Our center is pleased to introduce Dr. Amy Eyler as our featured
investigator. Dr. Eyler is an Assistant
Professor at Washington University in St. Louis and an Investigator at the Prevention
Research Center in St. Louis.
Two of Dr. Eyler’s current projects include translating diabetes
research. Dr. Eyler is funded as an external evaluator for the Appalachian
Diabetes Coalition Project, funded by the CDC and Appalachian Regional Council,
to study how over 40 community coalitions in these rural and underserved areas
are impacting diabetes prevention and control. She analyzes the coalition
activity reports, interviews stakeholders, and conducts site visits to get a
comprehensive perspective of the work that is being done. Recently, this
program received funding from Squibb to increase the capacity of coalitions by
funding coalition coordinators and expanding evidence-based programming. Dr. Eyler will be evaluating the impact of
this expanded program over the next three years and making recommendations to
the funding agencies.
Another project Dr. Eyler is involved with is the BJC Health
Literacy team. In this project, she analyzes data from a follow-up phone
intervention to employees identified at risk for diabetes. Employees identified
as at-risk through an annual health screening have the option for phone
follow up and counseling by nurses and diabetes educators. By analyzing this
data, we can identify effectiveness and make recommendations for future interventions
on other disease risks factors (e.g. hypertension).
Dr. Eyler is a member of the Center for Diabetes Translation Research and utilizes resources available from the center to support her work. She says “statistical assistance is a welcome benefit of center affiliation.” She advises researchers to always think about end-use and application of your research.
Dr. Eyler is a member of the Center for Diabetes Translation Research and utilizes resources available from the center to support her work. She says “statistical assistance is a welcome benefit of center affiliation.” She advises researchers to always think about end-use and application of your research.
Dr. Eyler says she gets her best research ideas when she is
running on a local St. Louis trail with her Yellow Lab – Harley.
You can view Amy's bio at http://brownschool.wustl.edu/Faculty/FullTime/Pages/AmyAEyler.aspx.
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