Deborah Hinnen

Biography

 Diabetes educator for over thirty years. As a clinical nurse specialist and education coordinator, Ms. Hinnen currently works at Mid America Diabetes Associates as coordinator of a multidisciplinary team, focusing program efforts on a three day comprehensive self-management course that serves nearly 1,000 people with diabetes per year. She is involved extensively with the American Association of Diabetes Educators, having served as their national President from 1993 to 1994, and was awarded their prestigious Distinguished Service Award in 2001. Ms. Hinnen has also served on the National Board of Directors for the American Diabetes Association, and as an editor for Diabetes Spectrum Journal. Her faculty positions are with the Pharmacy of Department at the University of Kansas, and Graduate Nursing Department at Wichita State University and the Physicians Assistant Program at Wichita State. Ms. Hinnen was inducted as a Fellow of American Academy of Nursing in 2003.

Research Interest

 Diabetes