Geralyn Spollett, M.S.N., A.N.P., C.D.E., nurse practitioner in the Section of Endocrinology and Metabolism, was named Diabetes Educator of the Year at the 2006 annual meeting of the American Diabetes Association (ADA). Spollett has conducted research on type 2 diabetes in black women, and has lectured nationally and internationally on diabetes management from a nurse practitioner perspective. She is on the board of directors of the ADA, and of the American Association of Diabetes Educators, where she served as chair of the National Certification Board for Diabetes Educators.