Quality of Life Award Recipients

2024

Congratulations to the 2024 Quality of Life recipient: Tara Schapmire, PhD, MSSW, OSW-C. FASOW

Watch ACS 2024 Quality of Life Lecture here.

2022

Congratulations to the 2022 Quality of Life recipient: Elizabeth Franklin, PhD, MSW who presented her lecture: “The North Star of Oncology Social Work Advocacy”.

2021

Congratulations to the 2021 Quality of Life Lecture recipient: 
Penelope (Penny) Damaskos, PhD, LCSW, OSW-C, FAOSW  for presenting her lecture: “The Eye of the Storm: Oncology Social Work During a Time of Extreme Fragmentation and Social Challenges”.

2020

Watch the ACS 2020 Quality of Life Lecture, “Co-Existing with Cancer and COVID: Ramifications for Ethical, Clinical, and Anti-Racist Oncology Social Work Practice,” by Christina Bach, MSW, MBE, LCSW, OSW-C, FAOSW.

Download Ms. Bach’s presentation with citations.

2019

Dr. Carolyn Messner, DSW, OSW-C, BCD, LCSW-R, FAPOS, FAOSW, delivered the American Cancer Society (ACS) Quality of Life in Cancer Care Award Lecture at the 2019 AOSW Annual Conference.

Download Dr. Messner’s presentation with citations.

2018

Lisa Simms Booth’s presentation for the 2018 ACS QoL Award

2017

Yvette Colón, PhD, ACSW, BCD, delivered the American Cancer Society (ACS) Quality of Life in Cancer Care Award Lecture at the 2017 AOSW Annual Conference in Denver, Colorado on May 31, 2017.

2016

Kerry Cox Irish, LCSW, OSW-C, delivered the ACS Quality of Life in Cancer Care Award Lecture at the AOSW 32nd Annual Conference in Tampa, Florida on May 5, 2016.

2015

Susan Gerbino, PhD, LCSW delivered the ACS Quality of Life Award Lecture at the AOSW 31st Annual Conference in Seattle, Washington, on May 21, 2015.

2014

Watch Roeliena L. VanZanten, MSW deliver the ACS Quality of Life Award Lecture at the AOSW 30th Annual Conference in Baltimore, Maryland, on May 29, 2014.

2013

Watch James R. Zabora, ScD, MSW deliver the ACS Quality of Life Award Lecture at the AOSW 29th Annual Conference in San Diego, California, on June 6, 2013.

2012

Watch Karen Kayser, MSW, Ph.D. deliver the ACS Quality of Life Award Lecture at the AOSW 28th Annual Conference in Boston, MA, on May 31, 2012.