Yale Nurse Practitioner Wins American Diabetes Association's Educator of the Year Award

[July 2006] - Geralyn Spollett, MSN, ANP, CDE, nurse practitioner in Endocrinology and Metabolism and member of the Yale Diabetes Center, was named Diabetes Educator of the Year at the 2006 annual meeting of the American Diabetes Association (ADA).

Spollett has conducted research on type 2 diabetes in black women, and has lectured nationally and internationally on diabetes management from a nurse practitioner perspective. She is on the board of directors of the ADA, and of the American Association of Diabetes Educators, where she served as chair of the National Certification Board for Diabetes Educators.

The Educator of the Year award is given to one diabetes educator each year who has made a special contribution to the field through dedication, innovation and sensitivity in patient care.