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Anna Kahkoska
Chair of Research Communications
Anna Kahkoska, MD, PhD
Dr. Kahkoska is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Nutrition in the Gillings School of Global Public Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is also an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Division of Endocrinology at Metabolism in the School of Medicine and an Affiliate of the UNC Center for Aging and Health. Her research focuses on people who live with type 1 and type 2 diabetes, and particularly the complex needs of geriatric populations. She is interested in developing novel approaches to improve the day-to-day self-care of diabetes, including nutrition and diet, glucose monitoring, and psychosocial well-being for older adults.
“I am honored to be a part of a part of an international community of care providers, researchers, and other stakeholder who share a desire and sense of urgency to improve care and self-management for older adults living with diabetes.”
Highlighted Publications
Kahkoska AR, Busby-Whitehead J, Jonsson Funk M, Pratley RE, Weinstock RS, Young LA, Weinstein JM. Receipt of Diabetes Specialty Care and Management Services by Older Adults With Diabetes in the U.S., 2015-2019: An Analysis of Medicare Fee-for-Service Claims. Diabetes Care. 2024 Jul 1;47(7):1181-1185. doi: 10.2337/dc23-1982. PMID: 38776523; PMCID: PMC11208748.
Cristello Sarteau A, Ercolino G, Muthukkumar R, Fruik A, Mayer-Davis EJ, Kahkoska AR. Nutritional Status, Dietary Intake, and Nutrition-Related Interventions Among Older Adults With Type 1 Diabetes: A Systematic Review and Call for More Evidence Toward Clinical Guidelines. Diabetes Care. 2024 Apr 30:dci230099. doi: 10.2337/dci23-0099. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38687466.
Smith C, Cristello Sarteau A, Qu X, Noe V, Young LA, Hassmiller Lich K, Kahkoska AR. A conceptual model of the continuous glucose monitoring integration process for older adults with diabetes developed using participatory systems science methods. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2024 Jan;207:111053. doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2023.111053. Epub 2023 Dec 12. PMID: 38097112; PMCID: PMC10958737.
Cristello Sarteau A, Muthukkumar R, Smith C, Busby-Whitehead J, Lich KH, Pratley RE, Thambuluru S, Weinstein J, Weinstock RS, Young LA, Kahkoska AR. Supporting the ‘lived expertise’ of older adults with type 1 diabetes: An applied focus group analysis to characterize barriers, facilitators, and strategies for self-management in a growing and understudied population. Diabet Med. 2024 Jan;41(1):e15156. doi: 10.1111/dme.15156. Epub 2023 Jun 22. PMID: 37278610; PMCID: PMC11002954.