About

PhD, MNutrDiet, BSc, Grad Cert Diab Edn & Mgt, FADEA, FASLM

editor@adea.com.au

Kate is a CDE and Advanced APD and is the current editor of the Australian Diabetes Educator (ADE) and Chair of the Editorial Advisory Group (EAG). She is a Fellow of the ADEA and the Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine (ASLM).

Kate currently divides her time between clinical practice and health and medical writing, and has a private practice where she works mostly with individuals with diabetes and women with PCOS.

Kate has been a member of the EAG since 2005 and chair since 2015. She is also a long-time editorial board member for Diabetes Management Journal (DMJ). Kate writes regularly for Diabetic Living Magazine and works as a freelance health and medical writer for Diabetes Australia and the ADEA.

Kate was awarded the DAA Joan Woodhill Prize for Excellent in Research – Doctorate Award for her PhD study on low GI diets for women with PCOS and is the recipient of the 2015 inaugural ADEA Jan Baldwin National CDE of the Year.

Grad Cert Education (Higher Ed), PhD, MACN

ADr Rebecca Munt is a registered nurse with a PhD that explored the self-management experiences of people living with type 1 diabetes while in hospital. Rebecca is the Principal Investigator for the South Australia Inpatient Diabetes Survey that involved collecting data across 29 hospitals in metropolitan, regional and rural locations.
Her previous experience includes 14 years as a Lecturer in Nursing at Flinders University where she coordinated the Diabetes management and education specialisation.
Rebecca has undertaken a number of research projects in the area of diabetes and disseminated the research findings at local, national and international conferences and in peer reviewed publications. She was the Chair of the Expert Reference Group and ACN representative for the National Diabetes Nursing Education Framework. Rebecca is currently a member of the Australian Diabetes Society’s In-hospital diabetes management committee and Insulin Pump in Vulnerable Situation (IPVS) subcommittee.
Rebecca currently has a joint appointment as a Research Nurse with Central Adelaide Local Health Network and the Adelaide Nursing School, University of Adelaide. In this role Rebecca provides support and mentoring for nurses to undertake their own projects while involving nurses in all aspects of the research process to increase research knowledge and skill. Rebecca also supervises Research Higher Degree students in their Masters and PhD programs as well as Honours students.

Dr Edwin Pascoe PhD RN CDE

PhD, MEmergNursing, GradDipAcuteCVNursing,

Grad Cert Diab Edn & Mgt, BNutrMed, DipTAE, Dual Dip VET/ Training Design and Development,  National Immunisation Course, & 2 units 534501 Pharmacology and Therapeutics II, 514704 Applications of Clinical Pharmacology II

Graduated in nursing in 1991 completing a graduate year at Fairfield and Bethesda hospitals. In 1995 I started my critical care course at Epworth Hospital. Went to Canberra for one year then back to Melbourne starting a combination of agency nursing and education. I have had various jobs in education including TAFE, private RTOs, clinical teaching (RN /EN), hospital educator, placement coordinator, and University. For Latrobe University I conduct an ongoing three-day workshop called Comprehensive Assessof the Older Person & was involved in educating assessors for the new funding model (AN-ACC) in aged care. I have just started a job as a researcher post my PhD in the Australian Centre for Evidence Based Aged Care (Latrobe University) two days a week. I started my diabetes course in 2007 working one year with Eli Lilly, training people with diabetes in GP clinics in Victoria and Tasmania in the use of insulin pens including Byetta. We also performed Conversation Maps during GP visits. I have spent most of my time in private practice and am currently working at Wyndhamvale HealthCare (GP practice). I have been Vic Branch Executive as the finance officer and on the National Finance Advisory Committee. I have a special interest in the lived experience of LGBTQIA+ people and how diabetes intersects with this.

Michelle Robins has been working as a Credentialled Diabetes Educator since 1993 and endorsed Nurse Practitioner for 16 years. She is currently employed at Northern Health in Melbourne.  She has worked on 60 diabetes-related committees and working parties. Michelle has produced book chapters, presented at national and international conferences, at more than 160 workshops and more recently webinars and podcasts. In 2010 she received the Jan Baldwin award to recognise and reward excellence in a holistic approach to diabetes education and care.

Achamma is a CDE and an APD/AN based in Townsville, Queensland. She works both in the public and private sector also with CALD and Indigenous clients/organisations. She started her career as a research assistant in a Diabetes Research Centre and her passion for improving management for people with Diabetes is constant and ongoing. She has been actively involved in the various committees both for ADEA and Dietitians Australia. Her passion for training community health workers, nurses and other health professionals has seen her involvement in a number of diabetes related international projects including the World Diabetes Foundation project in Papua New Guinea, Diabetes Training and Awareness Project in Kiribati, Pacific Islands and Aus-Aid funded Diabetes training project in India.

Her research interests and projects have been presented at state, national and international conferences and she works collaboratively with universities and organisations. She has been a member of ADEA EAG since 2018.

Tom is a consultant pharmacist and CDE conducting diabetes education at people’s home, in metropolitan and rural areas. He also works as a pharmacist within GP clinics reviewing people’s device technique and medication management. Tom has an interest in demonstrating the benefits of pharmacy outreach services in rural settings, and is completing his PhD in this area. As part of the ADE Editorial Advisory Group, Tom is keen to share his experience in different aspects of diabetes management, both in hospital and community settings.