Davida F. Kruger, MSN, APRN-BC,BC-ADM
Henry Ford Health System
Detroit, MI

Ms Kruger has been a certified nurse practitioner in diabetes for the past 22 years at the Henry Ford Health System in Detroit, Michigan. Her role includes both clinical practice and research. She is board certified by the American Nurses Association Credentialing Center in both primary care and advanced diabetes management. In addition, Ms Kruger serves on the Slide Kit and Publications subcommittees of CADRE.

Ms Kruger is long-time volunteer with the American Diabetes Association (ADA). She is chair of the Planning Committee for the ADA's 2004 Call to Congress: Conquer Diabetes. She is past chair of the ADA's Research Foundation and continues to serve on the Research Policy Committee. She is also a past president of Health Care and Education of the ADA and she served as associate editor of Diabetes Spectrum, a journal for diabetes health care professionals that focuses on research-to-practice issues, from 1996 to 2000.

Ms Kruger has been a principal investigator on a number of research projects and has written widely on diabetes care, authoring the book The Diabetes Travel Guide (2000). Her awards include the Florence Nightingale Award for Excellence in Research from Michigan's Oakland University, ADA’s Rachmeil Levine Award for Distinguished Service, ADA’s Award for Outstanding Service in Diabetes Research Funding, and the ADA's Wendell Mayes Award.


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