Mayer-Davis named vice president of American Diabetes Association
| January 05, 2009 | |
Dr. Elizabeth Mayer-Davis
Elizabeth J. Mayer-Davis, PhD, has been named vice president of health care and education for the American Diabetes Association (ADA), the organization has announced. Mayer-Davis is a professor of nutrition in the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Gillings School of Global Public Health and the UNC School of Medicine. Mayer-Davis’ research has focused on diabetes in youth, diabetes prevention and management, and diabetes among African Americans and other minority and underserved populations. She is currently chairperson of the SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth Study, a multi-center study funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, and is principal investigator for the SEARCH Carolina Site, as well as serving as investigator on several other diabetes studies. Her service with the Association includes numerous national appointments, including a term on the board of directors. She currently serves on the publications policy committee, the cardiometabolic risk initiative subcommittee and the health care reform task force. Mayer-Davis earned a doctorate in epidemiology from the University of California, Berkeley, and a Master of Science in Public Health from the University of Colorado School of Medicine. Diabetes is a serious disease that affects the body’s ability to produce or respond properly to insulin, a hormone that allows blood glucose to enter the cells of the body and be used for energy. It is increasing at an alarming rate, with nearly 24 million children and adults living with the disease and another 57 million Americans at risk for developing it. The ADA is the leading nonprofit health organization dedicated to preventing and curing diabetes and to improving the lives of those currently living with the disease.
For more information about the American Diabetes Association, call 1-800-DIABETES (1-800-342-2383) or visit www.diabetes.org. UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health contact: Ramona DuBose, director of communications, (919) 966-7467 or ramona_dubose@unc.edu. |
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