Senior Nutrition Coordinator, University of Pittsburgh School of Education, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Linda N. Semler, MS, RD, LDN is a Senior Research Manager in the Department of Health and Physical Activity, University of Pittsburgh School of Education, who has been involved in multiple NIH funded studies. Ms. Semler was an interventionist in the original DPP and is currently the Nutrition Coordinator for the DPPOS where she serves on the Lifestyle Resource Core and the Lifestyle Advisory Board. She is also an intervention specialist working on various NIH funded research studies at the University of Pittsburgh Physical Activity and Weight Management Research Center, and as a member of the DPSC faculty, oversees all nutrition related issues.

behavioural lifestyle intervention, community translation, diabetes prevention, group lifestyle balance, Spanish curriculum