Jane Dickinson, PhD, RN, CDE

Jane Dickinson is a nurse and certified diabetes educator. She has been living with type 1 diabetes since 1975. Jane is the Program Director and faculty for the online Master of Science in Diabetes Education and Management at Teachers College, Columbia University. Jane served as the Director of Clinical Services and Education at the Barton Center for Diabetes Education prior to moving to Colorado in 1998. She developed, implemented, and oversaw a hospital-based outpatient diabetes education program until 2011, when she began her current position at Teachers College, Columbia University. She continues to provide diabetes education to patients, families, and community members. Jane is passionate about the language of diabetes and the impact messages have on people living with diabetes. She has published articles, frequently speaks about, and conducts research on the impact of language on people with diabetes. Jane was the lead author on the joint paper, The Use of Language in Diabetes Care and Education, published by AADE and ADA in late 2017, and she was named 2019 Diabetes Educator of the Year by the American Association of Diabetes Educators. Jane maintains a blog about everyday diabetes topics, and participates in diabetes-related social media. She lives in northwest Colorado with her husband and teen-age son and daughter.