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Diane Berry, Ph.D., ANP-BC, FAANP, FAAN - UNC-Chapel Hill. Chapel Hill, NC, UNITED STATES

Diane Berry, Ph.D., ANP-BC, FAANP, FAAN

Associate Professor in the School of Nursing | UNC-Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC, UNITED STATES

Dr. Berry's expertise is in developing community-based nutrition and exercise education and cognitive theory-based interventions.

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Biography

Dr. Berry obtained a Diploma in Nursing at the Sisters of Charity Hospital School of Nursing and Canisus College in Buffalo, New York in 1976. She received a BSN from Lenoir Rhyne College in Hickory, North Carolina in 1987. In 1997, she received her MSN and ANP-BC from Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Dr. Berry received her PhD at Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts in Philosophy of Science. She was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Yale University from 2003-2005 in Nursing and Self and Family Management of Chronic Conditions. Dr. Berry focuses on management and prevention of obesity, type 2 diabetes and gestational diabetes mellitus using community-based research in English and Spanish in the United States and in Mexico. Current research interests include translation science focusing on dissemination and implementation using web-based and smart phone interventions.

Industry Expertise (4)

Health and Wellness

Education/Learning

Research

Health Care - Services

Areas of Expertise (6)

Obesity

Type 2 Diabetes

Gestational Diabetes Milletus

Community-Based Research

Chronic Conditions

Nutrition

Accomplishments (2)

Beerstecher-Blackwell Distinguished Term Scholar (professional)

2014 - Present

National Association of Counties Award for Club Choice Plus (professional)

2014

Education (5)

Yale: Post-Doctoral Fellow, Self and Family Management 2005

Boston College: Ph.D., Philosophy of Science

Boston College: MSN, ANP-BC, Nursing

Lenoir Rhyne College: BSN, Nursing 1987

Sisters of Charity Hospital School of Nursing: Diploma, Nursing 1976

Affiliations (2)

  • Academy of Nursing : Fellow
  • American Academy of Nurse Practitioners : Fellow

Media Appearances (1)

Diane Berry Receives NIH Funding for Diabetes Research

UNC School of Nursing  online

2012-03-06

SON Faculty member Dr. Diane Berry (Lead PI), Dr. Alison Stuebe (MPI) and Dr. Sarah Verbiest (Co-I) from the SOM and Dr. Todd Schwartz from the School of Nursing and Biostatistics, have received pilot funding from the NIH/NIDDK for a study aimed to assist women with gestational diabetes, prevent prediabetes and type 2 diabetes and improve their infants’ outcomes. The study will test a 14-week intensive intervention on the benefits of breastfeeding, understanding gestational diabetes and risk of progression to prediabetes and type 2 diabetes, nutrition and exercise education, coping skills training, and physical activity (Phase I) and 3 months of continued monthly contact (Phase II) to help overweight women diagnosed with gestational diabetes improve metabolic, clinical, weight, adiposity, health behaviors and self-efficacy. Trends in breastfeeding duration and intensity, maternal infant feeding behavior, infant growth trajectory (weight-for-length) will also be measured.

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Research Focus (1)

Nutrition and Exercise Interventions

Dr. Berry's expertise is in developing community-based nutrition and exercise education and cognitive theory-based interventions for families in English and Spanish in North Carolina and Mexico.

Research Grants (1)

Co-Investigator and Co-Director

National Institutes of Health and the National Institute of Nursing Research 

Predoctoral and Postdoctoral Training on Theory-Based Nursing Intervention to Prevent and Manage Chronic Illness, Competing Continuation

Articles (3)

A Mixed-Methods Study on Factors Influencing Prenatal Weight Gain in Ethnic-Minority Women


Journal of Midwifery & Women’s Health

2014 ABSTRACT: Gaining too much weight in pregnancy is associated with perinatal complications and increases the risks of future obesity for both women and their infants. Unfortunately, women enrolled in intervention trials have seen little improvement in adherence to prenatal weight gain recommendations compared to women receiving standard prenatal care...

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Management of Type 2 Diabetes in Asian Indians


Clinical Nursing Research

2014 ABSTRACT: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is increasing in Asian Indians globally. In this article, we review published studies of interventions designed to prevent T2DM or improve self-management in South Asian Indians...

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Recruitment and Retention Strategies for a Community-Based Weight Management Study for Multi-Ethnic Elementary School Children and Their Parents


Public Health Nursing

2012 ABSTRACT: This article describes successful recruitment and retention strategies for a community-based weight management study in two school districts in North Carolina. Recruitment and retention on both district and school levels and child and parent levels are discussed...

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