Renowned pharmacist, diabetes educator, and researcher Eva Vivian, PharmD, MS, PhD, is serving on the editorial board for MerckManuals.com, an authoritative medical reference.
In her role for the Merck Manuals, Dr. Vivian collaborates with the other board members to review the online content for accuracy and relevance.
Dr. Vivian recently retired from the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of
Pharmacy, where she served for nearly two decades as an award-winning professor and researcher. Over the course of her career, Vivian has been an advocate for health equity in underserved communities, with a particular focus on diabetes prevention. During her time at UW, she developed several community-based health programs including Peers Empowering Peers and Healthy Outcomes through Peer Educators (HOPE), bringing African Americans in Madison and Milwaukee together to share knowledge, resources, and support for diabetes prevention and management. As Professor Emerita, she remains active in research and collaborates with UW Community Academic Aging Research Network to develop, test, and disseminate innovative assistive technology interventions for older adults from diverse and historically underrepresented populations with age-related or multiple chronic conditions. She is also offering clinical pharmacy services at a primary care clinic that prioritizes cardiovascular risk reduction as part of comprehensive care for justice-involved Black men.
Dr. Vivian earned her PharmD from the University of Illinois College of Pharmacy in 1995 and completed residencies at the University of California San Francisco and Veterans Affairs Medical Center San Diego. In 2006, she joined the University of Wisconsin School of Pharmacy. In 2013, she earned an MS in population health from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, followed by a PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Human Ecology in 2020.
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