Diana Sherifali
Associate Editor | Diabetes Canada
Hamilton, ON, CANADA
Dr. Diana Sherifali's research interests include the implementation of diabetes self-management.
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Biography
Dr. Sherifali joined the School of Nursing at McMaster University as sessional faculty in 2008. Following a three year post-doctoral fellowship funded by the Heart and Stroke Foundation, Diana accepted a tenure track position with the School of Nursing. She holds an Early Career Research Award, Hamilton Health Sciences, and is also a Clinical Nurse Specialist in the Diabetes Care and Research Program/Boris Clinic at Hamilton Health Sciences. Diana has co-authored two chapters for the 2013 Diabetes Canada's Clinical Practice Guidelines and is co-principle investigator for the McMaster Evidence Review and Synthesis Centre.
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Training and Development
Education/Learning
Health and Wellness
Research
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Areas of Expertise (7)
Diabetes Self Management
Clinical Research
Diabetes Prevention
Digital Health
Telemedicine
Diabetes Health Coaching
Diabetes
Accomplishments (1)
Early Career Research Award (professional)
2015-01-01
Awarded by Hamilton Health Sciences.
Affiliations (2)
- Hamilton Health Sciences : Clinical Nurse Specialist, Diabetes Care and Research Program/Boris Clinic
- McMaster University : Associate Professor, School of Nursing
Media Appearances (1)
Innovative New Health Service Helps Canadians Prevent and Manage Diabetes
Canada News Wire online
2010-12-02
Dr. Diana Sherifali, an assistant professor of nursing at McMaster University and Certified Diabetes Educator, believes that services such as Live Well Coaching have the potential to lessen the impact of the growing diabetes epidemic. "The increasing prevalence of diabetes is a huge threat to our healthcare resources and models of care. Innovative programs that combine health professionals and technology to offer remote coaching support could result in improvements in self-management, health outcomes, and health system sustainability," said Dr. Sherifali.
Articles (5)
Diabetes self‐management programmes in older adults: a systematic review and meta‐analysis
Diabetic Medicine
2015-01-01
The evidence for self-management programmes in older adults varies in methodological approaches, and disease criteria. Using predetermined methodological criteria, we evaluated the effect of diabetes-specific self-management programme ...
Pharmacologic management of type 2 diabetes
Canadian Journal of Diabetes
2013-01-01
As people with type 2 diabetes form a heterogeneous group, treatment regimens and therapeutic targets should be individualized. As type 2 diabetes is characterized by insulin resistance and ongoing decline in beta cell function, glucose levels likely will worsen over ...
The Effect of Oral Antidiabetic Agents on A1C Levels A systematic review and meta-analysis
Diabetes Care
2010-01-01
Previous reviews of the effect of oral antidiabetic (OAD) agents on A1C levels summarized studies with varying designs and methodological approaches. Using predetermined methodological criteria, we evaluated the effect of OAD agents on A1C ...
Parenting Children With Diabetes Exploring Parenting Styles on Children Living With Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
The Diabetes Educator
2009-01-01
The purpose of this study was to examine the extent to which parenting styles is associated with diabetes control in children (aged 5–12 years) with type 1 diabetes, and on child and parent quality of life. Methods Data were collected from a total of 216 parent and ...
Physiological outcomes of an internet disease management program vs. in-person counselling: a randomized, controlled trial
Canadian Journal of Diabetes
2006-01-01
To compare physiological outcomes and satisfaction for follow-up care between an interactive diabetes internet program and Diabetes Education Centres. METHOD A: randomized, controlled trial with outcomes of glycosylated hemoglobin (A1C), fasting ...
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