Background
Delahanty, Linda Michele was born on February 8, 1957 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of John Joseph and Helen Mary Delahanty.
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Linda Michele Delahanty
Edit ProfileEducation
Bachelor of Science summa cum laude, University Massachusetts, 1978. Master of Science summa cum laude, Boston University, 1980.
Career
Administrative dietitian Joslin Diabetic Camp, Charlton, Massachusetts, 1978. Nutritional research assistant Lemuel Shattuck Hospital, Jamaica Plain, 1979. Nutrition educator Home Medical Service-University Hospitals, Boston, 1980, Boston City Hospital, 1980-1981.
Clinical dietitian Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1981-1988, nutrition counselor, since 1988. Researcher Massachusetts General Hospital Diabetes Center, since 1983, chief dietitian, director nutrition and behavioral research, since 2003. Nutrition coordinator Diabetes Control and Complications Trial, National Institutes of Health, 1987—1993, co-investigator Diabetes Prevention Program, 1996—2002.
Co-investigator LOOK AHEAD (Action for Health in Diabetes), since 1999, Today Study - Treatment Options for Type 2 Diabetes in Adolscents and Youths, since 2002. Consultant New England Diabetes and Endocrinology Center, Brookline, Massachusetts, 1985—1986. Panelist National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Conference, Bethesda, Maryland, 1986, American Diabetes Association Consensus Statement on Self Monitoring of Blood Glucose, 1993.
Expert panelist television series Doctors on Call, 1997. Associate lecturer Harvard University Geriatric Education Center, 1984—1989. Instructor Medical School Harvard University, Cambridge, since 2002.
Achievements
Membership
Member Massachusetts Area Rehabilitation Dietitians (co-chair 1983-1984), Diabetes Care and Education Practice Group (secretary 1985-1987), Massachusetts Gerontological Nutrition Practice Group (chair 1984-1985), Massachusetts Dietetic Association (chair community dietetics division 1983-1984, council on practices), American Dietetic Association (area coordinator gerontological nutrition and dietetic practice group 1988-1990, Research Excellence award 2005).
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Married Paul Joseph Gorski, June 14, 1987.
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Religion
Roman Catholic
Awards
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Recipient Charles H. Best Distinguished Service medal American Diabetes Association, 1994, Researchers award American Dietetic Association, 1998, Mary P. Huddleston award, 2002, First Author award Research Dietetic Practice Group, 2003, Diabetes Care and Education Publications award, 2004, Annie Galbraith award Outstanding Dietitian Massachusetts, 2004. Named Young Dietitian of Year American Dietetic Association, 1984.Recipient Charles H. Best Distinguished Service medal American Diabetes Association, 1994, Researchers award American Dietetic Association, 1998, Mary P. Huddleston award, 2002, First Author award Research Dietetic Practice Group, 2003, Diabetes Care and Education Publications award, 2004, Annie Galbraith award Outstanding Dietitian Massachusetts, 2004. Named Young Dietitian of Year American Dietetic Association, 1984.