All award submissions are OPEN.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: September 4, 2026 | 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time
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Director of the Year Award
Presented annually to a member who demonstrates exemplary leadership, innovation, and impact on the field.
Past Winners
2026 Dara Byrne · 2025 Cheryl Camacho · 2024 Carol Durham · 2023 Cara Doughty · 2022 Roberta Hales
Educator of the Year Award
Presented annually to a member whose work demonstrates exemplary innovation and excellence within simulation-based education and has had a significant impact on the field.
Past Winners
2026 Tasha Murchison · 2025 Carman Turkelson · 2024 Kristen Brown · 2023 Elizabeth Wells-Beede · 2022 Jared Kutzin · 2021 Mindi Anderson
Industry Member of the Year Award
Presented annually to one individual from a corporate entity who has demonstrated an extraordinary contribution of professional time, leadership, innovation, and resources that have helped position SSH and its members to make significant impact in the field.
Past Winners
2026 Wendy LaGrange · 2025 Melissa Lowther
Operations Specialist of the Year Award
Presented annually to a member whose work demonstrates superior simulation-based education support through initiative and creativity — improving a work process, increasing technical efficiency, or advancing SSH's mission.
Past Winners
2026 Bonnie Barti · 2025 Raymond Brisson III · 2024 Leora Wright · 2023 Chassity Mays · 2022 John Cartwright · 2021 Kristine Hara
Researcher of the Year Award
Presented annually to a member whose work demonstrates excellence in simulation-based research and which has had a significant impact on the field.
Past Winners
2026 None Awarded · 2025 Mark Scerbo · 2024 Michelle Aebersold · 2023 David Cook · 2022 Dimitrios Stefanidis · 2021 Adam Cheng
Technology Innovator of the Year Award
Presented annually to a member who has innovated technology in a way that has impacted the art, science, and practice of healthcare simulation in the last year — through invention, modification, or unique application of technology.
Past Winners
2026 Marcos Rojas Pino · 2025 Giselle Coelho · 2024 None awarded · 2023 Adam Blumenberg · 2022 Salam Daher