Honors, Awards & Recognitions

As a result of her work, Dr. Wagner has received the 2018 Texas Health Literacy Hero Award and the 2020 Distinguished Alumni Award from Texas Christian University. In 2022, she was one of 25 National Institute of Health selected researchers to study the use of artificial intelligence to abate health disparities. In 2023, she received the UNTHSC School of Health Professions Faculty Achievement Award. Most recently, she was selected as a Consultant and Advisory Board member for the National Maternal Child Health Faculty Development Fellowship Program.

Honors:

• International Health Literacy Association, Global Service Appreciation Award, 2024

• National Academies of Practice, Distinguished Fellow in the Registered Dietitian Academy, 2024

• Texas Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics "Distinguished Dietitian", 2024

• Invited Commencement Speaker, Texas Woman’s University, December 2023

• Faculty Achievement Award, UNTHSC School of Health Professions, April 2023

• AIM AHEAD Fellowship Program, National Institutes of Health, September 2022-June 2023

• Institute for Healthcare Advancement, Health Literacy Specialist Certificate, March 2022

• U.S. Public Health Service, Interprofessional Education Collaborative Award in Community Empowerment, April 2020

• Texas Christian University, Distinguished Alumni Award, April 2020

• Texas Health Literacy Conference, “Health Literacy Hero” Award, 2018

• Texas Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics “Distinguished Scientist”, 2016

• UT School of Nursing, TCRSS Community & Academic Collaborative Research Award, 2015

• Texas Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Media Award, 2008