Davida F. Kruger has been a certified nurse practitioner in diabetes for the past 26 years at Henry Ford Health System in Detroit, Michigan. Her role includes both clinical practice and research.  She is board certified by the American Nurses Association Credentialing Center in both Primary Care and Advanced Diabetes Management.  She is past Chair of the American Diabetes Associations Research Foundation and has served on the American Diabetes Association's Research Policy Committee.  She is also a past president, Health Care and Education of the American Diabetes Association. She is serving as editor of Diabetes Spectrum from 2005-2008. 

Ms Kruger has been a principal investigator on a number of research projects and has written widely on diabetes care, authoring the book The Diabetes Travel Guide  2nd edition(2006). Her awards include the Florence Nightengale award for excellence in research, ADA’s Rachmeil Levine Award for Distinguished Service, ADA’s Award for Outstanding Service in Diabetes Research Funding, and The ADA Wendell May’s Award.