Janine has a BS in medical dietetics and a M. Ed in nutrition.   She has 30 years’ experience working as a dietitian in diverse health care and community settings.  Janine has practiced in long term care facilities, rehabilitation centers, urban teaching-research hospitals, and small rural hospitals.  She has supplemented her clinical background with public health consultation, outpatient counseling, lifestyle health coaching, and facilitation of support groups.  In addition, she has collaborated with multidisciplinary teams for program development, marketing, and education in her positions. 

Janine has focused her career on facilitating individuals and groups with lifestyle change to meet their personal health goals through nutrition counseling, diabetes education, and lifestyle health coaching. 

She has been a Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist since 2003 and a health and wellness coach for 15 years at UPMC Health Plan.  As a clinical health coach, Janine applies client centered behavior change principles and motivational interviewing skills to help clients make healthy lifestyle changes.

 

Indira Stokes is a Clinical Engagement Coordinator at UPMC Health Plan where she is responsible for training, empowering, and the skill development of health coaches and care managers.  She has a bachelor's in Biology and Economics from the University of Pittsburgh and a master's in Public Health, specializing in behavioral and community health from the University of Pittsburgh. Indira is a Certified Health Education Specialist and a Nationally Board-Certified Health and Wellness Coach with over 5 years’ experience in health coaching.

 

Valerie Vidic is a Registered Dietitian and Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist. Valerie has 25+ years of experience providing diabetes self-management care and education in both the clinical and industry settings.  She worked as a clinical manager and technical support clinician for an insulin pump product company.  She worked as a key account manager in a diabetes self-test diagnostics market, and most recently with UPMC. Her career with UPMC started at Magee Women’s Hospital, Maternal Fetal Medicine, in 2015. Transitioning to Community Medicine (CMI), and then joining the UPMC Health plan in 2019 as a senior diabetes educator. She currently serves as the Diabetes Care and Education Program Coordinator.

 

 

Clinical Education Coordinator, Clinical Training & Education, UPMC Health Plan

 

Program Manager, Clinical Training & Education, UPMC Health Plan

 

Senior Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Pharmacy Services, UPMC Health Plan

 

 

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