FEND Recognition Awards
In 2020 FEND established a FEND Recognition Award for Diabetes Specialist Nurses and Diabetes Specialist Midwives who have made significant contributions to diabetes care, research and education.

FEND Recognition Award 2020
Deborah Jones OBE
I am so honored and humbled, as a FEND ENDCUP graduate and past Director of FEND to have been nominated…
Read More >Prof. Şeyda Özcan
Assoc. Prof. Şeyda Özcan, RN, MSc, PhD Dr.Ozcan has experiences in academical-clinical area and international-national settings of diabetes nursing for…
Read More >Jytte Roed
RN, Diabetes Specialist Nurse, Diploma in Nursing Odense University Hospital, Svendborg, Denmark Since 1995 I have been working in the…
Read More >Prof Angus Forbes
Professor Angus Forbes holds the FEND Chair of Clinical Diabetes Nursing at King’s College London and holds an honorary post as…
Read More >Dr Gillian Hood
Dr Gillian (Gill) Hood RGN, qualified as a nurse at the Royal London Hospital in 1984, and immediately took up…
Read More >Dr Lurdes Serrabulho
Lurdes Serrabulho is a registered nurse (1980), specialized in Public Health (1986) with Master Degree (in Educational Science – Health…
Read More >Deirdre Kyne-Grzebalski
In 1981 Deirdre took up the first Diabetes Specialist Nurse (DNS) role in Newcastle upon Tyne. She joined Diabetes UK…
Read More >Professor Trisha Dunning AM
Professor Trisha Dunning AM, RN, CDE, MEd, PhD Chair in Nursing, Centre for Quality Patient Safety Research, Barwon health/Deakin University…
Read More >Martha Mitchell Funnell
Martha Mitchell Funnell, MS, RN, CDE, FAAN Emeritus Research Scientist, Department of Learning Health Sciences, University of Michigan Ms. Funnell…
Read More >Adina Sanpetreanu
Adina Sanpetreanu is a registered nurse at the Diabetes Centre and Clinic in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, having graduated at the University…
Read More >Prof Regina Wredling
Graduated nurse 1964 at Sophiahemmet School of Nursing, Stockholm. Gradually focusing on diabetes care and patients problems connected to the…
Read More >Marja Rautavirta
Marja Rautavirta – a Diabetic Specialist Nurse from Finland. She started working as a nurse in the clinic of internal…
Read More >Claudia Leippert
Being a curious General Nurse with additional specialization in Diabetes, Nephropathy, Footulcers and B.Sc. in Diabetes- and Healthmanagement, I was…
Read More >Kristin de Backer
Kristin started her nursing career driving around the province of Antwerp to draw blood samples from patients at home or…
Read More >Eszter Halmos
I was born in Berettyóújfalu, Hungary, 1940, 03.18. as a Hungarian citizen. I have finished my secondary school studies in…
Read More >Prof Linda Siminerio
Linda Siminerio is Professor of Medicine and Professor of Nursing, Health and Community Systems at the University of Pittsburgh. She…
Read More >Prof Margaret McGill
Associate Professor MARGARET MCGILL AM RN MSc (Med) CDE Current Positions Assistant Director RPAH Diabetes Service Associate Professor in the…
Read More >Anne Belton
Anne started working with people with diabetes in 1983 and established a Diabetes Education Centre in Brampton, Ontario in 1991.…
Read More >Liga Arente
Graduate nursing school in Riga (1983) and started work in 7th Riga City Clinical Hospital. Chief Nurse in ward of…
Read More >Alicja Szewczyk
Specialist in the field of diabetic nursing and in the field of paediatric nursing in The Children’s Memorial Health Institute in…
Read More >Deirdre Cregan
I started working with people with Diabetes in the 1980’s in the Diabetes Centre, Mater Misericordiae Hospital Dublin. I realized…
Read More >Nfor Claudette Manli
Nfor Claudette Manli is a nurse and certified diabetes educator who has spent most of her career life working with persons…
Read More >Margarida Jansà
Margarida Jansà qualified as a nurse at the University of Barcelona (1973), Diabetes Specialist Nurse at the Barcelona Autonomous University-FEND…
Read More >Ana Cristina Paiva
Nurse at the Diabetes Consultation and Coordinator of the Department of Medical Specialties at Portuguese Diabetes Association (Associação Protectora dos…
Read More >Maite Valverde
Maite Valverde is an advanced Practice Nurse in Diabetes. Master’s Degree in Nursing Care for People with Diabetes (2011), Master…
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