Terri Lipman, PhD, CRNP, FAAN
While working as a nurse at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children, Terri Lipman realized that the core of managing diabetes was educating children and families—a role that was tremendously gratifying.
As a pediatric nurse practitioner in the Division of Diabetes and Endocrinology at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), Dr. Lipman maintains a clinical practice – caring for children with diabetes and other endocrine disorders. Questions from her clinical practice guide her research and teaching.
“I partner with families and communities to develop innovative care models to reduce disparities and improve the lives of children and families.”
Education
- PhD, University of Pennsylvania , 1991
- CRNP, University of Pennsylvania , 1993
- MSN, University of Pennsylvania , 1983
- BSN, Temple University , 1975
Teaching
With colleagues from the schools of social policy and practice and medicine, Dr. Lipman co-directs a graduate course in leadership in community engagement. Students from nursing, medicine, public health, social work, and education take this course, which includes community engagement experiences. She also teaches a course in advanced pediatric physical assessment, the core clinical course for graduate pediatric acute care nurse practitioner students.
Research
With funding from NIH, Dr. Lipman is convening community members, faith-based organizations, school personnel, clinicians, health department officials, and researchers to collaborate on a strategic vision to increase physical activity in youth and their families in West Philadelphia, where the poverty rate is among the highest in the country. The School District of Philadelphia, Penn’s Center for Public Health Initiatives, and the Penn Netter Center for Community Partnerships are collaborating on this project.
Dr. Lipman was one of 200 authors of the Pennsylvania Diabetes Action Plan, part of the Pennsylvania Chronic Care Initiative, and she chaired the state’s Diabetes Surveillance Committee. Dr. Lipman’s multicenter study on the accuracy of growth assessment resulted in the Linear Growth Assessment Program, which has been designated as an Edge Runner Program by the American Academy of Nursing. The program has been used in 65 cities in the United States, Australia, Canada, Europe. and Latin America.
Clinical Practice
As a clinician educator, Dr. Lipman mentors the scholarship of advanced practice nurses and endocrine fellows at CHOP. By precepting students at CHOP, students learn by example.
Opportunities to Learn and Collaborate at Penn Nursing
As assistant dean for community engagement, Dr. Lipman works to integrate community-based learning and research opportunities for students throughout the curriculum. She is also the faculty director of the Community Champions program, which provides undergraduate students with expanded opportunities for community engagement.
Selected Career Highlights
- Elected Member, Society for Pediatric Research
- Norma M. Lang Distinguished Award for Scholarly Practice and Policy, Boston
- Spirit of Nursing Award-University of Massachusetts
- Bronze Telly Award, Pediatric History Taking: On the Path to Clinical Decision-Making
- Excellence in Nursing Research Award, Society of Pediatric Nursing
Selected Publications
- Dougherty, J.P., Hyams, S., Montgomery, K.A.,& Lipman, T.H. (in press). Telemedicine for adolescents with type 1 diabetes. Western Journal of Nursing Research, .10.1177/0193945914528387
- Weber, D.R., Katz, L.E., Zemel, B.S., Gallagher, P.R., Murphy, K.M., Dumser, S.M., & Lipman, T.H. (in press). Anthropometric measures of abdominal adiposity for the identification of cardiometabolic risk factors in adolescents. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, .
- Cousounis, P.A., Lipman, T.H., Ginsburg, K., Cucchiara, A.J., & Grimberg, A. (in press). How short is too short according to parents of primary care patients. Endocrine Practice, .
- Weber, D.R., Katz, L.E., Zemel, B.S., Gallagher, P.R., Murphy, K.M., Dumser, S.M., & Lipman, T.H. (in press). Anthropometric measures of abdominal adiposity for the identification of cardiometabolic risk factors in adolescents. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, .
- Montgomery, K.A., Ratcliffe, S.J., Baluarte, H.J., Murphy, K.M., Will, S., & Lipman, T.H. (in press). Implementation of a clinical practice guideline for identification of microalbuminuria in the pediatric patient with type 1 diabetes. Nursing Clinics of North America, .
- Dumser, S., Ratcliffe, S.J., Langdon, D., Murphy, K.M., & Lipman, T.H. (in press). Racial disparities in screening for diabetic retinopathy in youth with type 1 diabetes. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, .
- De Benedetti, F., Ruperto, N., Espada, G., Gerloni, V., Flato, B., Horneff, G., Huppertz, H., Minden, K., Myones, B., Onel, K., Frane, J., Kenwright, A., Lipman, T.H., Bharucha, K.N., Martini, A., Lovell, D. (in press). Catch-up growth during Tocilizumab therapy for systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis: 2-year data from a phase 3 clinical trial. Annals of Rheumatic Disease, .
- Cannuscio, C.C., Alley, D.E., Pagan, J.A., Soldo, B., Krasny, S., Shardell, M., Asch, D.A., & Lipman, T.H. (in press). Housing strain, mortgage foreclosure and health. Nursing Outlook, .
- Lipman, T.H., Murphy, K.M., Kumanyika, S.K., Jawad, A., Ratcliffe, S.J., & Ginsburg, K.R. (in press). Racial differences in parents’ perceptions of factors important for children to live well with diabetes. The Diabetes Educator, .
- Deatrick, J., Lipman, T.H., Gennaro, S., Sommers, M., De Leon Siantz, M., Mooney, K., Hollis, G., & Jemmott, L. (in press). Fostering health equity: Clinical and research training strategies from nursing education. The Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences, .
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