Planning Committee
Laura Hieronymus, DNP, MSEd, RN, MLDE, BC-ADM, CDCES, FADCES
Biography
Laura Hieronymus is a doctor of nursing practice, master licensed diabetes educator, a board-certified advanced diabetes manager, and certified diabetes care and education specialist, with over 30 years’ diabetes experience. She is Associate Director for Education & Quality Services at the Barnstable Brown Diabetes Center and an Adjunct Associate Professor for the College of Nursing at the University of Kentucky in Lexington. Dr. Hieronymus is an active member of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) and the Association of Diabetes Care and Education Specialists (ADCES) and has served both organizations as local, regional, and national faculty. She’s served Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing as media expert and the Certification Board for Diabetes Care and Education as a content writer/reviewer. Dr. Hieronymus is currently on the Credentialing Oversight Committee for the BC-ADM, chair for ADCES’s Education Advisory Committee, and serves as faculty for ADCES’s Core Concepts Course Online. She serves in several Board of Director capacities, including the Dean’s Advisory Board for the UK College of Nursing. Dr. Hieronymus has presented professional/consumer programs/webinars as a national, regional, and local speaker. She has authored numerous articles and publications; she has also written or contributed to eight books. Dr. Hieronymus currently serves as Editor for Practical Diabetology, Associate Editor for ADA’s Diabetes Spectrum, and Editorial Board Member for the national diabetes consumer magazine, Diabetes Self-Management.
Affiliation
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Associate Director
Education & Quality Services
UK HealthCare Barnstable Brown Kentucky Diabetes Center
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky
Shawn Crouch, MPH
Biography
Shawn Crouch, MPH currently serves as the Administrator for UK HealthCare’s Barnstable Brown Diabetes Center. Shawn’s career has included both healthcare operations and policy development. Prior to his work with the Barnstable Brown Center, Shawn served at UK HealthCare as operations chief of staff and the director of clinical integration. Before coming back to the University, he served as Kentucky’s Commissioner of Medicaid Services and the Deputy Secretary for the Cabinet for Health Services. Shawn’s a lifelong Kentuckian and a graduate of the University of Kentucky with degrees in health administration and public health.
Affiliation
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Administrator
UK HealthCare
Barnstable Brown Diabetes Center
Ambulatory Director
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky
Kathryn Thrailkill, MD
Biography
Kathryn Thrailkill, MD is a Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology at UK HealthCare, and the Barnstable Brown Endowed Chair in Pediatric Diabetes Research. She received her medical degree from the Ohio State University College of Medicine, and completed her Pediatric Residency and Pediatric Endocrinology Fellowship training at Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC. She joined the faculty of the UK College of Medicine in 2015, following a previous appointment at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 2002-2014. Her current research interests are focused on the pathophysiology of diabetic bone disease.
Affiliation
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Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Pediatric Endocrinology
Barnstable Brown Endowed Chair
Pediatric Diabetes Research
College of Medicine
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky
Andrea Francis, MS, LD, RDN, LDE
Biography
Andrea Francis is a Pediatric Diabetes EducatorRegistered Dietitian at UK Barnstable Brown Diabetes Center Here she provides diabetes selfmanagement education to pediatric patients and their families works with the interdisciplinary team to interpret diabetes technology data and facilitate patient care and communicates with patients and their families about diabetesrelated questions As a Registered Dietitian Andrea also provides Medical Nutrition Therapy to the pediatric population with special consideration to diabetes and diabetesrelated disease states including prediabetes obesity and heart disease .
Affiliation
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Registered Dietitian and Diabetes Educator
Barnstable Brown Diabetes Center
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky
Kristina Naseman, Pharm.D., MPH, BCACP, CDE
Biography
Kristina Naseman received her Doctorate of Pharmacy from Southwestern Oklahoma State University College of Pharmacy. She then completed a Post-Graduate Year One Pharmacy Practice Residency at The Ohio State University College of Pharmacy. Kristina is a Board Certified Ambulatory Care Pharmacist and Certified Diabetes Educator. Additionally, Kristina obtained a Master in Public Health degree from The Ohio State University. Kristina currently practices with UK HealthCare with the inpatient diabetes service team, The Barnstable Brown Diabetes Center, and Maternal Fetal Medicine. Her interests include population health, diabetes prevention, and diabetes in pregnancy.
Affiliation
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Clinical Pharmacist
UK HealthCare
Barnstable Brown Diabetes Center
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky
Vanessa Webb-Brown, BS
Biography
Vanessa Webb-Brown, BS, is a Health Education Coordinator at CECentral. Vanessa joined CECentral in 2012. She currently has more than 15 years of experience in healthcare education. Vanessa collaborates with University of Kentucky academic departments and various joint providers in the planning, organizing and accrediting of many healthcare education programs. She manages a number of enduring courses and live meetings, applying her considerable talent to the coordination of the University of Kentucky's Regularly Scheduled Series (RSS).
Affiliation
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Coordinator
UK HealthCare CECentral
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky
Hazel W. Chappell, MSN, RN
Biography
Hazel has been the nurse planner and administrator for the College’s office of professional development since 1999. The College has been accredited twice by ANCC for six years each during her leadership. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Berea College and her Master of Science in Nursing at UK. She was a faculty member in the College from 1994-2002. She served as an ANCC appraiser from 2006- 2012 and was an ANCC item writer for Nursing Case Management Certification (1997-1998) and for Community Health Nurse Certification (1994-1995). She was appointed to the Kentucky Board of Nursing from 1992-1996. She has served as treasurer of Sigma Theta Tau Delta Psi and President of district II KNA.
Affiliation
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Director, Professional Development
University of Kentucky
College of Nursing
Lexington, Kentucky
Leigh Anne Koonmen, RN
Biography
Leigh Anne Koonmen, RN, LDE, PhD candidate, is the Grants Project Assistant at Barnstable Brown Diabetes Center in Lexington, KY. Ms. Koonmen is a graduate of the University of Kentucky and received her nursing degree from Ferris State University. Ms. Koonmen has served as a registered nurse for 4 years in internal medicine at University of Kentucky Healthcare and serves as a graduate student intern for the Diabetes Education Services at Barnstable Brown Diabetes Center. She is currently completing her Doctorate of Nursing Philosophy (PhD) at the University of Kentucky.
Affiliation
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Grants Project Research Assistant
Education Services Graduate Intern
Barnstable Brown Diabetes Center
University of Kentucky