Laura Hieronymus, DNP, MSEd, RN, MLDE, BC-ADM, CDCES, FADCES

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.