Peer-led interventions
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Qualifications: PhD R Psych
Position: Lead, Behaviour Change Institute Associate Professor, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia Health Authority
Contact: Primary Care, Mumford Professional Centre 6960 Mumford Rd B3L 4P1 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
011 903-789-9545
tvallis@dal.ca
Primary Role: Training HCPs in behaviour change, Clinical service in area of diabetes and obesity.
Specialisms: Adults (40-64 yrs) , Anxiety , Blood glucose monitoring , Cognitive behavioral therapy , Communication in medical settings , Coping , Depression , Diabetes related distress , Diabetes self-care training , Diet , Eating problems , Empowerment , Exercise , Fear of hypoglycemia , Fear of injecting / self-testing , Health cognitions / Illness perceptions , Hypoglycemia unawareness , Insulin injection , Internet interventions , Mindfulness , Motivation , Obesity , Peer-led interventions , Personality , Positive psychology , Psychological insulin resistance , Psychotherapy , Quantitative research , Relation or family problems , Resilience , Smoking , Social bias / prejudice , Stress management , Survey research , Theoretical models , Type 1 diabetes , Type 2 diabetes , Young adults (18-39 yrs)
Qualifications: PhD in Clinical Psychology
Position: Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Professor of Medicine, Clinical Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Faculty Development, State University of New York (SUNY) Upstate Medical University
Contact: 750 E. Adams St. Syracuse, NY, 13210 USA
1-315-464-1681
triefp@upstate.edu
Primary Role: Behavioral diabetes research
Specialisms: Adults (40-64 yrs) , Anxiety , Blood glucose monitoring , Cognitive behavioral therapy , Coping , Couple therapy , Depression , Diabetes education , Diabetes related distress , Diabetes self-care training , Diet , Empowerment , Exercise , Obesity , Older adults (≥ 65 yrs) , Partners of people with diabetes , Peer-led interventions , People with mental illness , Poverty , Psychotherapy , Qualitative research , Quality of life , Quantitative research , Relation or family problems , Stress in general , Type 1 diabetes , Type 2 diabetes , Young adults (18-39 yrs)
Qualifications: PhD clinical psychology
Position: Associate Professor, University of Connecticut Schools of Medicine and Dental Medicine
Contact: BSCH MC, 3910 UConn Health, 263 Farmington Ave. Farmington, CT, 06030 USA
203-589-1031
juwagner@uchc.edu
Primary Role: Prinicipal Investigator
Specialisms: Adults (40-64 yrs) , Anxiety , Community Health Workers , Continous blood glucose monitoring , Depression , Diabetes self-care training , Intervention , Literacy , Low income countries , Peer-led interventions , People from minority groups , People with mental illness , Poverty , Social bias / prejudice , Stress Hormones , Stress management , Trauma and PTSD , Type 1 diabetes , Type 2 diabetes
Qualifications: PhD
Position: PhD, Researcher, Steno Diabetes Center
Contact: Niels Steensens, Vej 8 2820, Gentofte, Denmark
+45 25668388
dgbo@steno.dk
Primary Role: Researcher, Project manager
Specialisms: Adolescents (13-17 yrs) , Adults (40-64 yrs) , Anxiety , Communication in medical settings , Coping , Depression , Diabetes education , Diabetes related distress , Diabetes self-care training , Diet , Empowerment , Exercise , Family members at risk of diabetes , Health cognitions / Illness perceptions , Health promotion , Health status , Motivation , Obesity , Older adults (≥ 65 yrs) , Partners of people with diabetes , Peer-led interventions , Personality , Qualitative research , Quality of care , Quality of life , Relation or family problems , Resilience , School-aged children (4-12 yrs) , Theoretical models , Type 2 diabetes , Young adults (18-39 yrs)
Qualifications: PhD
Position: Associate Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
Contact: Department of Family Medicine & Population Health Division of Epidemiology Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine Richmond, PO Box 980212 Richmond VA 23298, USA
Institute for Social Research University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI
+001 301-395-7507
Briana.mezuk@gmail.com
Primary Role: Researcher
Specialisms: Adults (40-64 yrs) , Alcohol consumption , Anxiety , Community interventions , Coping , Depression , Diabetes related distress , Diet , Epidemiology , Exercise , Family members at risk of diabetes , Family therapy , Health promotion , Inflammatory markers , Older adults (≥ 65 yrs) , Peer-led interventions , People from minority groups , People with IGM , People with mental illness , Poverty , Psychological insulin resistance , Quantitative research , Risk assessment , Smoking , Social bias / prejudice , Stress Hormones , Stress in general , Stress management , Survey research , Theoretical models , Type 2 diabetes
Qualifications: MD, PhD; Certified Integrative Psychotherapist (IIPA)
Position: Director, Diabetes&Me (jazindiabetes), Private Diabetes Centre
Contact: Zidovska ulica 1 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
+386 41 672729
karin.kanc@he.si
Primary Role: Diabetologist; Psychotherapist
Specialisms: Adolescents (13-17 yrs) , Adults (40-64 yrs) , Anxiety , BG lowering tablets , Blood glucose monitoring , Closed loop pancreas , Communication in medical settings , Continous blood glucose monitoring , Coping , Depression , Diabetes education , Diabetes related distress , Diabetes self-care training , Diet , Empowerment , Exercise , Fear of hypoglycemia , Foot care , Gestational diabetes , GLP-1 analogues , Hypoglycemia unawareness , Hypoglycemia unawareness training , Insulin injection , Insulin pump therapy , LADA , Literacy , Mindfulness , MODY , Motivation , Neuropsychological problems (related to hypo) , Older adults (≥ 65 yrs) , Partners of people with diabetes , Peer-led interventions , People with diabetes complications , People with mental illness , Positive psychology , Psychological insulin resistance , Psychotherapy , Qualitative research , Relation or family problems , Resilience , Risk assessment , Sexual problems , Social bias / prejudice , Stress Hormones , Stress management , Survey research , Type 1 diabetes , Type 2 diabetes , Women with diabetes , Young adults (18-39 yrs)
Qualifications: BSSc BPSc(Hons)
Position: Assosciate Research Fellow, School of Psychology, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia. PhD Candidate, The Australian Centre for Behavioural Research in Diabetes, Diabetes Victoria, Melbourne, Australia.
Contact: 570 Elizabeth Street 3000 Melbourne Victoria Australia
+61 (0)3 8648 1861
etruscott@acbrd.org.au
Specialisms: Adults (40-64 yrs) , Development of measurement tools , Diabetes education , Diabetes related distress , Diabetes self-care training , E-health , Internet interventions , Peer-led interventions , Psychological insulin resistance , Qualitative research , Quantitative research , Satisfaction with care , Type 1 diabetes , Type 2 diabetes
Qualifications: BSC (Hons), DClinPsych
Position: Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Belfast City Hospital. Honorary Lecturer, Queen’s University Belfast. Belfast Health & Social Care Trust.
Contact: Clinical Psychology Department, Belfast City Hospital, 95 Lisburn Road, Belfast, BT9 7AE
00 44 (0) 28950 49854
Mark.davies@belfasttrust.hscni.net
Primary Role: Clinical psychologist specialising in diabetes
Specialisms: Addiction , Adolescents (13-17 yrs) , Adults (40-64 yrs) , Anxiety , BG lowering tablets , Blood glucose monitoring , Cognitive behavioral therapy , Communication in medical settings , Community interventions , Continous blood glucose monitoring , Coping , Couple therapy , Depression , Diabetes education , Diabetes related distress , Diabetes self-care training , Diet , Eating problems , Empowerment , Exercise , Exercise intervention , Family therapy , Fear of hypoglycemia , Fear of injecting / self-testing , Foot care , GLP-1 analogues , Health cognitions / Illness perceptions , Health status , Hypoglycemia unawareness , Hypoglycemia unawareness training , Insulin injection , Insulin pump therapy , Internet interventions , Literacy , Meta-analyses / systematic reviews , Mindfulness , Motivation , Neuropsychological problems (related to hyper) , Neuropsychological problems (related to hypo) , Older adults (≥ 65 yrs) , Partners of people with diabetes , Peer-led interventions , People with diabetes complications , People with mental disability , People with mental illness , Personality , Positive psychology , Poverty , Psychological insulin resistance , Psychotherapy , Qualitative research , Quality of care , Quality of life , Quantitative research , Relation or family problems , Resilience , Satisfaction with care , Sexual problems , Social bias / prejudice , Stress in general , Stress management , Type 1 diabetes , Type 2 diabetes , Young adults (18-39 yrs)
Qualifications: B.Sc., MSc. and Ph.D (ongoing)
Position: Programme Manager and Researcher, Galway University Hospitals and National University of Ireland, Galway
Contact: Endocrinology and Diabetes Centre, Galway University, Hospitals, H91 YR71, Galway, Ireland
00353 91 542840
MaryClare.Ohara@hse.ie
Primary Role: Programmer Manager and Researcher on study entitled “Developing an Intervention to Improve Outcomes for Young Adults with Type 1 Diabetes in Ireland”
Specialisms: Addiction , Adolescents (13-17 yrs) , Adults (40-64 yrs) , Anxiety , Blood glucose monitoring , Closed loop pancreas , Cognitive behavioral therapy , Communication in medical settings , Community interventions , Continous blood glucose monitoring , Coping , Depression , Diabetes education , Diabetes related distress , Diabetes self-care training , Diet , E-health , Eating problems , Empowerment , Epidemiology , Exercise , Family members at risk of diabetes , Fear of hypoglycemia , Fear of injecting / self-testing , Foot care , Health cognitions / Illness perceptions , Health economics , Health promotion , Health status , Hypoglycemia unawareness , Hypoglycemia unawareness training , Infants (0-3 yrs) , Insulin injection , Insulin pump therapy , Internet interventions , Literacy , Meta-analyses / systematic reviews , Mindfulness , Motivation , Older adults (≥ 65 yrs) , Parents of children with diabetes , Partners of people with diabetes , Peer-led interventions , People with diabetes complications , People with mental illness , Personality , Positive psychology , Poverty , Pre-schoolers (4-6 yrs) , Psychotherapy , Qualitative research , Quality of life , Quantitative research , Resilience , Risk assessment , School-aged children (4-12 yrs) , Sexual problems , Smoking , Stress Hormones , Stress in general , Survey research , Theoretical models , Type 1 diabetes , Use of Technology , Young adults (18-39 yrs)
Position: Researcher and Team Leader
Contact: Niels Steensensvej 6, DK-2820, Gentofte, Denmark
+45 3075 5281
ljoe@steno.dk
Specialisms: Adults (40-64 yrs) , Communication in medical settings , Diabetes education , Diabetes related distress , Empowerment , Older adults (≥ 65 yrs) , Patient Reported Outcomes , Peer Support , Peer-led interventions , Psychosocial support , Qualitative research , Quality of life , Quantitative research , Social relations (network and support) , Type 1 diabetes