Diana Sherifali, RN, PhD, CDE is an Associate Professor in the School of Nursing and the inaugural holder of the Heather M. Arthur Population Health Research Institute/Hamilton Health Sciences Chair in Interprofessional Health Research. Dr. Sherifali is also the Lead of the McMaster Evidence Review and Synthesis Team, which supported the development of guidelines for Diabetes Canada, Obesity Canada. She has been funded by the Diabetes Canada, the Heart and Stroke Foundation, the Canadian Institutes for Health Research, and more recently has been selected as an Emerging Leader 2020 by the World Heart Federation. Dr. Sherifali’s research interests include the implementation and evaluation of strategies to optimize diabetes self-management at the patient through health coaching.