Achievement Awards
The Dietitian and Social Work Achievement Awards each honor a dietitian and a social worker who have devoted most -- or all -- of their careers to improving the lives of individuals with cystic fibrosis and their families. They share their knowledge and
experience to the CF dietitian and social work communities through mentoring, publishing, and speaking.
Dietitian Achievement Award
Susan Casey, RD, CD, was recognized for her involvement in research, working as a preceptor for nutrition fellows, and training nurses and medical staff at the Children's Hospital and Medical Center in Seattle. A clinical dietitian of the CF program for
32 years, she is a well-known and fierce advocate for her patients and their families. Casey has authored several CF publications, has served as a mentor in the CFF Nutrition Mentoring Program, and frequently speaks at the North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference (NACFC).
Social Work Achievement Award
Amy Mueller, LCSW, was recognized for her collaboration with patients and families to improve transitions of care from the pediatric to the adult setting and for establishing and facilitating the CF adult advisory board at the Marie and Raymond Beauregard
Adult Cystic Fibrosis Center at Hartford Hospital in Hartford, Conn. As the social worker in the CF program for 14 years, she participates in ongoing clinic and inpatient hospital quality improvement projects and is responsible for involving adults
with CF in these efforts. Mueller is a member of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation/European Cystic Fibrosis Society mental health guidelines committee, a leader of the mental health clinical consultative sub-committee for the CF Foundation Mental Health
Advisory Council, a mentor in the CF Foundation Social Work Mentoring Program, and a longtime speaker at NACFC.
Shining Star Awards
New this year, the Dietitian and Social Work Shining Star Awards each honor a dietitian and a social worker who have had at least five years of experience in CF and have gone above and beyond what is expected to help support individuals with CF, their
families, and the CF dietitian and social work communities. They demonstrate leadership in the CF community at large, and have been involved with the consortium, either through attendance, planning, and/or speaking.
Dietitian Shining Star Award
Jackie Taylor, RD, CD, LD was honored for her work as a dietitian at Cincinnati Children's Hospital for more than 13 years. Known for her attention to detail and her compassionate care for her patients and their families, she is a mentor in the CF Foundation
Nutrition Mentoring Program and speaks at various conferences, including NACFC. Taylor also serves as a board member of the CF Dietitian and Social Work Consortium, volunteering countless hours to make the consortium a success each year.
Social Work Shining Star
Susanne' Muenzel, LCSW, was honored for her work as a social worker at Augusta University in Augusta, Ga. for the last seven years. With a special interest in improving adherence to medical care in pediatric patients, she is involved in numerous quality
improvement projects and has been both an apprentice and a mentor in the CF Foundation Social Work Mentoring Program. Muenzel is also a member of the CF Foundation's Food Insecurity Committee and co-leads the Food Insecurity Patient and Clinician
Education subcommittee.