Montana Diabetes Project
Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services
1400 Broadway, Rm C314B
Helena,
MT
USA
59620-2951
Email:
kvanderwood@mt.gov
Biographical Sketch:
2009 to present -- Program Manager, Montana Diabetes Prevention and Control Program, Helena Montana
2008-2009 -- Program Coordinator, Montana Cardiovascualr Disease and Diabetes Prevention Program, Helena Montana
Took part in development and implementation of the Montana Cardiovascualr Disease and Diabetes Prevention Program (2008 - present).
Masters Thesis on Primary Prevention of Diabetes in Montana, 2008.
2008 co-winner of the Governor's Award for Excellence in Performance, awarded for Montana Diabetes Project's work on diabetes prevention.
Amundson HA, Butcher MK, Gohdes D, Taryn O. Hall, MPH, Todd S. Harwell, MPH, Steven D. Helgerson, MD, MPH, and Karl K. Vanderwood, MPH and the Montana Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes Prevention Program Workgroup. Translating the diabetes prevention program into practice in the general community. The Diabetes Educator 2009;35(2):209-223.
Oral presentation at CDC DDT meeting April 2009.
Helen A. Amundson, RN, BSN, CDE, Dorothy Gohdes, MD , Taryn O Hall, MPH, Kari A Brewer, RN, Darcy R Kassner, BS, Amy N Tooke, ATC, Liane M Vadheim, RD, LN, CDE, Karl K. Vanderwood, MPH, Tracy A Vosler, MS,PT. Translating the Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) in a Small Rural Community
Oral abstract accepted at ADA scientific meeting June 2009.
Amundson HA, Butcher MK, Gohdes D, Taryn O. Hall, MPH, Todd S. Harwell, MPH, Steven D. Helgerson, MD, MPH, and Karl K. Vanderwood, MPH. Using the Diabetes Prevention Program Lifestyle Curriculum to Reduce Cardiometabolic Risk