Diabetes Spectrum 19:147, 2006
© American Diabetes Association ®, Inc., 2006
Geralyn R. Spollett, MSN, ANP, CDE, is an adult nurse practitioner and
associate director at the Yale Diabetes Center, affiliated with the Yale
School of Medicine Faculty Practice, in New Haven,
Conn.
She earned her bachelor's degree in nursing from Fairfield University in
Fairfield, Conn., in 1976 and her master's degree in nursing with distinction
from Boston College in Mass., in 1982.
During her 10 years at the Yale School of Nursing, she taught in primary
care courses in the Adult and Family Nurse Practitioner Program as well as the
diabetes care concentration. Ms. Spollett collaborated with Gail Melkus, EdD,
on research focusing on type 2 diabetes in African-American women and has
lectured nationally and internationally on diabetes management from a nurse
practitioner perspective.
She has written for many of the leading nursing and diabetes-related
journals and has > 40 published works. The Complete Nurse's Guide to
Diabetes Care, of which she was an associate editor, was published by the
American Diabetes Association (ADA) in 2005. She has served as an associate
editor of Diabetes Spectrum and is now a member of the journal's
editorial board.
Ms. Spollett is an active member of the ADA, currently serving on its
national board of directors, and she has also served as a member of the board
of directors and chair of the National Certification Board for Diabetes
Educators. She is the 2006 recipient of the ADA Outstanding Educator in
Diabetes Award.
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