global R&D at Novartis Medical Nutrition. Satya has a strong Human Nutrition and Foods background in research, education, and clinical care, with areas of expertise including, chronic diseases treatment and management, specifically Cardiovascular Disease, Diabetes, and Obesity; Sports Nutrition, and Critical Care Nutrition.

2013 SCAN Achievement Award

Christina Scribner, MS, Rd, CSSd

In conferring this year’s Achievement Award, SCAN recognizes Christina Scribner as a practitioner who has played a significant role in the evolution of SCAN through both outstanding service to the organization and professional accomplishments in the field. Christina serves as a Faculty Associate at Arizona State University and owns Encompass Nutrition LLC, a private

practice providing nutrition therapy located in Littleton,Colorado. Christina is dedicated to providing nutrition therapy consistent with the principles of excellence, integrity, and credibility. She strives to create a stimulating, effective learning and behavior change environment for students, patients, families and sports teams. Christina became a RD in 1986, a SCAN member in 1993, and CSSD in 2009. Previously, Christina served as the Nutrition Program Director at Metro State (now Metro State University) in Denver. She developed the Eating Disorders Minor and accredited Nutrition Major at Metropolitan State, and introduced students in the Nutrition and Human Performance programs to SCAN through student clubs, presentations, and courses.

Past Excellence in Practice Award Recipients:

1997 Mary Dodds Spoon
1998 Denise Ferko-Adams
1999 Karin Kratina
2001 Melinda Manore
2002 Sondra Kronberg
2003 Susan Kundrat
2004 Brenda Davy
2005 Marilyn C. Holmes
2006 Nancy King
2007 Karen Balnicki Wetherall
2008 Nancy Clark
2009 Lisa Carlson

2010 Reba Sloan

2011 Karen Daigle

2012 Karen Collins, Alisa Krizan, Nanna L. Meyer, Eileen Myers

2013 Satya Jonnalagadda

The practice area for this award rotates each year. However, in honor of SCAN's 30th anniversary, the award was given in each of SCAN's four practice areas in 2012.

SCAN Distinguished Ambassador Award

Established in 2009, this award recognizes an individual who has consistently advocated for and promoted the registered dietitian as the only food and nutrition expert.

Past Award Recipients:
2009 Dan Riley
2011 Patricia M. Babjak

SCAN Distinguished Scholar Award

Established in 2007, this award recognizes an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to research or the practice of dietetics as a result of continued commitment to scholarship.

Past Award Recipients:
2007 Louise Burke
2008 Robert Murray
2011 Melinda Manore

Sports Dietetics-USA Meritorious Service Award

Established in 2010, this award recognizes exceptional volunteer service to Sports Dietetics-USA and SCAN.

2010 Suzanne Girard Eberle

Past Achievement Award Recipients:

1985 Merle Best
1986 Jean Storlie
1987 Marilyn Schorin
1988 Jackie Berning
1989 Penny Kris-Etherton
1990 Georgia Kostas
1991 Nema Frye
1992 Nancy Clark
1993 Dan Benardot
1994 Ellen Coleman
1995 Kristine Clark
1996 Lori Valencic
1997 Linda Zorn
1998 Nicki Zeidner
1999 Lynn Umbreit
2000 Karen Ross
2001 Ruth Carey
2002 Julie Burns
2003 Rita Johnson
2004 Marty Yadrick
2005 Karen R. Dolins
2006 Marie Dunford
2007 Michele Macedonio
2008 Chris Rosenbloom
2009 Nancy DiMarco and Patti Steinmuller
2010 Ingrid Skoog
2011 Roberta Anding

2013 Christina Scribner

SCAN Award Criteria

Criteria for all the awards can be viewed here. Please note that you must be signed into the SCAN website as a member to view these documents.

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