Meet the Pediatric Diabetes Education Team
The Pediatric Diabetes Education Team addresses individual needs of the child with diabetes and their family in an outpatient setting. We feel that self-management education is an integral component of quality care provided to children with diabetes and is essential to successful diabetes management. Self-management empowers patients/families to make informed decisions on how to maintain or improve health and quality of life through their own initiative.
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Debbie Cicinelli-Timm, MSA, RD, CDE joined our staff in fall 2011 as a Registered Dietitian and Certified Diabetes Educator. Debbie earned her B.S. in Dietetics from Michigan State University. Her Master’s degree is from Central Michigan University. Debbie has been active with the Diabetes Care and Education Dietetic Practice Group of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, including writing the New Products Column for Newsflash for over 10 years. She also contributed to two chapters in Pediatric Diabetes: Health Care Reference and Client Education Handouts, published by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Debbie is enjoying getting to know the staff and patients at U of M as well as the Ann Arbor area — Go Green and Go Blue. |
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Donna Doyle is the Program Coordinator of the Pediatric Diabetes Self-Management Education Program. She earned her Associate's Degree in Nursing from Henry Ford Community College and a Bachelor's of Science in Nursing from Madonna University. Donna has worked in diabetes education since 1992 and became a Certified Diabetes Educator in 1995. Donna brings a lot of program management experience to our pediatric program at the University of Michigan, where she has been Program Coordinator since March 2008. |
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Jacinta Florek earned her Master's in Social Work and Master's in Public Health from the University of Michigan in 2008. Her concentration areas were interpersonal practice with children and youth and health behavior and education. She has worked for the University of Michigan Hospital for several years, coming over to Pediatric Diabetes from Developmental / Behavioral Pediatrics. Jacinta is a clinical social worker with a strengths-based approach and focus on supporting and empowering families dealing with chronic illness. She has lived in Ann Arbor for nearly a decade — Go Blue! |
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Stacey Pilarz graduated from Eastern Michigan University in 2002 with a dual degree in Dietetics and Exercise Science. She has worked with countless adult and pediatric patients since 2006, counseling them on diet, exercise, and goal setting. Stacey started working at the University of Michigan in November 2008. She has a special interest in exercise and Type 2 diabetes and is originally from Bowling Green, Ohio. |
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Jennifer Schwab earned her B.A. at the College of St. Benedict and B.S.N. at the University of Cincinnati. She became a registered nurse and became immersed in diabetes education on an inpatient unit at Cincinnati Children's Hospital in 2004. Jennifer started working in the Diabetes Clinic at the University of Michigan in 2006. She obtained her certified diabetes educator credential in 2007 and has a special interest in technology, insulin pumps, continuous glucose monitoring, and emerging therapies. Her home town is St. Paul, Minnesota. |
