diabetes Experts

Carolyn Haines

Director, Nurse Managed Primary Care CenterUniversity of Delaware

Haines’ interest areas include chronic care management of diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia and women’s health

Kim Scarpa, RD, LDN

Registered DietitianChristianaCare

Kim Scarpa, RD, LDN, is an outpatient dietitian with expertise in weight management, cardiopulmonary, clinical and pediatric nutrition.

Reshma Shah

Professor in the Practice of MarketingEmory University, Goizueta Business School

Kelly Ylitalo, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Public HealthBaylor University

Epidemiologist with expertise in physical functioning, obesity & the impact of physical activity on healthy aging

Sherry Pagoto, Ph.D.

Professor of Allied Health SciencesUniversity of Connecticut

Leveraging technology for health promotion and disease prevention

Michelle L. Axe, MS, CHES

Community Health Program ManagerChristianaCare

Michelle Axe is a Community Health Program Manager overseeing the departments food and social care initiatives.

Amanda Paluch

Assistant Professor of KinesiologyUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst

Amanda Paluch is a physical activity epidemiologist and kinesiologist with a focus on advancing the measurement of physical activity.

Sara Mednick

Professor of Cognitive SciencesUC Irvine

Sara Mednick is an expert in memory consolidation, sleep, aging and brain stimulation and author of “The Power of the Downstate.”

Klaus Ley, MD

Founding DirectorImmunology Center of Georgia

Dr. Ley explores how T cell immunity drives atherosclerosis.

Thomas Joshua, PhD

Associate Professor, NursingAugusta University

Thomas Joshua researches COVID-19, mental health, diabetes, and tuberculosis.